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5zr PACK SIX. THE BAKNWELL PEOPLE.SENTINEL. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA .T THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7S t : In Valhalla: :: Q "WHl, not exactly—cafl It an unin- gueat,’ l (Copyright, 1*21. by W. (1. Chapman.) SYNOPSIS CHAPTER I.—FI (thing. In Mlr> f**h- lon, from a private dock, Dirk Van Ness watches a ship, the Pelican, w hich he recognises as the Beacon, his fa ther's yacht before hla death and finan cial reverses forced him to part with tt. A man whom he hears a girl who ac companies him address as Mr Btake, lands from the yacht. The girl drop* her handbag In (he stream.jind Dick recovers It. Thanking him, she gives him her visiting card. .She Is Alice Cutler, niece of Stephen Cutler, suc- ceesful business rival of the elder Van Ness. CHAPTER IT.—Dick overhears a con versation between Blake and Captain Brent of the Pelican which gives him the Impression that the yacht la bound on a voyage of adventure to an Island the name of which he does not hear. CHAPTER III.—Acting on Impulse, Dick, footloose and ready for any sort of adventure, remembers a hiding place In the main cabin of the yacht and de termines to conceal himself and sail— a atowaway—with the party. Steph«*n Cutler. Invalid, comes aboard, with hla niece, and the ship sails. CHAPTER IV.—In his retreat Pluk overhears conversations between TDake and Captain Brent which appear to de note something sinister. Believing the cabin empty, Dltfk emerges from hid ing and encounters Marie, Alice Cut ler's French maid, (letting hark f|ulck- ly, unrecognised, the girl Insists she has seen a "ghost," and Is ridiculed. The yacht reaches Its apparent destina tion, an Island. Dick swlma ashore. CHAPTER V—On the Island nest day Van Ness witnesses an exchange of mysterious signals which he realises ♦re hetween Hlrke, a f- cSyranr house; and*Captain Brent, on the vnrht He te present, unseen while Blake and Marie speak In healed terms «.f things which add to the mjstery of the situa tion. Sleenlng In a Boathouse near the dock. Dl< g is discovered hv Alice He admits he was on the ya< Irt, and she reveals the fact that the servants who should have been at the hiMgsr are mys teriously absent, only her uncle, Ste phen Cutler, Doctor Alstsr Blake and herself being on the Island Dicks presence Is known only to Alice The yacht sails, leavllg the party. CHAPTER VI—Floating on a life, raft, a sailor is assisted to the shore by Van Ness He asserts he Is one vf the crew- of the Pelican which Is on a reef, fast breaking pp. and that be vol unteered to swim ashore and seek aid Neither to Dick nor Alice, who hears the mans story, does It ring true, and Dick Is more than ever convldced that •ome plot, engineered by Blake and In volving Stephen Cutler, Is afoot VII —Ktplo«ng the Island. r>irlc diftroYtrA a wirH^AH upiMrutu* from Which messages are being sent and received They are In code and he can make nothing of them, though h. Is convinced Blake Is rommiinlcat ins With the yacht Continuing his Inves tigations. Van Ness Is surprised and knocked senseless bv Mct.ee, the sailor whom lie had helped ashore The fel low leaves Dick hound and helpless In a cave while he goes to Inform Blake of Dicks presence, and his captlvltv (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK) CHAPTER VIII Dick did not Iihnc to wuit long for thg return of the gentium, u<vnm- panted by Hlake. Durini; the short Interval, he niude a cnreful survey of hla surrotindioc*. tested the rope that hound him, and vainly speculated .npon his chance of escaping There seemed to lie no outlet to the ■mailer cave lie was ip. excefit through the one In which the wireless was lo cated. It was nothing more Mum a Sudden suspicion entered ihe oth- «'■ face. “Did ilira Cutler know you were aboard?” < ~ . r Dick laughed and shrugged hla shoulders. "Ask her." he replied Im pudently. ’ * An uneagy expression came Into Blake's eyes, and for a few momenta he waa quiet. Then quite coolly, hav ing «»*de up his mind, he said, “No, I won't ask her. I'll leave you here for her to find. If she knows you’re on the Island, she'll hunt for you.” He swung around, and faced the seanlan. “Keep him here. M'^*ee, and watch him. If IWtss Cuiler^shoufif stumble upon him let me know.” - He walked hack Into the main cave, followed by McGee. - “Are you going to let me starve?” called Dirk. "That’s hardly fair, Mr. 7 “Sure!" Grinned the Other. “I Won't Let Him Starve—Not Quite.’' tb. a law against slow Hlake. There's murder." AVLthout answering him, Hlake spoke again to (he scamon: “Give him enough food and water ~ - -- . . m him. '■ Half injare Tefre«hir irrt -f ^afrsa ur ■h-orr' wvrendlng Dwlure of bis wwnmT, In t&tr Hfcrmes made v *o eY-'-eftfrcrf to TTs hack from (lie black hole Into which he had let himself. He groaned from the pain in his head. When the entrance to the cave was darkened by Hip appearance of the two men, hr silenced his groans and compressed his lips firmly. Tin* sen- man led the way. and thrust an elec tric torch in his face. “There he is, sir," ho said. “Iteckon I did a good Job of it.” Mr. Hlake stepped forward and thrust his face down at Dick. Tor n moment Ire was quiet, Inspecting him closely. Then a grunt escaped his “Let me have that torch, McGee!” he said abruptly. Taking It from