The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 31, 1917, Page SIX, Image 6
SIX
Louis Joseph Vance
MOVCLIZATIDN Of THE MOT>C
name:. produced tor the; in rx r
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF WHARTON
/ /
<?^?<?fL3R!
THE CAST.
J MRS. VERNON CASTLE as
Patria Charming.
MiLTON SILLS as Donald Parr.
WARNER OLAND as Baron
H uroki.
DOROTHY GREEN as Fanny
Adair.
SYNOPSJS.
Fatrla last of "The Vifchtinj; a * 11: n
nine's." <i*4 rente lo N?-w >?rt. fur summer
Inane, is- 'hrewn to iiimvii ii<?m a Sound
steamer U.? agents ??t" Huron 11 uroki, ? it*
<>f" the Japanese secret service., whit, . <>i.
HpirinK " nilii'i'il I! e 1,'ihP .1 Stales an I
Mexico. desires control ?>[ i he extensive
I'iiaiininK munition plants owned by J';i1ria.
I lor pi.ysieal < -<>unterpar i (Claim, a
notorious dancer in llnrohiss su.bsiit
u I OS; for J'a ina.
FIFTH EPISODE
The Island God Forgot.
In the breathless litish of that bright
midsummer dawn the island rested
timid still wjtlops )ifc<e a jjreat yellow
tojiny. ?>:i n lield of j^hovini; sapphire.
jNo hind was visible in any quarter.
y<M >'he mainland was voi remote.
Shnvely iju island, little more than an
nvribTowi sandbar, a desoJaW pateli
of sait-hiff4mj earth protlueiuj^ no vegetation
mof?- valuable thau < oa*ve beaeh
/rmss, it was dialled and known to
'Jonp-shoro seafarers as Limbw I*dnnd.
Ihil few if any of those had .ever taken
occasion to visit It ; they knew jt by
tradition for what it was, so passed |i
by. Only of late year* had it jjrown
itecustoined to shelter mankind, a lit
?it* <*<u<uiy ui Japanese ncnenmn Having
chosen it for their base,
JK# fbe sun rose. so did these simple
folk; by f>voS and throes they emerged
froui llodr /tide dwellings mid went
tthout tiielr business, Some embarked
in buttered cral't to dntw tlte nets and
east tlie seines with which they w rest - ?
IhT froiii the sea an apparently precarious
livelihood. Others swarmed
upon a little sloop that hlpl come in J
OVtil'Pltftit to a crude dock thai JuviVii .
out into the least exposed harbor of
tlte Island, and began industriously to
empty Its hold of a cargo of many '
%P*vf packing cases. These wojfco^,
under tlte supervision of Ahe who wore
th> habit of authority together with'
the \vreck of what had once been a
khaki uniform. A soil in ft inhabitant
of the island seemed to have ho set
and lids one way not a Japanese.
The sun was high before he discovered
himself to its rays, lounging suluTXy
out of a dwelling slightly more
f^K'tentious than its neighbors; a
youngish man. well-made, with a dark,
keen countenance of Latin cast ; his
clothing of the simplest, a tattered
shirt, trousers woi'U l<nd patched, an l
old beit with a rtt^ty buckle?nothing
more, not even shoes, 1'
gaze with wb'th he reviewed
the tOO familiar of sea ttnd sky
was eloquent of euiidttfred ennui. Mis
jj^outh twitched; his T'yes dared wild-,
ly ; he damned the day with a gesture
of passionate discontent ; shrugged,
jerked a coarse cotton hug of tobacco,
and a packet of browo papers frotn a
htp-1 ax'ket, deftly with one hand fashhnied
a cigarette, lighted it. inhaled
exhaustively, and slouched ofl\ his
hare feet f<?l 1? ?\vi n^r i im 1 i tY?*r?*i? 11 v a
beaten pathway out of the duties.
