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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH Costs less than $1.00 to decorate a room with WNU SerYie CHAPTER XIII Continued 18 Immediately I groped about me with outstretched hands. On three sides olid earth ; but on the fourth, at about the level of my waist, I encountered empty space, and for the first time I . ' . ' experienced a gleam of hope. Clearly It was a case of hands and knees, and, telling Helen to follow, I dropped on all fours, and without the faintest idea of whether our venture meant life or death, I began crawling along the tunnel. I had often read, In old romances, of the mysterious charm of underground passages, but this was not the kind I had encountered In books. It was ankle deep In mud and water, which was unpleasant enough In Itself, and In addition to this I began to fear that the earth might collapse above us, and shuddered at the thought of such a fate. Yet any port in a stonn, as the saying Is, and I felt that whatever we were destined to undergo could be no worse than the seemingly certain death we had left behind. Presently7, after what appeared like an Interminable time, but which was, I suppose, in reality only a few minutes, I suddenly encountered solid earth ahead, and. Judging that this must mark the end of the passage, I groped above us. pushed upward on the wood that met my hands, and the next instant clear starlight, never more welcome, shone down upon us. A second later we were scrambling up the sides of the narrow opening, to find ourselves again above the earth, with the night air blowing fresh and cool upon our faces. I knew at once Where we were in the clearing among the mangroves where McAllister had crept to view his treasure, and had nearly met his death at the hands of the giant ape. By this time It was pitch dark around us ; mdonrise was still far ofT : and accordingly we crept back a little distance from the clearing, and, making ourselves as comfortable as possible, proceeded to await developments. And now, for the first time, I had a chance to consider our position, and to wonder whether or not we had bettered ourselves by our flight. In one way, of course, I myself had greatly benefited, for I was, at least, still alive. Put beyond that the outlook seemed dubious. I had shown McAllister that I was not his nephew; had admitted my deceit bv running away. Nor was this the worst of It, fo.- - Helen, through her courage and quickness of wit. had joined her fortunes irrevocably with mine. And how we were now to escape from the Island and reach the mouth of the river, where Parcla.v awaited us, was more than I could see. The hours dragged on. From the river, to the westward, we could hear, from time to time, the sound of low voices and the splash of oars. Clearly the slaves would attack from that quarter also. From the plantation, on the east, rose the yelling and shouting of the avengers, and presently the light of a huge bonfire flared against the sky, then died away, and darkness again enshrouded the world. this tunnel Helen, I whispered, is McAllisters last resort his refuge In emergency. That is plain as day. Its a means of escape from the island, and where theres a burrow there must be a boat. I'll .go to the north, you to the south ; if you find anvthing call to me, but softly, on your life." Without another word we separated, and I began groping my way through the tangle, but had not gone, I think more than fifty feet when I heard Helens low call, and, retracing my steps with all possible speed, found her standing by a little Inlet in the swamp, while before (is; in the darkness, we could discern the dim outlines of two boats, one a small canoe, the other perhaps thirty feet long, built on the lines of a whaeboat, and capable of holding a dozen men. To handle this latter craft was, of course, beyond our powers, and accordingly I lost no time In launching the canoe through mud and slime, until she lay ready at the rery entrance to the river. And then, despite the danger, a sudden reckless thought flashed through my mind The treasure chest! Who could foretell the future? The slaves might permanently possess and guard the Island. This might be the last chance to secure the gold and gems. And thus, with a hurried whisper to Helen, 1 sped back to the big boat, found the grapple In the bow, and, making my way to the familiar spot where I had saved the life of McAllister, I used my novel spade to such advantage that within nve minutes I had returned to the canoe, and had placed the small but heavy chest safely aboard. And now I prayed for darkness. But while the whole eastern sky was Parred with clouds, the moon had so far managed to evado them, and con- tinued o shed her light upon island and river. And presently, as we walt- ed, in a fever of impatience, It became evident that the attack upon the fortress had at last begun. From the eastward came a tumult of frenzied flouting, the Deating of drums, the crack! crack! crack I of rifles and pistols; while from the mangroves, close ar band, arrows soared op- - By ELLERY H. CLAPK . King Wall Finish Coprrlcht HM ward, curved and descended upon the Itlchard? I think we may have need roof of the house. To me the course of you. 1 of events seemed plain. The garrison, did not hesitate did not answer, hopelessly outnumbered, would either even butsprnng at once into the be massacred at their posts, or, tak- longboat's bow. Kven Helen and I ing to the.tunnel and emerging among 1I ii'-- to say it was for the instant a the mangroves, would