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Show _ n rf AS U R\I R I RIOr \ Or . : THE SEA . - BY 7e ' t 7Ua & WN.U WNU . . \ . , - . , _ . TUUS Fo\It Fo It FoItlIE \ lIE lIEW sTORY .mall mall . .ail ail . t g . . " .1 1 . In Inps 01 a W ps ereear ere bbO'n bbOn ' pick np 01 ' D ck JordanM Jordane Jordanon Jordan Jordan\ Jordan e \ ear raft ralt He e realize reaUzes ! th th-it th it - t be Is Is.rIII Is.Ben IsBen on M x a .rIII rIII . .rIIImen ' ' . men I Ittle We better tban lh n pirates piratelnme 0 ' " schoonerfbe schooner a drUtIng , npon fbe , onlY oriTw come two people I"01 I01 " " * aboard * 1101 " ' the " " de dcv " and nd Us his dauchter daughter Rosee Rosea Rose , .i i . ' fmtain captain * " e " Il " " "le le the " sl ! " II ' 1 ' a and .inltis inltis . bls P raus " ' capture " ' " " ' and Dick Alter a aUe Rose Us 01 ' II .eareb eareb carct tor lor the tr.as tras tre . s re .up- .up . tup-Si tup Si .upID - - Ue ? , ? . . Tiicu Tucn goesflY toes goes ifl ID lie be on tbe the schooner scbooner Dick wlth wIth hlln him Dlck Dick esapt es flY , IaklDg tkl * t " . JustUID just aD , mi ' returns retorns to the tchooncr .cbooner cbooner apt " , _ ' rescne Rose from Irom two ot 01 th the . UID ( ! to [ o ! railS . . ? , , Bose Rose tcUs tells Dick the treasure treasure.n.r treasurejl , existi exists Next Poorat : day they plan how bow to toIb tojl .n.r n.r nr . , , to landi land landiCHAPTER . chooner .cbooner cbooner Ib the ! CHAPTER IA IX I\ I IXA ' \ . A noise Dofse from the cabin cabm mterrupt mterruptsnd interrupti ind snd Rose turned s v viftly t1y It s sliher . liher her ! He Iie needs nceds meD me meOc D Oc ek ) ; remained remamed on the deck deckIcung deckniching Icung ! the tantal zme zmg object WIth WIthew withsw ew IntereA Interes IntereAHost ' ! . Host lIose suddenly came out ot of the thebin therbin bin and approached him lum in m great greatgItatlon greatptitlon gItatlon H Her r eyes were gl stenmg stenmgber stenmgBd htr ber whole face seemed aflame aflamelib aflameih ; lib [ some powerful emotion thatranstormed that thatansformed ansformed her into mto a rad ant creae creaDIe crea .1 1 . " e : DIe Dick ! . she caUed called eagerly beforereacblng before beforereaching reaching reacblng h s side D ck it s hap happenedthe hapruned pened-the pened the - the m racle ! I can hardly hardlybelleve hardlybtlleve belleve it but- but butShe but - She stopped trembling all over overler overHtr /ler ler / hands bands clasped in the attitude of ofpcaer ofpi pcaer ) tt He was by hy her side instant instantj instantv } v more startled by her happ ness nessan nessthin an by any tear lear that he had seen seenten seenin ten there beloreII'hat before belore 1 ' What II'hat IIhat is it Rose ? he asked am anxItuslv . ouslv catching catchmg one of her flutter ngands ng ngJiads ands in m both of h sIts s sIts Jiads Its Father she breathed SOmyIs softly SOmy ; Is he-is he is he - is he-dead he dead he - dead ? , The quest on came out before he hed hekid d t ( me to thInk-abruptly thInk abruptly think - abruptly and andho andintho ho ! t premed tatIonDead tation Dead ! she repeated ' ind 'lnd lnd then thenughed thenjiughed ughed softly Dead No He s st slst | t come to life hfe He s sane agam agamck againD ck He kno vs me-remembers me remembers merememberser'th me - remembersberyth er'th erth ) ' ng He s-he s he s - he s- s sTDe s slie - lie TDe tears bubbled from her eyes eyesd d rolled do vn her cheeks but bute butKJ e , were the tears of JOY ] oy and rel rei ef efDot etnd not Dot of tear lear or desperation . . D ck ckd ckM d one hand and supported her herrnblmg hertmbling rnblmg form lorm with an arm arm1m armfin 1m s sll llj l ! she laughed hj h steri sterism steriillT sm 1 ng through the tears tearsut tearslot ut I can t help it And I don t tel tire el ! I can cry for ( or happ ness can t tHe , He Be barely resisted the temptatlo temptationi , preep weep her into mto his Ius arms and k ss sse ssli e ( pouting utmg lips lJps i ' she a