Near the dock he paused with a little,
lacklustre -^a/.e re^ardiu^ the activities
of his Japanese associates aboard
Patria About to Escape From th<
Island.
the sloop. Then Inrninp his hark t*
these )u? drift<a(l from their ken along
tht\ wave-packed sands. A few hwi
dred yards farther on, and he ohecket
*buri?i.v. wiiii a iovi>?hhcd ixv oj
, /**-?->
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Great Romance
toj* Preparedness
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;tiT!'.r/t\ A curvo of "fin- isl:in<1 luul
Wrought liim within view of tin* ixxly ,
1?t* :i w ??t r i: 111 111: 1 Imv InuMlctl >r (Ii<> |
1i:iIf in. h:?lf mil ?if ill., writer
The woman's Imco w a*- hidden. tMlf
Iwlore lu? mrned it to dim liuln he'
knew by tin* imntlo in; vun.ent of her
shoubb ts tli.it she lived. A eanvasoivejvd
lite rinu' lay iw-.u by. sieneih^J
with the name el' >. ,vnll Uiver
lille s|, 4. isliip.
St:iTlriiur down info that exquisite
f:iee. ;i look ot III i 11 Url 011 OOV *ih Ills i1css
:iiid ey.-. t kindled in the eye.- of the
num. Jii<itur nbrnptly. he rrhod his
surroni)'i;;i;:s with furtive -nut! suspicious
^l.-iives. At length satisfied that
none waw.hed him. lie stooped. nathered
that Irail \ounu; form in hie.inns
And <hifte?l swiftly nwny. not .as he
Intd come, but inland through .die
dunes. Tun short minutes >ul!ieet.' /or
the .journey: Jie came into tin- ijoTuvw
ef the lints ste althily, pausing to mailt*
>.iiic it was iiit'cuauied before hurr> iji:,y
ij>tu his dwelling. lUit the luck wu.u;
.no; wiuh him: -without Ins knowledge.,,
lie was observed: the door had not
closed upon hi in .-..old his salvage w lien
a IjtJ/e Japanese dipped ipiietly from
an adjoining hut and trotted briskly
toward the harbu*. . . .
"The girl opened CLu/.od. uncomprehending
eyes upoju a w.rnc so strange i
lo litem ileil tor -i ii.uiinoiil vlu? ?ik
ball'-itichu<cd 1<o l>?\ld?w>- rii:11 she hud
died id drowning and jnuotvd in spirit
In some Wi'jnj ha 11 world. A I'eek id
brandy burned hi h?Tw^.djiiJvi^tf/iJ throat.
Sin* roughed a 111 lie ,
As it' that sound had *i signal
a door was thrown rotigbl\ Jew
ting in :i Hood of sunlight. Throogfi
it entered a Japanese hi ragged uui< i
forji|. The voire of the Japanese*
Inohe ()ie tension edged with renmnsi
i'ft nee;
"Seiior Juarez, ! I am informed?" ,
The other Interrupted brusquely:
"That 1 have fount] a half-tirowned
woman?Americano-?on the beach
nnd brought her her#, if* true,"
"Xou should not have done riiinj"
"it seems
With a sudden movement the Jap'I
anese produced a pistol. "I regrjet the
neces^ty,'' lie said, "but Huron Huroki's
orders are to kill immediately any
stranger who sets foot upon the1
IsbuiuJ" ' . I
"\Vail!" The lingers of Senor Junre'/,
closed quickly on the vvrlat of the Japanese
and turned his pistol to the ceiling.
Simultaneously the Mexican lift-1
ed. with his other hand, a small cau of
bright tin that had stood upon u nearby
table. "One moment, Captain llakuseki
! This cun contains nitroglycerin.
* In the storeroom hack there"?a Jerk
of Juure/.'s head imiieated a door in the
hack of the building?"over one bundl'ed
of high explosives are
1 stored. The woman Is lulue ",
"J'aron Hui'okl !?"
"I deal with Yoil?not him?and I
' witni o.'ti, I snfill Veep the woman or
blow this island oft the map!"
. ?r.
i Tlte Japanese hesitated an instant,
then eoneeded defeat with a shrug.
I "Have your way." lie said mildly*
and turned to go.
( Hut the grasp on his wrist was tin
relaxed. "Walt another moment,
t'nptain ilakusekk I wail I that pistol."
