Show BEN AMES WILLIAMS Y WILLIAMS I HUU THE STORY STOR SO FAR Robin Dale a ayoun ayoung young youn artist goes coes to Moose 1 Bay ay to see seeber her ber fiance Dance Will 1 lI When WUI Will Is accidentally killed hl hi hb brother Angus Anus blames bl Robin She IOU goes to Angus Angus' fish fishing log ing cruiser to see him While she sheds Is on onboard onboard board boud the boat bost sails nUs carrying her Angus Pat Donohoe and a cabin boy named Romeo toward Labrador The boat Is 15 seized bya by-a man named Jenkins Caught running contraband alcohol Jen Jen- Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins kins Is trying to escape from a govern ment patrol When the boat sinks In a storm they are arc stranded on an Island Jenkins surprises Robin In the act of getting a cake of chocolate she has saved for or Angus Ancus and Pat P t. t Now continue with the story CHAPTER XV So Sol Jenkins whispered Cheat CheatIng CheatIng Cheating Ing sister What have you got She clutched the treasure tight against her breast Its mine mine she cried Now dont don't be greedy sister He came toward her She was still on her knees In the low shel shel- ter At the thought of being caught there panic swept her She scram scram- scrambled scrambled scrambled bled out just as Mr Jenkins reached her He caught her wrist with one hand the cake of chocolate with the other She clung to it holding it with both hands against her body and she screamed in a shrill metal metal- metallic lic way He cried Blast you let go got gol Shut up He looked over his shoulder still wrenching at the chocolate and she bent her head bead and bit his hand He swore mightily and he struck her hard in the face Her head rang and her legs gave way and she fell on her knees still clinging to the cake of chocolate He caught her wrist again with his left hand and there was an insane rage in him bow now He drew his pistol and struck her ber knuckles with the barrel of It Then behind him and a little above him not a dozen feet away the big Irishman came charging into view Robin saw him She cried Pats Pat's name and Jenkins instantly reacting jerked her around to serve as a shield as big Pat Donohoe came cameon on Since he first saw Robin on the wharf at Quai Rimouski Mr Jen Jen- Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins kins had changed his mind about her half haU a dozen times Beginning with the casual interest he might have felt toward any pretty girl he be had progressed to a lively resentment at her presence aboard McPhail's I cruiser He did not not actually see her slip down into the cleft to go to the shel shel- shelter shelter shelter ter today His back was toward ow rd her herat herat herat at the he moment But heigl he h g nce d that way an instant later and since since she was no longer in sight he knew at once where she had gone But he did not start toward Robin without a first cautious look around Romeo was beyond him laboring with a great boulder a hundred yards or so away and Angus and Pat were out of his sight on the theother theother theother other side of the naked dome where the monument was rising When he was sure of this Mr Jenkins as quietly as a cat slipped back to to- toward toward toward ward the head of the cleft When he came where he could see her Robin was in the shelter working work work- working workIng ing in panting haste shifting the tile rocks which he and Romeo had piled across the end of their refuge to shut out the wind Mr r. r Jenkins came quietly down below the break I Isee of the ledge so that no one could see him from the cairn above and and he watched in a lively curiosity He was standing there three or four paces away when she turned to crawl out of the shelter with the cake of chocolate in her hand When Robin screamed big Pat Donohoe had just reached the cairn i with two or three rocks nursed in inthe inthe the cradle of his arms As he dropped them he heard her cry and without a moments moment's hesitation he raced that way She and Mr Jenkins did not hear his pounding feet teet but Robin looking past Mr Jenkins saw Pat on the ledge above them and cried his name Mr Jen Jen- Jenkins JenI Jenkins Jenkins I kins had that much warning He whipped around and he drew her in 1 front of him like a screen the pistol in his right hand At the same time Pats Pat's foot slipped and he fell tell awk awk- awkwardly awkwardly awkwardly sidewise sliding over the Up lip of the ledge landing absurdly in ina a sitting position ten feet away vay from where Mr Jenkins stood with Robin fast in the steel circle of his arm The breath went out of ot Pat with a grunt and Mr Jenkins lips tight across his teeth said sharply Get up Get out of here herel But Robin cried Here Pat Pa un She threw the chocolate toward the Irish Irish- man The throw was awkward The precious stuff landed on a sloping ledge and slid downward and Mr Jenkins swore at Robin and thrust her aside so that he could