moment lat lati latl l dulhing elulhing his arms Come and andth andw Sie th miracle miracleto to 10 the cab n D ck found a much muchmged muchbanged mged man lying lymg on the bed bedere bedttre ere he be had helped put him lum the thegbt theht ; gbt ( before belore The fe\ fe feensh \ ensh red had haded hadId ed ) out of the face ( ace and the eyes eyespeeling eyesspecting peeling him hlffi critically cntIcally were as asn asme n a as , any man s The blow of ofCar otit Car b s bludgeon had restored restoredCaptam restoredI Captain Captam Bedford Bedlord h s reason Rose Rosed Rosei3 d partly prepared h m for meetg meet : g { D ck ek bv .expla expla . expla nmg mng briefly bnefly the thees the"nes thenes " es of events e\ents e ents \ that had taken place placee placetile e his mmd was under a cloud cloudextended cloudE txtended extended a band suddenly andd andYe and andi andYe i d Ye ve saved my little hlUe girl s Ille Illeunderstand lifeunderstand understand Then-then Then Then - then ye can canI.DI cani-nt cani nt I.DI IDI . - on my myas me ' as an everlast D Dend nend end 1 don t know v hat Rose s been beeng beenBini g you Captain but I U 11 bet she sheer sheMr er told you how she saved my mye e Let me tell youe you youn n " e C g rl rI placed a hand before hisbut his but he removed it it , , and went wento ! dtta deta Is of their adentures adi ad\ ad \ entures that thatc thate e hadether had ether e ther omitted or slurreder slurred er At the end Captain Captam Bedford Bedfordt Bedfordtup Bedfordtup'I t up upI 'I I ' I reckon reehon now he said I m all all'w allw ' e1I alle1I That 1 ttle g rl o 0 mine mme s just just-just just juste'ust e-'ust e 'ust ust - ' - ' like her mother mother'l'hen motherThen 'l'hen lhen ' her mother must have been been"der beender " onder " smiled D ck ckait She ckShe wast was ! .as as . i3.s i3s . the solemn re re"Ptain "Ptain Ptain ptam " Bedford BedfordIMS oks ( Command Commandrhe rhe e captain struggled to h g s feet ' sp feet'P feetP feetsp ' te Ie Rose Noul NoI s protestat ons No t I go n to lie here any moreadded more more'Med deckYe 'Med Med added ' I got to get on deck : Ye " hadenough had enough on OD yer hands handstjfhtwp handsughler ughler Now M- M Mit - . , . it - _ . . it . - - xw 11 s a my my turn iurn Reck 1111 tiecK"n tiecKn " wellenough well enough to take a teb ateb " . andred " He clutched at the rail and andw red across the Lbe seaWhere sea ' Where deoded "es es " s that lugger ? he de oded td truculentlyer truculently " \er er \ " there replied Rose po nt ntW W oW then none of them had hadPMI hadced ced In the direction dlrection of the puz puzt puzob'ect object ob'ect obect ' that thai had caused them them"ira themira themucb " ucb debate but when their eyes"M eyesM eyesled " led ledon on It now nnui they thn , ? . ? . - , eyes - . . , - lIttlert gave a lIttle rt . Capta n Bedford grtmted and " "ed ed ered andered " hia his vo ce first firstIf firstYe If _ . Ye caU nill IL snortedleat that a sh p he snorted leat J ehosopha t , am t ye got gotThat That "latt latt " a land landl ! An Island I ! Was M an n Island ris ng abruptly abruptlyM abruptlyMnot Ihe sea-not sea not " ' -not not - coralpalm one of your coral Palm fringed frlDged islands lei of the but of rock buttressed head ' Ihat headIhat Ihatcaught "at at " caught c inh ] the n , . breakIng i- i iwhaps . - . . , . . aurf bUried it back backshattered shattered Into whaps Perhaps IntoPerhaps a mile or two to In 1 , 8nd fifty teet high It offered asylUm for shipwrecked 8all 1 1asylUm ? [ e , could1 coulde the . "ormiest ormiest stormiest " weather could landing be effectedl.I effected effectedlilan'ri l.I lI . l.Ie lilan'ri lilanri ' towslrd"ind towslrdind towardnd " nd e ' dnftlng tine stIlgllt straight ' * toward Dick remarked In a couple of hours well \ e 11 reach . , it Anydanger Any Anydanger : danger of being bemg wrecked on those thoserocks thoserocks7 thoserocks7U rocks ' U If \ we e could \ work ork around to the theother