It was surrendered without a suspicion
of contest.
"Now?go?ami don't bother us
i
a train.
t'nptain llnkuseki executed a right
>ibout fin e ami marched-' out of the
hut. Setior .luare/. si'curcil the door
he]iiml him. then turned to see the girl
snuggling to a sitting position on the
eot. lie hastened to assist her.
"Von are weak, senorita?voii must
not e\ert yourself. I'erinit me . .
lie wound his arm amum! her waist,
temlerlv assist ing imr to a ehair b.\
the tahle. As she sank into this, he
bent over ami brought his lips elose to
hers. She shrank away with a little
ery.
"Ah. no ! I'.e not at l aid of me, senorita!
Kemeinber. I sa ved your life.
What is ;i kiss in payment for
that ?"
The pistol he had taken from tie*
Japanese rested on the table. ('banco
guided the tinkers of the girl to its
grip. inspiration of despair prompted
her to lift its muzzle to the tin of nitroglycerin.
"Keep away from me." she ordered
in accents whose feebleness could not
disguise a spirit of inflexible determination
"Keep away?or I pull the
trigger!"
With a territled ejaculation the Mexican
sprang back to a profoundly re.....
1/..I -11?4 ?
j*|h*i 11iii msuiIK't',
"Senorlta?I beg of you?!"
4,l#*Hve this house?or I pull the
trigger!"
.Inure/, threw himself madly at the
door, wrenched it open, .started out
J and?shrank back from a knife-bayonet
on ft rifle presented by ti sleeky
^ deadly-looking little Japanese.
? "Captain Hnkuseki's orders: you re
. main a prisoner till you give up tin
j woman!"
f Between the devil and the deep sea
THE HOBBY HERA
A ,
Hk- Sttonietun throw himself on the
I cj *?f the^trl.
**Kenorit??In tin* name of pity?J* j
She nodded curtly. "Ouno in?sliw
licit door?Mock It. Now tc33 ;
mo where am !"
"Sonorltn, you have horn washed
ashore on In nbo island."
"Where is?.hat?"
"Soutlion."ft m?1" Newport?nhout thirty
-iiil loss."
"Ami why ?ro such jrrent quantities j
of hijjh explosive stored oil L.iiub*?
I si nuil?".
"Senoiita?1 "conceal nothing from
you?d am your .-slave?"
"Answer my .f most ion !"
The niu/.zlo ct* tlio pistol remained
in olo-o juxtaposition to iho tin of nitroglycerin.
Tie- Mexican shivered
with tenor.
"hiivaisr?" ho :-httninoroil "because
Japan uses this i.vatul as a seerot depoi
for munitions
"To IN- used in the ovont of war with
he I nh<e?l States?"
"Si. Sei.x >ri til? yes."
"1 utub rstand. . .. . Now fetch
/tie 1"?>?u J , .
CHANGELING.
A1 nMil iv.il?!-iii(M'iii11lt, ynunjr man
becomingly attired in r* ?1 i11ir clothe-,
surrendered his horse to v he care of a
lti'<>t>111 and ascended the t leps to tin\eraiola
of the Chauninj; cottage on
t lie ('li IT \vall;.
In the doorway a footman united to
.trivet him with 'lie manner <0 welcoming
an intimate of the household.
"Hood morning. Captain I'ajv. It's
a pleasure to see you again, sir."
"'Thank you, Gregory. Is AJr.s. Wrrmi
at home?"
"I believe so, sir,"
"And . . . Mis* ('humanly*
"Miss I'aitia arrived hy hoati ?irly
this mornii?g. sdr."
"I'lease say to her. I am waiting for
tile ride she promised me . . /*
"Very irooil, *it\"
The footman stepped haek Into the
lion ;e ami disappeaiVd. Captain I'arr
remained on the \eranda. seem lip; idly
to admire the view, in reality oblivious
of it. preoccupied with private considerations
of not unpleasant complexion.
Sounds of st itled lamentation disturbed
his mood.
lie discovered a pleasant fared
holy's maid of mature years, forehead
bowed against the newel-post at the I
foot of the st id reuse tveeiiinir Imnllv
Illlil COp|oU*I.V.