retrieve it But she clung to his right arm arm arm- the pistol was in that hand tugging hand tugging at him holding him back and Pat seeing his chance came to his feet like a released spring and made his leap Mr Jenkins jerked free his pistol hand and fired When Mr Jenkins fired Pat was wasa a lion in mid lie He felt the bul bul- bullet bullet let like Uke a flame stab his leg but it did not stop him Mr Jenkins tried to twitch aside out of the way of Pats Pat's charge but he was driven back and down Pats Pat's great hands grappling for the pistol and for tor Mr Jenkins Jenkins' throat Robin by the impact of Pats Pat's leap vas was knocked knock cd spinning to one oner r j r of c. 1 d li lr side and she fell and Pats Pat's heel caught her In the temple It struck her senseless Then the two t men fell on top of her She was under their threshing bodies forgotten by them both while they fought Up to this moment neither Ro Ro- Romeo Romeo Ro- Ro Romeo meo nor Angus had appeared They were both too far away to hear Rob Rob- Robins Robin's Robin Robins Robin's ins in's in s scream but they heard the pis pis- pistol pistol tol shot Romeo instantly raced to take a hand in whatever here went forward Angus even before the shot had some forewarning He was on the opposite side of the is island Is- Is Island island land when he discovered that Pat had disappeared With as many rocks as he could carry in n his arms Angus went toward the cairn to see where Pat had gone and he had almost reached it when he heard the shot He dropped his load and andI raced up to the cairn and saw Ro Ro- Romeo Romeo Ro- Ro Romeo I meo coming from the left leU scudding like a rabbit along the break of the cliff toward the cleft from which sounds of battle rose Angus raced to cut Romeo off but buthe buthe buthe he was still ten or fifteen yards short of doing so when Romeo reached a spot just above the shel shel- ter The man stopped there and L Lf f 1 4 t r rr r r 2 vb t 1 a t ti i They disappeared down the steep rocky slope toward the sea whipped a knife from its sheath at atthe atthe atthe the hip and balanced it in his hand looking down into the cleft as if it to pick a fair target There was not time to come to him before he threw the knife An An- Angus Angus Angus gus scooped up a rock half as big bigas bigas as a brick and as Romeo raised his bis I hand Angus threw the rock with all his might at the mans man's head It missed that mark but it did strike Romeos Romeo's elbow fairly with a sharp cracking sound Romeos Romeo's knife flew out of his hand and he screamed with pain and whirled and saw An An- Angus Angus Angus gus almost on him bun It was in McPhail's mind to get his hands ha ds on Romeos Romeo's throat and do doa a thorough job of it and the intent was blazing in his eyes Romeo dodged and darted away away and and Angus saw Pat and Mr Jenkins by the shelter just below him locked to together gether rolling over and over In a tight and silent fury Also he saw that Robin lay as fiat as a beaten rug under their thrashing bodies He forgot Romeo He reached them in two jumps Mr Jenkins at the moment happened to be up up- Angus hauled at Mr Jen Jen- Jenkins Jenkins kins kips and since Pat clung like a terrier to his foe Angus threw them both aside together They rolled down the slope and Angus picked Robin up holding her awkwardly shaking her trying to think of some some effective thing to do Then suddenly he was cool and sane again Robin was unconscious dead perhaps but there would be time to tend her later Pat and Mr Jenkins still locked together had somehow disappeared around the corner of the shelter down the steep rocky slope toward the tile sea Angus wondering why Pat needed so long longto to handle Mr Jenkins turned to help But Pat needed no help When Angus left Robin and swung that way he saw Pat crawling laborious laboriously ly Iy up the slope toward him There was no sign of ot Mr Jenkins The rain fog dropped about them and Angus called sharply Wheres Jenkins Pat looked look d over his shoulder and anda a gull on patrol In n the fog looked down turning its head sidewise the better to see sec what lay broken on the rocks It wheeled sharply with ex ex- excited excited excited cited cries and Pat Donohoe said The gulls gull's found him bim down be be- low Rest his black soul Dead He lIe Is that We fell off a 8 ten ten- foot toot shell shelf locked together like two sweethearts s but he be was was' undermost when we landed praises be bel If It it hadn't been for him to break my fall tall not even my head heat could have I i. i N stood it His didn't Or maybe It was his back I 1 heard it crack He grinned He saved my life lile peace to him Angus said flatly Romeos some some- somewhere somewhere somewhere where around Look out for tor him Ive I've got to tend to Miss Dale She's hurt He turned back to Robin and lifted her into the shelter and laid her there and eyed her doubt doubt- doubtfully