his companion's hand and thrusting it close into Dirk's face, he scrutinized the features-In silence. “We've met before,” he added, frowning. “Your face Is familiar.” “Then perhaps you can tell me where,” replied Dick, determined not to enlighten him. The man was busy with his thoughts, trying to summon from memory a vague impression. Sudden ly his face lightened. “I have It !" he exclaimed. ‘Wou're the man who fished Miss Outler’s bag from the river the day before we Miled. .Arfrii' you? Yes, I recognise you. I don't need your answer." “I don’t deny It. Mr. Blake. Glad to meet you again.” Hie other grunted. Then he asked the Inevitable question: “How’d g.ou get down here?" “Came flown on the yacht,” replie-d Dick, smUInlr. , « Blake frnwhed. "You weren't* mem ber of the crew." he asserted^ “No,” smiled Dirk, “I didn't have to work my passage." ’ ■ !$*ow«wiyrr ' ' • ' ‘ r- overfeed him. You ttnderMrtnd? “Sure!" grinned the other. "I won’t let him starve—not quite.” When they disappeared up the rud« steps provided by nature. Dick's hesirt skipped u few heats. The pn.apect was not promising. His Imprisonment in the dark hole would not he pleas nut. The piiin in his head, and the strain of the rope that hound him veto bad. enough; hut Hlake intend *d to increase his torture by halt ■tuning him. Ila xnevr better tn:;n Hlake that Miss Cutler would make no rigid sennit for hint. He wasn't sure but she would he glad of his disappear ance. “A ntcr pickle I've gof' ffiv -elf into,” he muttered. ''They'll lettve' me here until they're through with their scheme, then likely as tint soil away without me. Til he worse off than Hohinson Crusoe." The' agony he was suffering made him resiless. I’naMe to sit up quiet ly and endure the pain, he began roll ing his body around, turning oyer and over until to* reached the nearest wall. So far as he could see it offered no way of escape even If he could free himself. He rolled slowly and painfully to the opposite wall. It was the same its the other, with no break in It. Then hack to the farthest corner of his prison he made his agonizing way. Here, too, the, wall of the c:t\e met the hottom and shelved tipvvjirn grad ually to meet the roof. He, groaned in despair, and lay quiet, ready to faint from the eXcrucl- eMld not escape except through the ma|n entrance, his vigilance would nattifnlly*'relax. ‘ , Dick had to free his hands to make the experiment of enlarging the hole! Unfortunately McGee’s training had taught him to tin a knot that was not easily loosened. A sailor’s knot Is about the most difficult to unfasten, and the harder Dick strained the tighter the rope seemed to draw.' “I can’t do It thatjway," he mut tered after a long futile struggle. "McGee's a seaman, and 1 know sail ors” knots.” He-lay back and breathed hard, butHiis mind was working ac tively. If he whs to free himself It hafl to he through some trick. He looked around for a sharp rock which might serve (o saw the rope In half, hut most of them seamed to have their edges worn smooth and round. v Again he deKpalred. j«i<l dropped hnek exhausted with the jolin of ills efforts. He thought of his box of matches. If he'could get at them he mtght burn the rope I 3 He began wriggling his hands around to reach bis pocket, but with out avail. Then another Idea oc curred to him. The box of matches was In his trousers pocket. Hy ele vating his feet In the nlr, and shak ing them qt the same time he wriggled his body, there was a chance he might work the precious box out. He began this experiment as soon as It occurred to him. He rolled his hotly up to the side of the nearest wall, ami then began shifting his po sition until he had his feet elevated far above his head. - Almos^ standing on his head,, with Ids shoulders on the bottom of the cave, lie began a process of shimmying* that would have been the envy of the most suc cessful exponent of that art. For a long time nothing happened. Then he felt the box work up toward the mouth of his pocket. He re newed Ids efforts, performing the most ridiculous antics; hut It stuck, and for many minutes he could not move i,t farther, i He was almost on the point of de spair when the box suddenly slipped out anil fell lightly to the floor. With an exclamation of delight, Dick dropped hts legs, and began eagerly searching for the box with tils mouth. He picked It up finally, and tried to wwry gp % hl» tntttr 7 Returning to the cave he gathered up the otper ends^ of the rope and thrust them Into fltg opening. Then crawling tn feet first, he gathered the loose rocYx up aftd waited up the open ing as deftly a* possible. He shuddered a little when the last ray of light was excluded. He felt like a man walled up in a living tomb. If there was no way of exit atljthe other end.