"Why. Aunt1! What's the mutter?"
The woman showed m Idowsy, tear
stained. writ hen countenance.
"Oh. Captain Purr, my heart's j
broken ! 1 know what to do at '
nil. It's discharged I an), sir!"
"What i" J'arr you Id hardly believe ;
his ears.
"Ml** Pa trio Is after discharging me
without notice, sir?and all thes-.
ycurs I've served her and neve? f>
cross word?"
"Itut why'' What did you do?" *
"It's my clumsipess. sir. I happened
to drop her hand ndrror. and it broke
it ditl. And then it was like herxelt
went mad. She tlew into a rage, sir
and stamped her foot at me, and called
me a clumsy fool, and said it luohiii
seven years' had luck, and wouldn't
listen to me at all at alt, and told mi
to pack my trunk and go, that mysell
wn.< Prod, aufj?V* * *
*T?id she say 'fired.' Anne?" j
"She did that, t'aptain Parr?"
"It doesn't sound like I'atria !"
"It doesn't, sir. For the matter of;
that slie ain't seemed like herself since j
that dreadful affuir on the boat last
night." 1
"What dreadful affair?"
"Vou haven't heard about it. sir? A
poor Invalid lutly In the stateroom next |
Mis* Pau la's went out of lier head |
and Jumped overboard and was ,
drowned, sir."
Anne hastily disappeared as Mrs.
(iii'.icrl NVreiin, Pallia's chaperon, entered
from the breakfast room with
her son Kodney. At sight of Parr they
broke into those wondering exeluinu1...
ii.iM/tiritil thi I
u " n III I I KM KIM l?. I ] 111 II VI
"W'liy, Donald !"
"Dim! For tin* love of Mike! How
did y<m jj??t In ro? I'atria said?"
* I llew," Captain I'arr explained
inod< <i |y.
"1 should say you did lly! What did
y?ni do'/ I tin* a special train?"
"I I lew," I'a rr iterated. "I nluned
1.
, wKtep Awayl"
liP.OMWiT,8:0.
I rrdir. iCiov(>fluof? island (his mori'ilu#."
I Donald ktilkiMi round to And the
footman waiting for his attention.
"Yes, (Jrejgury.?"
The man ihesltated, with what
seemed sitijnJlm* reluctance to deliver
?ais mo-sa^e.
"l'ejr pardon. -sir . . . I'm sorry
. . . Miss Chantihty directs me to say
she is not at homo to Captain Parr!'*
lJad ilie servant deliberately slapped
Mf< f.aee, I>oiaiU! icould have been nc
more thunders! ruck.
Ww. Wrenn betrayed no less per*
plenty.
'Xiregory:! wlma -did you say?"
4,Mjss Pntrin nitrite ted me io say,
Mrs. AYrenn. she 1* mat at Inane to
Captnhn Parr."
The footman withdrew, murmuring
sympsi thet i rally.
"Km. J >oaahl." Mrs. Wrenn insisted.
Tin sure he must have misunderstood.
I'll run uf at oner and see I'atria my*
self."
"Please. tie. Mrs. Wremt. (Iregory's
nil Intelli^erit fellow. Pat fin is douht)o?s
out of temper with me J'or failing
to en tell the boat yesterday."
In point of faet. Parr hardly knew
what he was saying or what Jie heard,
overruling the ohjeerions of Uodney
and his mother, he strode from the
house, threw himself on the lan k of
his horse, and rode away in a slate o1
da/.e.
It needed a long, hard ride to wi*ar>
Parr's emotions to sominuiabMrss. 11*
hroughi hark a horse sadly fagged auc
lat tiered.
Now I humid Parr was never one to
wear his heart <>u his sleeve. Toward
mid-afternoon he changed to whi'e
llannels, stitTened his upper lip and
sought the Casino, outwardly a man
with mind serene and carefree temper.
rinding nohody of his < k cle of aeipniintnnces
at the Casino?the hour
was late for Inneh. early for afternoon
tea?he fortified himself with n cocktail
and sought surcease of brooding
in that morning's Boston newspaper.