add to the dan- secondary thought. This was. a mans We must., .fight, and in it I meant to play my gers of our predicament. risk It," I cried, and even as the words part. left my lips, the moon as if in eclipse A .wave of farewell,- and we were was suddenly engulfed in cloud. Our speeding toward the island. Looking chance had come! In an Instant we aft, I could see that the captains gaze were aboard, bad shoved the canoe never left his quarry, and that .bis clear of the mangroves and the next dark face gleamed with exultation. moment had begun our Journey toward Tlie- Black Panther even In these t lie sea. tense and thrilling moments I realized Whether our adventures Were ended, the nptness o? the phrase. or were only just beginning, It .was Nearer and nearer we came until at hard to say. Behind us the tumult length our how found its restiiftr place soeined to hax.,slackened, but whether in tiie smooth sand. Beside us lay the tills meant victory or defeat for 5foAl-liste- r whaleboat, careened upon its side, ns we could hot tell. A' boat in our the fugitives' had left It. No trace of our greatest dread, and I them was path jvas to be seen; only, the level was so busy peering forward 'through sweep of the sand, and a hundred the blackness that I had no thoughts yards away the dark and sinister outfor anything else until, after twenty line of the reeds, among which our minutes of steady progress, and witli lay concealed. There was no dalthe mouth of the river near at ' hand. lying, no delay. So well did Barclays Helen suddenly stopped paddling, and followers know 'their savage game that turned her head. "Hark! she whis- lie had no need of wasting words. pered. Take hinr alive! was his one comI sat motionless, paddle suspended mand. Then, out of kindness to an in midair. Instantly I became aware unskilled hand, he assigned me to a of the unmistakable sound of oars, and again my heart sank like leiid. Up7 and then down, had flowed .and ebbed the tide of our hopes and fears, and now to be caught with safety almost In our grasp it was too much to be borne. Without a word, we bent to our paddles again with a will, and. no longer keeping a lookout for imaginary dangers, we made the canoe fairly boil through the water. And then, all at once, the moon shone forth through a rift in the clouds, and to my horror I heard, behind us, a wild yell from our pursuers. One hurried glance told me all I wished to know ; it ' was" (lie whaleboat, with half a dozen maroons at the oars, and in the bow, rifle In hand, the wizened figure of McAllisI cursed myself ter. for not leaving the treasure. I had Only one hope remained. agreed to meet Barclay in the evening, and it was now close to daylight, yet if his patience had lasted, and he was still lying off the mouth of the river, all might yet be well. Once more the moon was engulfed in clouds, suddenly effacing our pursuers in the gloom, and a minute later the long, slow heave from the ocean told us that we had passed the limits of the river, and were fairly on the sea. Instantly a Bent but Wiry Fijure Leaped Forward. not someahead of far us, Presently, thing loomed faintly through on the left of the line, and told and for an Instant my heart leaped place me briefly: Kebp your distance from with the belief that it was the longthe man next you; when I give the a moment we as but drew boat, later, word to charge, run crouched and leap swiftly nearer, I perceived that it was from side to side. And above all, hold but one of the many sandy Islets that your fire. The light is bad. - Cold steel fringed the shore, barren, save for a will tell the tale. clump of reeds In the center. Had our An instant later we were advancing pursuers been fewer in number, we toward the ambush, traversing permight have beached the canoe and half the distance In perfect sitaken refuge, for a last stand. In the haps lence. . Then I heard Barclays trumassailreeds; hut, with a voice, Charge! and mindful of ants, doubtless fully armed, our rifle pet his counsel, I bent double, and went and our two pistols would scarcely zigzag fashion, up the beach. have sufficed. And so, like hares har- leaping, No sound came from the reeds, and I ried by a falcon, we swept out to sea. to feel a ltut resentment, an. Nearer and nearer drew the whale- began though they were not giving us a boat. I could hear McAllister shriekchance for our li'ves, when suddenly ing Imprecations, and could imagine two flashes of flame seared the darkthat the loss of the treasure must ness, and the man to right of me have driven him nearly mad. I felt forward, gave a twist or two, pitched sure that he was within range of us. and then lay still. On we swept, and. and wondered why he did not shoot, bad nearly reached the edge of the until I reflected that if he shot and ambuscade before we got the rest. of wounded me, I might, in my struggles, their as it seemed, in almost, volley, upset the canoe and lose the treasure. our faces. Sometimes, as I look back Doubtless it was this thought that upon It, It appears strange that they stayed his hand. did not annihilate us; hut, m the other Wild plans darted through my brain. For hand, fate was against them. I might stop paddling, poise the chest one thing, the light cou.d .not hae over the side, and demand our lives in been ere drawing worse, and they payment for its safety. But how make bend on almost ns moving object, McAllister keep his word? Plainly a black as the night its f. Moreover, crisis of some sort was close at hand, and in desperation I had laid down my paddle