theother other s de o 0 the Island muttered mutteredthe mutteredthe the skipper we d be saferAfter safer saferAfter After much awkward and dim dimcult difflcult cult maneuvering maneuvermg they brougt-t brougt t brougtt - the theship theship ship to safety in m a sheltered cove coveCaptam coveCaptain Captam Bedford was anxious anJous " { to tobegm tobegin begm making makmg repairs so the Betty Bettycould Bettycould could sail out of her ber prison at the theearliest theearliest earliest possible fame time We can t treckon treckon reckon on more n a week of fine fineweather fineweather weather he sa d An we got gotabout gotabout about all \ we e can do to get off afore aforethat aforethat aforethatDick that thatDick Dick s curiosity to land on the theisland theIsland island and survey the scene from fromthe fromthe the top of the cliffs \ was as greater than thanany thanany any fear lear of fl fiture ture disaster I m mgomg mgoing gomg ashore he announcedWhat announced announcedWhat What lur fur7 ? growled the skipper skipperYe skipperYe Ye won t see sce anythm but water wateran wateran an an island an ye can see them themhere themhere themhereThe here hereTne The Tne island may be inhabited on onthe onthe the other otber side sideGreat 1 Great Jehosophat ain t you got goteyes goteyes eyes That s land An island islandCaptain Captain Captam Bedford Bedlord snorted Ye expect ex expect pect to find a hotel an a ship waltmto waitm waltm waitmto to take ye home home7 home7D ' D ck shook h s head and laughed laughedNo laughedNo No but 1m I m curious cUnous to climb upthere up upthere there and get a look I won t begone be begone gone longI long I When he was near the summit he heIncreased heincreased Increased his pace eager to get a aI aglimpse aglimpse glimpse over the topThe top topThe I The island \ \ as long and narro narrowith Iwith /with with I / with the opposite side dlsappearmg disappearingin dlsappearmgin in the sea gradually a fine sandy sandyI sandybeach I beach fringing frmgmg halt half of it in m the shape shapeof shapeof of a crescent horseshoe The de descent descent scent from the rocks to the beach beachI beachwas beachwas was sharp and abrupt One could couldmake couldmake I make it 11 . in a brisk bnsk run or walk walkDick ! Dick took this all aU InS in S\\ S swiftly SfUy \ fUy ! like likeI likethe I the flash of a cinematograph cmematograph Then Thenbls Thenhis bls eyes came to a sharp halt on an anobJect anobject obJect m the cove formed by the thecrescent thecrescent crescent beach W th a quick m mI mtake intake take of the breath he explodedThe exploded explodedThe I The lugger luggerl ! Tucu screw s crew s on onI onthe onthe I the islandl islandlThe IslandlThe The lugger was anchored near the thebeach thebeach beach where she had probably rid ridden ridden den out the storm in m perfect safety safetyTucu safetyTucu Tucu had known of the island and andits andits its prole protecting cling cove The sa Is were wereflappmg wereflapping flappmg idly in m the breeze stretched stretchedfor stretchedtor for drying drymg in m the \ \ arm sun The Thedeck Thedeck deck v as deserted There was no nosign nosign sign of anyone any one aboard aboardDick Dick Dlch Males Another AnotherDismaying DlsmaYl1lf ! , Discovery Dlscovery DiscoveryBut But this tlus was easily accounted for forby forby by the presence of two boats dra\\n dra n dranup drawnup \ up on the sands The ere cre v was wasall wasall all ashore D ck could see them m mscattered inscattered scattered groups A sudden fear fearthat ( earthat that they had bad d scovered the Betty Bettyon Bettyon on the opposite s de of the Island Islandand islandand and were preparing preparmg to attack her herI herfrom herfrom from the land s de made h m wary wary'and waryand I 'and and ' watchful He ducked a little littlelower 110\\ 110 110er \ er to avo d any possible detee deteeion detection detectionThen ion ! ionThen Then bis Ius eyes took in other fea features features tures of the beach Some d stance stanceback stanceback back from the water where the therocks therocks rocks broke through the sand an another another other group of s.eamenYere . seamen s.eamen \ were \Yere Yere hud huddied huddied died together They were stand ng ngIn ngin In an attitude altitude of watchfulness and andv.aitmg andwaiting v.aitmg vaitmg . 