It seemed at first a needlessly ci'vu )
freak of elumee that the very tirst
news item to meet his eye should he so
strong a reminder of his unhuppiness.
Fall River, June 27.?While the
Fall River line steamship Commonwealth
was off Point Judith last niaht.
Mrs. John Ferdinand of Chicago, an
invalid suffering from melancholia,
eluded her r.ur6e and committed suicide
by jumping overboard.
"Chicago, June 27.?The City Directory
does not contain the name of Mrs.
John Ferdinard."
Slowly Donald lowered tlo* newspaper,
u thoughtful furrow creasing his
brows. Auno's words of that morning
eunie hark to hitu like an echo pregnant
with significance: 'I
"Miss Patriu ain't seemed like herself
since that dreadful affulr on the
boat last j^Ufht!"
tl-Ii at 17 . . . Horror gripped
Donald's heart tike mo icy hand. . . .
What if the Patriu of last night wcr?
not the Putriu of today?
That a womun existed so like Patriu
in face and form that none could distinguish
one front the other, was a fact
too well known to Captain Parr.
Pondering deeply, l>om?ld rose to
leave the Casino and oh the way out
came unexpectedly upon a group of
four, seated over cocktails round a little
table. He tried to ignore them, hut
this was not permitted. A voice that,
if not the voice of Patria ('banning,
was at least a very creditable imitation
of it, hailed him.
"l?op?oonald Parr! Do couie
h ere!"
With tiie speaker at her ttiiilt* wort*
Panny Adair, Huron litiroki ami Juan
tit* Lima.
Suspicion rift* in his mind, Parr
bowed over tin* hand ofT??rt,d him h.v
rli?* woman wlm mikDt or might not In*
I'atria Cliannlng. To each of the olhits
in turn lie nodded gravely.
"Awful Jolly to meet you here. Don.
I do so want you to lie the first to
know: 1 have promised to marry Senor
do Lima."
I To the Mexican, alert to rise with a
brilliant smirk of self-satisfaetion and
a proffered hand, Donald bowed profoundly.
His own hands remained
clasped behind his hack.
"I am happy to he aide to congratulate
Senor 1 >e Lima." he said quietly;
and turning, left the Casino.
One more move that would he only
' : \
811; ' "\
A *J'','\/'?
Ordered Petri*.
natural in an Impostor!
He was firmly pcrsuudcd that the
jiirl to whom he biul Just been talking
was not the true Putriu ChantiliiK.
But how-to prove that? llow to
nvciigc that crime which had made
possible the substitution of this impostor?
Parr set his wits to eope with that
problem. Pending their solution, he
applied himself to the task of keepiim
Huron Huroki under close but unostentatious
surveillance.
Late in the afternoon lluroki was
surreptitiously waylaid by a low-easte
Japanese, from whom lie received a
message which seemed to cause lite
baron considerable perturbation. The
messenger was duly identified as one
of the colony of fishermen on Limbo;
he returned to a little sloop, which
had Just come in from the island and
made fast to a dock on the business
waterfront of the community. Huron
lluroki himself returned to bis hotel
and remained there closeted with .hum
lie Limn, till nielli fall. i'nder rover
nf" i Isi etc to. villiixl I*.? i*i I? ,iv
linked by Donald 1'iirr, made a ?*ireiii
Ions way I <? the waterfront and
hoarded the sloop, whieli immediately
east off and set sail for the liarlior
month.
Now what pressing business draped
11nidki away to Limbo island by
ni;dii ?
l'arr made it his own business to
lira! out. If there were something on
Liniho that interested Huron llm'oki
so profoundly, it was sure to prove no
whit less interesting to the t'nited
States secret service.
! Within fifteen minutes of the time
when the sloop had sailed. Donald
launehed his seaplane ami rose to an
I altitude whetiee he eottld espy 11141
island, a formless hlur of darkness on
the lace of waters silvered hy moonlight.
THE HUMAN BOMB.