^arid If McGee shoultl dts- ■cover his method nf escape and Seal up the entrance, he,would Indeed he imprisoned in a living tomb without chance of escape. .v „ The-horror of *uch a finish sickened him, and for a moment/ he hesitated. He started to fear down the wall he had Constructed, but his panic lasted only a minute. “t mustn’t get cold feet.” h£ Rea soned with himself. “There must be an outlet on the other end.” - Bubyed up by this conclusion, he began wriggling backward. He wished now that he bad entered head-first, but In that position he could hot have cov ered itis retreat. “Heshjes,” be thought, “if I have to coiue^ back and give myself up, lil need my bands to break through into the cave again. It's ten to one lil .have to do it.” v Thi» luck of confidence in his scheme was in direct contiiadiction to his for mer conclusion, but his mind was so harrowed by fear and uncertainty that lie was hardly responsible for h!f thoughts. (TO BE CONTINUED.) , for Economical Transportation f. o, b. Flint, Michigan limp altitude .time. Ii;:lttin; swept across be remained for some hack tlie weakness that him in waves. If was cold and damp down there, iitul for some time Dick was mteon- sciniiN |,r jmy change in tin* atmos phere of iln* plant*; hut gradually It •■amt* lo him that a very faint sea air was Mowing upon his forehead when ever his head was placed In a eertitir. position, lb* snifft*d uJ Jf. .'irul'movei. Ills head hack, 'The salty odor of the air losf Its strength. A Returning his head to its former posit inn, he sniffed again. There was an man i st n 1. a I d p Hr a ft ofwcn":ttr faTl- ning his faei*. very faint and indefinite, bur enough,to arouse his curiosity.,' “Where does it come from?" he muttered. He followed Ids nose until he came to a point where the draft was the strongest. Hy thrusting his face di rectly in It, and using his tongue in place of his ■knnils, he made a discov ery that thrilled him. The salt air was coming through «n aperture in Ihe rocks no bigger than his fist. Hy holding h!s face close to it. lie could get the strong salty, flavor. ’ s' ‘‘This opens into one of tlie^ se* caves under the cliff,” he muttered. But an aperture the size of a man’s fist offered little consolation. He could not crawl through it. But the very fact that It Was there, a narrow entrance Drone of the sea cavTs, • rousecLhts spirit*. “Untight enlarge it,” he added, after ■ "long pause, “if I had the use of my hands.” <5 It was n forlorn hope, hut Dick realized Unit his position was des|>er- ate. :im! he had to take advantage of any chance. McGee, watching out side, would not visit him often. Se cure In the ihojifht that his prisoner anger nt his failure, he crunched the -'VUiuliULhox with his teeth and spilled the mutches, out. With another grunt of satisfaction he fished uround on the floor until lie bad a match In his lips. Holding It firmly with Ids teeth, he tried to scratch it against the rhemlrntly treated strip. Bill here again he met with difficulty. * The light box constantly eluded him. It would not reunite stationary long enough for him to scratch the herd the match neatest It. Agsln and he essayed to light one. Dripping with cold perspiration and desperate at Ids failure, he tried every trick he could think of, and only gave it iqrwhen exhausted. With a groan he dropped down. Now what all his skill had failed In accomplishing accident performed for him. In dropping his body back, be landed plump on the box and Com pletely crushed in the sides that his teeth had started. Dick never knew how It occurred; hut one match In the heap must laive been so placed *htit his laxly forced the impregnated head against the rough surface of the box. There was a flash and glare, and the whole pile of matches was ignit ed. The box itself took fire, forming a good-sized blaze. Startled at first. Dick stared at the fire, and then real izing that his op|Wtunity was quick ly passing he thrust his two hands over file flame uniil the rope began smoking. 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He bail to grit his teeth to hold hack a cry of pate, hut with all the «ti»iclsni he could command he waited silently and patiently until box and matches were consumed. By t.liat time the rope was burning. He waited as long as he could, watch* ing tin* flames eat their way through *trand after strand. , Then with a mighty effort he JeAeti his hands apart. The rope parted near the middle, freeing him so he eotild tjwkie the rest of his bonds with both hands. Ex-, tlnguisldng the fire, lie began feverish ly to unfasten th^ rope that still held his legs. Once free and on his feet, lie liy>gan exercising his limbs to restore the cir culation. Then he filing himself down near the small aperture in the wall, and began tearing the rocks. At first lie marde no perceptible progress, hut# piece of rock the size of his fistfifudly yielded to Ids efforts. A Utlte-^xaipinution showed him that the tfall was cracked and broken in tnhny places, and that by taking ad vantage of these he could make better progress. Half an hour of bard work made him Jubilant. The aperture was big enough to admit a man’s thigh. Renewing his efforts he enlarged It a little more. Thi’nstlng a hand into the hole, he found that beyond the mouth it was deeper anti widen It was nearly an hour later before he had the bole large enough to admit Ids body. He crawled through eagerly and tremblingly. The sea air reached his nostrils now with a strong salty flavor. Dick was sure that the other end opened into a sea cove. The thought of conceal teg jd* method of escape came to UIui- Sy far 99 oosalble he milk Sugar to suit taste J cup tea t tbsp. lemon - Twie* Juice H cup -water Small stick cin namon H cup fruit Jutes / (eurram ry preferred) Boll slowly the cinnamon, a lemon rind and orange rind in water for ten minutes. Strain and wheq cool add the other Ingredients. 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