doubtfully doubtfully fully not sure what to do Clearly she was alive for her breath stirred and she made gasping sounds but there was a lump on her forehead and her knuckles were bruised and broken and her sweater torn He held a handkerchief open In the spiteful little rain till it was dripping wet then began to bathe her fore fore- forehead forehead forehead head and arid cheek and throat He had forgotten Pat The Irish Irishman man crawled nearer on hands and knees till he came to the front of the shelter He watched Angus for fora a while and presently he said In Ina ina ina a mildly persuasive tone took nought but a crack on her head Shell She'll be fine Angus nodded still without look look- looking I ing big around I guess so I dont don't know cant can't tell whether she's or just or-just Just knocked out She's coming around He continued his ministrations ministratIons ministrations till WI Pat said apologetically could you maybe be stop stopping ping the blood from running out of my leg here Im I'm all thumb handed like I cant can't seem to manage it alone Angus looked around at him in a 1 quick surprise and Pat lay softly down on his face and sighed and closed his eyes Angus caught the big man in his arms It was time Pats Pat's leg was bro bro- broken broken broken ken by that single shot which Mr Jenkins had found time to fire Wait Wait- Waiting Waiting WaitIng ing uncomplainingly while Angus tried to revive Robin he had rolled up his bis trouser leg and pulled oft off his shoe and sock drenched with blood but then the Increasing weakness left him helpless to tend himself The bullet had entered just beside the shin bone had come out through the back of the calf calt above the ankle When Angus saw the wound he un un- understood understood understood how Mr Jenkins had been able to fight so long against Pats Pat's greater weight and strength With his thumbs he be put pressure on till the hemorrhage slackened and stopped He rolled his hand hand- handkerchief handkerchief handkerchief kerchief put a bit of rock in it it t tied it around Pats Pat's leg and twisted it 11 with his knife for leverage He tried to remember what to do next and then Robin in the shelter behind him came back to her senses Her head ht ad seemed like bursting and her world was all confusion but her first conscious thought was of that thai cake calce of chocolate She had dropped It somewhere somehow She must find it She crawled out past Angus but when she saw what he was about she made a low pitying sound and Angus said Oh hullo hub I had to take care of Pat He was bleeding badly Are you you hurt hurt much I dont don't think so Just my head and my hands I guess And Im I'm sort of sore of-sore sore all over Wheres Where's the chocolate He thought her mind was wandering but he said I came to try and get it and I 1 did but Mr Jenkins caught me here and then Pat came Did Mr Jenkins Jen Jen- Jenkins Jenkins kins get it Where is he She looked around to see where Mr Jenkins was was and discovered the chocolate crushed and flattened where the men in their fight had rolled on it She retrieved it jeal jeal- jealously jealously jealously forgetting Mr Jenkins and Pat came groping back to conscious conscious- consciousness ness again She said Here it is See Pat groaned and she cried Oh Give him this Angus Let him eat it itHe it He doesn't need it yet Weve We've got to take care of ot this leg of his Let me she said She loosened the tourniquet watching the wounds of entrance and of exit to see what flow of ot blood there was Vias No big artery cut Im I'm sure she decided Angus recognized competence in her and he watched her wet his i handkerchief to make a cold pad to i compress the wounds He lie turned to toI toi I i look around and saw Mr Jenkins' Jenkins pistol in a cranny among the rocks and picked it up Then remember remember- remembering ing Romeo he climbed to the ledge and saw the man not twenty yards away stealth in his posture creep creep- creeping creeping ing near Angus raised the pistol and Romeo whirled and ran zigzag zigzag- zigzagging zigzagging zigzagging ging like a snipe in flight fight to dodge the bullet he be expected But Angus did not fire When Romeo was out of sight McPhail remembered the knife the man had dropped and looked for it and found it where It had slid down off the ledge Robin called to him We need something for a bandage Angus Anus descended to her side A bandage Some garment they might tear into strips In this windy cold no rag they wore could be spared But Mr Jenkins was somewhere below them and he had no more need of clothing Ill find something Angus told t ld Robin and went down the rocky slope He came to the ledge lede off oft which Pat and Mr Jenkins in their fight had fallen Mr Jenkins lay like a rag beaten limp by rain on bis his back his eyes open and Angus was shaken by the sight till he realized that Mr Jenkins was alivo was watching him TO BE CONTINUED 1 |