I
Half-buried in tin* side of the largest
dune on I.imho island, the dwelling
which Senor .luare/ had shared with
his Japanese associate Captain llakufc'eki,
was a shack of a single room,
with one window and two doors. Of
these last one. like the window, opened
upon the hollow in which the other
liuts of the station were gathered together;
the remaining door led, hy way
of a short, timbered tunnel, to a huge,
vault hollowed out in the heart of the
dune, wherein a very considerable store
of arms, ammunition, mines and high
explosives was sheltered. On the farther
side of the dune?here a concave
bluff, wave-eaten?the vault had two
great doors 1 ??*lii 11 < 1 \\ 11i<-Ii a biplane
, stood ll^lilly poHcd, Toady for instant
use in emergency. |
By tin's means alone I'atria Chnn-i
nine hoped, with the aid of the Mexican.
to contrive an escape from the
refuge which had proved so quickly tlie
cell of two condemned prisoners.
For the shack was in a state of siege.
Since the dispute Ik*tween Juarez and
tlnkuseki the hollow had been picketed
, witli armed Japanese. As yet these
hud made no offensive move; but tlie
understanding was implicit, that neither
prisoner might set foot outside tlie
' shack save at penally of death. I'atria,
condemned by Huron lluroki's ukase
that no stranger might visit the island
and live to tell of it. Juarez" death
sentence signed by his own act of
mutiny. Thus the interests of the two
were one. in bonds of common peril.
I Juarez had schemed a scheme lo
hoodwink the enemy which I'atria had
indorsed. Sim waited now, alone in
the shack, for tlie Mexican s return
from making all things ready at the
far side of the vault.
There was no light other than a
feeble glimmer of moonshine tillering
in through cracks arouttd window and
l door. The girl sat in a corner, the tin
of nitroglycerin oil the table before her,
automatic pistol in hand, iter pose one
of tense vigilance,
i Noiselessly in his hare feet, Juarez
returned, preceded by the flicker of an
electric torch, bringing with him a
i modern magazine rifle newly filched
from the stores in the vault.
"Are you ready?" he whispered.
I'atria arose with a nod of assent,
and picked tip the tin of explosive in
a cautious hand.
'Follow the aisle between the parking
cases," lie instrneted with a ges;
tare toward the tunnel. "It leads to
the hnngur doors. If the guards on
lite beach ran off to see what's the
juatter when 1 begin shooting, tinhur
the doors?but don't open theia till 1
join you."
She nodded again, and entered the
tunnel as Juarez tiptoed to the window
ami stealthily unbarred it.
Picking her way cautiously, she arrived
beneath the wings of the hiplaiu
before the silence of the island ni^ht
was shattered by a rippling fusillade.
An eye to the crack between tht
great doors, she saw two armed Japanese
who had been patrolling the bead
! turn and, after momentary hesitation
run off in the direction of the disturb
a nee.
Working swiftly, she had lifted dowr
the last heavy bur of wood that hek
the doors together before Juarez up
i pen red at her side.
"Good!" he breathed, eye to tin
crack. "I got one of them. The other:
1 tiro nronnrliicf tn vtnrrn (ho ulmok
| ?? a v M I aamfV * w* v#i iai iiiv niinv. w
j We've got perhaps two minutes. . .
Putting his shoulder Against one o;
i the doors, he swung it widely out
i I'atria had the other open almost hi
' quickly. She stepped into open nigh
with a little shiver of excitement am
fright, and waited to one side whih
j Juarez wheeled the hiplune out as ens
I ily us though It had been a perninhu
i la tor.
lie turned and beckoned. A virion
i tongue of flame licked out of l.eacl
i i*. *" that crmvnod a nearby dune.
Simultaneously it rifle spoke. Juarez
throw liis hands high, spun iu his
tracks, a nil dropped.
There canto a second shot. A little
spurt of sand flew up at l'ntriu's foot. A
Heedless in her terror, she dropped the
1 tin of nitroglycerin and sped swiftly
up the bench, without thought or uha
other than to find >belter front those
bullets which persistently hounded iter
footsteps, singing past her or sullenly
burying themselves iu the sands.
