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I A shout arose to his Ujvt, but he Incited the POiPW tO jHrC Jt Voir/'. lacked the power to Rive it voice. A quaint smile grew in liis face. Ilis eyes were bright and full of triumph, i After a full minute of preparation he made his way toward the breakfast I i room outwardly as calm as a May morning. i Browne and Hepplnghnin were asleep j in the chair';. lie shook them vigor- 11 ously. As they awoke he said In the coolest, most matter of fact way: "There's an American cruiser out- i side the harbor. Get up!" 1 CHAPTER XXXII. IK THE SAME OKAVE WITH SKAOQH. D"~ ' OWN in the village of Aratat j there were signs of a vast [ commotion. Early risers and j J the guards were flying from I house to house, shouting the news. j Outside the harbor lay the low. sav- : - . . i 1 age looking stiip. us guns were point | ed directly at the helpless town, its . 1 decks were swarming with white 1 clothed men. The plague was forgotten. The { ' strategy that had driven off the ships , of peace was lost In the face of this I ugly creature of war. Rasula's rtMgn I of strategy was ended. "They will not tire! They dare not!" ! he was shrickiug as he dashed back nnrt forth *1> ^ ,W- "It is ChiUKe! ' They do not come for Chase! lielieve in me! The tug! The tug! They ' must not land!" The crash of the long unused six pounder at the chateau, followed almost Immediately by a great roar from one of the cruiser's guns, brought the panic to a crisis. The islanders scattered like chaff before the wind, looking wild eyed over their shoulders iu dread of the pursuing cunnou ball, dodging in and out among the houses and off into the foothills. ( Hasuia, undaunted, but crazed with disappointment, stuck to his colors on the deserted dock. He cursed and raved and begged. In time two or ' three of the more canny, realizing that ?ofott7 lfiv in *n onrlv tvmwo nffnrtnc ventured out beside bim. Others fol- \ lowed their example, and still others slunk trembling to the fore, their voices ready to protest innocence and friendship and loyalty. They had beard of the merciless J American gunner, and they knew in . their souls that he could shoot the is- j land into atoms before nightfall. The native lawyer harangued them | and cnrsed tbein and at last brought j i them to understand in a feeble way . that no harm could come to them if i they faced iho situation boldly. The j Americans would not laud oil r.ritisli j soil; it would precipitate war with ( England. They would not dare to at- j ^ tempt a bombardment; Chase was a j. liar, a mountebank, a dog! After shout- ! , lug himself hoarse in his frenzy of de-1 ] spair ho finally succeeded in forcing j ( the men to get up steam in the com- ' , pany's tug. All this time the officers of the ' ( American warship were dividing their ] . attention between land and sea. A11- t < other vessel was coming up out of the \ misty horizon. The men on board 11 fcnew it to be a British man-of-war! ! Suddenly a party of white men np- : proatrlied the startled Itasula. A hun- [ ; dred eager hands were exteuded. o;' hundred voices cried out frr tueivy, a! hundred MohammedauR heat theh' t heads in abject submission. ] IlolllngswortU Clmse. lx>rd Dep- i pingham and a familiar figure Id ?d Ml fitting red jacket and forage cap strode t firmly, defiantly between the rows of 1 humble Japatites. Close behind them i came a tall, resolute grenadier of the Rapp-Thorberg army. 3 "Make way there! Make way!" 3 Mr. Bowles was crying, brandishing the antique broadsword that had come ' down to Wyckbolme from the dark ' Hgea. "Stand asida for the British 3 government! Wake way for the American!" Itasula's jaw hung limp in the face of this amazing exhibition of courage on the part of the eneiny. lie was glaring Insanely at the calm, triumphant face of the man from Brodney's. who was now advancing upon him with the assurance of a conqueror. "You see. Itasuln, I have called for the cruiser, and It has come at my bidding." Turning to the crowd that surged up from behind, cowed and cringing. Chase said: "It rests with you. If I give the word that ship will blow you from the face of the earth. I am your friend, people. I wouid do you no harm, but good. You have l>eon misled by Itasula. Itasula. you are not a fool. You can ?ave yourself eveu now. I ain here as the servant of these people. not as their master. I intend to remain here until I am called back by the man who sent nie to you. You have"? Kasula uttered a shriek of rase. He hart been crouchiug Lack anions his cohorts, panting with fury. Now he sprang forward, murder In his eyes. His arm was raised, and a great pistol was leveled at the breast of the man who faced him so coolly, so confidently. I>eppinghaiu shouted and took a step forward to divert the aim of the fyeuzicd lawyer. A revolver