and reached for my rifle, when nil at once I heard a hail, and as the moon once more emerged from its dark barrier I saw a sight that I shall never forget the longboat of the The pike is tiie hungriest and tiie Black Panther shooting out from the fiercest of fishes. Fish, flesh and cove where it had lain concealed, four fowl seem alike acceptable to its palmen bending their sturdy backs at the ate, and it does not disdain mineral oars, and in the stern the fumiliar products; rings, spoons and oilier simfigures of Burford and of Captain Bar- ilar articles have been frequently takclay. en from its maw. In an Instant the whole aspect of Four Euglish boys went to bathe in affairs had changed. I Imagined, at Inglemere pond, near Ascot," England. first, that McAllister would stand and One of them, who shall be called fight, but I think th.it to his guilty con- Henry, walked, into the water to about science there rnus have been some- the depth of our feet, when tie spread thing terrifying as well as supernatu- out ills hands and tried to swim. At ral in Barclays sudden appearance that instant a large fish came up and upon the scene, fc.r almost immediate- took the whole hand in Its nmuth, but ly the bow of the whaleboat swung finding Itself unable to swallow it retoward the Islet, the maroons putting linquished its hold, and the boy, turnforth all their strength in an effort to ing round, prepared for a hasty regain the protection of the reeds. Was treat. Ills companions, who saw the the stranger among them, I wondered. fish, scrambled out of the pond as I could see no sign of him, and sus- fast as possible. pected (what I found, long afterward, Henry had scarcely turned round to be the truth) that he, with Bill and before the fish came up behind, and, Quamino, and three more maroons, had seizing his other hand crosswise. Infallen In the attack upon the fortress, flicted some very deep wounds on the thus meeting, by the whim of fate, a back of it. The lad raised his free tragic death In a quarrel not his own. hand, which was still bleeding, and A second later the longboat swept stuck the great fish a hard blow on The alongside of us, and I shall never for- J the head, when It disappeared. get the captain's courtly bow to Helen. t ather boys took him to a surgeon, Yt this was no time for ceremony, who dressed seven wounds In one ud he said quietly, "Are you with us, haDd, and so great was tiie pain the -- - foe-ine- Whole-heartedl- the-haz- half-doze- n ev n by Bobb-Mrri- 1 Dont spend a penny for painting or decorating until you ml have investigated King Wall Finish. This amazing finish Jfy not only gives any room a rich, beautiful appeatance, but Y the cost is remarkably brut. You can make any average sized room look like new for less than a doll ar. 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The flash .pistols, the gleam of steel, dnrk forms meeting hand to hand it fcfrom. THE CHICAGO WHITE LEAD OIL CO. 111. 0gWall Finisjr DISTRIBUTOR SALT LAKE GLASS & PAINT CO. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH n-- f was all bewildering and unreal. I was conscious that Barclay was raging like a lion among the foe; I heard oaths and cries of pain; but, unskilled as I was in such warfare, it seemed as I hough I should be of small assistance, until finally, more through accident titan design, I wns drawn into the very center of the fray. Barclay, with his enemy almost within his reach, had struck down the man who guarded him, but the maroon, in his death agony, gripped the captain's foot, and nearly brought hint to the but wiry ground. Instantly figure leaped forward, a knife flashed high, and I saw, to my horror, that it was McAllister. I still grasped my empty rifle in my hand, and more quickly than I have ever acted before It and dealt McAor since, llister such a blow that It crashed through his guard and sent his knife spinning through the air, my gun stock fairly splintering his skull. In a fraction of a second Barclay had wrenched himself free, and was bending over his enemy. I wns aware of sudden silence about us. The conflict wns ended ; not one of our adversaries was left alive. Barclay, rising, replaced his knife In his belt and shake turned to me with a half-ruefof his head. he said, I would that Richard, your strength were. less. You have both given and taken away. You have saved my life, but you have robbed me of my revenge." I did not answer him, for now that the fight wns over, my thoughts sped swiftly hack to Helen. Every moment thRrllght was growing clearer, and I could see that she was paddling swiftly toward the island. Presently Barclay came nearer nnd laid his hand on my shouhler. and I saw that he too was gazing eastward. A grent change had come over his face; he looked likp a man awakening front a dream. he said, Im glad Its Richard, over. For all this time, night nnd day.. Ive thought only of revenge. Now we must look ahead.- You and yottr lass are safe; youll marry, and then hear away to the northard. When this trouble with the blacks Is over, Ill take charge of the plantation, and treat them as Id like to he treated In their place. Then there's .the treasure we must get that; I pointed' to the approaching canoe v Its there, I answered, and at your service." Ills clasp on my shoulder tightened. I thank'you, Richnrd," he said-- This treasure, then, for me, and for Bur-forand my' men. But I five you the hearings, and when you come to Strait smouth. the other chest will be for you and your bride. 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