Of a sudden she saw 1 Ink Jpbn? I
nlng to moot her. the brilliant ty/onnlight
glinted on a weapon in Ills band.
Willi a sob of despair, I'atrla turned ]
blindly at rigid angles and ran?with- i
II <-'! i
I'm 1111 hi. ciii 1111^ win i hit sin* run k
?out upon tiio )uirl>or dnek. *
Behind lu?r tIn* automatie of the
.lapanaso rattled shrowislily?and was
unexpectedly niiswcrt'il from offshore.
At tlit* end of the dock. tlie.jjirl
paused ami glanced back. Ilakuseki
had Kivcn up Ilia pursuit?was, indeed,
running swiftly for shaltar in Ilia
ilunas; but tlia rillos of bis followers
ware speaking animatedly.
A uraj11 llooil of bopa surged ii'JPcr
bosom as sba looked otTsbora and disao\
arad an airplane settling dow n like
an immense water fowl upon the <urlure
of the harbor, not twenty yards ^
The Rescue.
distant. If doubt existed In her mind
hk to the identity of Its pilot. were It#1
friend or enemy, it wuk soon erased
by his hull.
"Pallia! Qulck-~-*wim off to uie!"
The pilot's pistol rattled again.
Donald's voire! Patria was imi move
afraid; and water was as her native
element. Without hesitation she divtd
and struck off toward tlie plane.
Little more than a minute later Purr
was helping her to elimli up on one 4|
of the pontoons, then to a seat beside
Ills own, while InillelK rontintied to
sink' rlchoohetted over the waters and
tear through the covering of tlie planes.
Site was no more than settled in lor
place* when I'arr began to manipulate
tlie controls and the seaplane skimmed
the surface of the harbor i.t a long,
graceful curve, then began to rise. . .
Rack on the Island, standing beside
the biplane, Captain llnkuscki witI
ncssed tin* successful evasion in a rage
that milled even his racial placidity.
In bis understanding the affair ?0
intolerable; though be perished endeavoring
to prevent It. this escape
must not lie permitted.
Summoning assistants, l.e turned inward
the biplane?and paused as his
foot struck what one swift down glifcee
identified as the tin of nitrngljv n.
Inspired by this accident, he [deked
up the tin, crammed It Into a vide
pocket of bis khaki coat, and clambered
to tlie pilot's scat. Provided lie might
maneuver ills aircraft above the other, ^
in- \>ouna ihm'U ? liiy to drop this dead- ^
ly bomb; mid Ilivn* wo.ild be nothing
left of tin* fugitives.
ITis aids start?? ! the motor. Willi a
roar tli<* propellers began to revolve.
Ilakiiseki grasped tin* controls. The
machine shot off down the beach and
took the ail at the water's edge.
The seaplane, seeking a high level,
was rising in a wide spiral. As^yet
it was not high, and the .lap>vl^i^'
, 'plane was the better at climbing.
I Within ai space of time incredibly brief
the two were hovering on an appt'oxi,
unite level, high above the island.
One shot might serve his end. The
temptation wais too strong to be resist,'
ed. lllikuseki drew his pistol, amd
, opened fire.
, In Parr's machine, Patrla ('banning
( took the weapon proffered by her res-. ,
. j ctier and, leaving him free to nlteiid
I !ii hiu /Inf li?o "di -i
I - >nuirn n."* JMiOl, Ul'CW IICI'SCII
I buck at length upon the piano ami rc1
turned the tiro of tlie Japanese.
.1 Ifukuseki was conscious of some|
tiling like the impact of a fist between
j'his eyes. Blindness followed, with,
^agonizing pain. Ho crumpled in his a
t | sent, lurching forward against the con
jtrols. Ills last conscious thought.
(lone of terror; the hiplatto was faliim-';
jthe tin of explosive remained in his
K pocket; when lie came to earth he
t would be utterly annihilated. UneoiiI
, sciousness mercifully ensued.
e\ Nose down, the biplane dived like.'it
plummet; but the body of HaUu
seki, thrown from its place, distanced
the inneblne. The summit of the great |
s dune that housed the store of oxploli
sivps received the full Impact of Its