cracked behind the tall American, and Kasula stopped in his tracks. There was a great hole in his forehead. His eyes were bursting. He sank to the ground dead! The soldier from Uapp-Thorberg, a smoking pistol in his hand, the other raised to his helmet, stepped to the side of Holllngsworth Chase. "By order of her serene highness, sir." he said quietly. "Good God!" gasped Chase, passing his hand across his brow. Deppinghaui, repressing a shudder, addressed the stunned natives: "Take the body away. May that be the end of nil assassins!" The King's Own came alongside the American vessel in less than an hour. Accompanied by the British agent, Mr. Bowles. Chase and Deppiiighatn loft the dock in the company's tug and steamed out toward the two monsters. The American had made no move to send men ashore. Standing on the forward deck of the swift little tug. Chase unconcernedly accounted for the timely arrival of the two cruisers. "Three weeks ago I sent out letters by the mail steamer, to be delivered to the English or American commanders, wherever they might he,found. Undoubtedly they were met with in the same port. That is why 1 was so positive that help would come sooner or later. I knew that we'd need help, and I knew that if I brought the cruisers ujy pu?e? lucw |>ci'j/rc would never be disturbed again." "My word!" exclaimed tbe admiring Bowles. "Chase, you may be theatric, but you are the most dependable chap the world has ever known," said Deppingham, and he meant it. The warships remained off the harbor all that day. Tbe British captain consented to leuve a small detachment of marines in the town to protect C.iase and the bank. To a man the islanders pledged fealty to tbe cause of pence and justice. They shouted tbe names of Chase and Allah in the same breath and demanded of the latter that he preserve the former's beard for all eternity. The King's Owu was to convey the liberated heirs to Aden, whither the cruiser was bound. At that port a P. and O. steamer would pick them up. One white man elected to stay on the island with liollingsworth Chase, who steadfastly refused to desert his posi ! until Sir John Brodney indicated that his mission was completed. That one man was the wearer of the red jacket, the bearer of the king's commission in Japat, the undaunted Mr. Bowles. The Princess (Jeuevra. the wistful light.deepening hourly in her blue gray eyes. avoided neuig aioui> wnn unman whom site was leaving bchiud. ' She hail made up her luiiul to accept the fate inevitable, lie had reconciled himself to the ending of an impossible [' dream. There was nothing more to say except farewell. The last day dawned. The sun smiled down upon them. The soft breeze of the sea whispered the curse j jf destiny into their ears. It crooned j the song of heritage; It called her back I' to the fastnesses where love may not j venture in. The chateau was iu a state of up- ' honvnI The exodus was beginning. I l'be princess waited until the Inst mo- I ment. She went to him. He was : standing apart from tbe rest, coldly j Indifferent to the pangs he was suffer- , ing. "I shall love yam tAwjfr." she said j limply, giving h?m ber hand?"alwaya, Rollingirworth." Her eyes were wide uid hopeless; her lips were white. He bowed hia head. "May God give rou all the happiness that I wish for ' roo." he said. "The etid!" ' She looked steadily into his eyes for 1 i long time, searching his soul for the hope that never dies. Then she gently 1 withdrew her hands and. stood away from him. humbled In her own soul. "Yes." she whispered. "Goodby." He straightened his shoulders and dxew a deep breath through compressed nostrils. "Goodby! God Mess you!" was nil that he said. She left him standing there. The wall between them was too high, too impregnable, for even love to storm. I>ndy Depplngham came to him thpre a moment later. "1 am sorry," she said tenderly. "Is there no hope?" "There is no hope?for her I" he said bitterly. "She was condemned too long ago." On the pier they said goodby to him. He was laughing as gayly and a? blithely as if the world held no sorrows in all its mighty grasp. "I'll look you up In London," he said to the Deppinghams. "Remember, the real trial is yet to come. Goodby. Browne. Goodby. all. You may come again another day." The launch slipped away from th? pier. He and Bowles stood there, side by side, pale faced, but smiling, waving their handkerchiefs. lie felt that Genevra was still looking into bis eyes even when the launch crept up under the walls of the distant ship. Slowly the great vessel got under way. The American cruiser was already low on the horizon. There was a ? There wan a single shut from the King's Own. 6ingle shot from the King's Own, a ' reverberating farewell. Hollingsworth Chase turned away at last. 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