0 e of their number was wasadvancing wasadvancing advancing to confer with the Canbs Caribs CanbsD D ck gazed In puzzled surprise and andstupefied andstupefied stupefied amazement These oth others others ers were white men-seamen men seamen men - seamen ship shipwrecks shipwrecks wrecks I ! He could make that out outwIthout outwithout wIthout d ffI ffliulty ult1 It flashed through throughhis throughhis his mind mmd they had been wrecked wreckedon on the island and were bargaining bargainingwith bargainingwith with Tucu to take them off offThere There were seven in all countmg countmgtheir countingtheir their leader who was parleying with withthe withthe the Canbs Caflb Dick frowned tor lor no noother noother other reason than that something In Intheir intheir their a appearance ppearance or in U Heir eir lead leader leader er f 8 attitude reminded remmded him lum of the thepast thepast past and for a long iong time hme he was wassIlent wassilent sIlent and thoughtful thou&htful thouhtful & striving strivtng to re recaU recall caU a fleeting memory that dls dlsturbed disturbed turbed rumThen him rum himThen Then with a little IJttle grunt be sat satup atup up shaded shadLd his eyes with both bothhands bothhands hands and crouched as mollonless motionlessas mollonlessas as a tiger stalking stalkmg his prey HIs HIsbreath Hisbreath breath came in short laboredSasps laboredSaspsHen labored laboredgasps gasps gaspsHen Hen Pettigrewl Pettigrew I Ills hi * lips mur murmured murmured mured finally ' . Th The * explanation explanallon ol of the group of ofwhite ofwhits white men on the beach was all com comprehensible cornprehenslble prehensible One of the boats boah of ofthe ofthe the City of Bahia had landed on the theIsland theIsland Island or been wrecked thereThe there thereThe The discovery was not pleasant to toDick toDick Dick His recognition recogmtion of the man manho manwho \\ho ho \ had pursued pursucd him half around arounda a continent contment shadowing h m as pcr pcrsistently persistently sistently as a bulldog bullddg and finally finallycapturing finallycapturing capturing him in a small out of ofthe ofthe the way corner of the earth gave gavelum gavehim lum a distinct shock With a qu ver verhe verhe he recalled Hen s parting partmg wordsIf words wordsU U If we meet mcct aga n-on n on n - on shore-I shore I shore shore111p - 111p 11 11p p nch you It s my dutyHe duty dutyHe He glanced back of h m The Theschooner Theschooner schooner was resting restmg quietly in m ItS ItSprotectmg itsprotecting protectmg prison rising and fall fallI falling I mg lazily On the deck Captam CaptamBedford CaptainBedford Bedford was busy mak ng repairs repairsto repairsto to the sa Is and rigging rlggmg prepar ng ngI ngfor ngfor I for escape before another storm stormcame stormcame , came Rose stood alone at the bo v vand : and as D ck looked she waved to tohim tohim him . himHe He groaned and waved back to toher toher her Then violent words sprang to toh toh h s lips Ups Damn Hen ! He shan t thke ttike hke me ' 111 I II kill him hlm first ' ' Itisn It Itisn isn t fair ! I ve paId-paId paId paid - paid enough enoughfor enoughfor for another s crime cnme ' ' I U II die fight fightIng fighting Ing for freedom I ! Damn it it , , I U II Jump JumpInto jumpinto Into the sea firstRose first firstRose Rose was still stlil waving wavmg to him Cl cipp p pP P ng her hands occas on onally ally as If ifshouting shoutmg words of encouragemem encouragementHe He listened but the d stance was wastoo too far to catch her vOIceSuddenly voice voiceSuddenly Suddenly the fit of angry passIOn passIOndeserted passiondeserted deserted h m lea\ing lea ing |