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Show TIIE TIMES-NEW- NEPIII. UTAH S, FT cross two I SIN NERS in I HEAVEN F- I. rj- Continued. Croft deemed It expedient to wait for Babooma to attack. To attempt a. return with these tired men risked njesJUng. the enemy In the Interstice the forest, where open fighting would "be Impossible. Given at last the excuse, he determined to take no avoidable chances in attempting the extermination of the growing menace to the prosperity of the tribe. He therefore Inspected their weapons, arming those who had forgotten sword. spear or arrow;. afterward, with Roowa as adjutant, he posted part of his little army round the tent, and Issued directions. A few men were sent In search of fresh fruits along the north of the forest. Alan busying himself with the remainder In strengthening the hut and palisade. With the revolver, loaded with Ita one remaining bullet, in her belt, Barbara found ' her time fully occupied with the prob-- " lern of preparing sufficient food for these uninvited guests. Suddenly she started from her peaceful employment, and her cheeks blanched. A shrill cry of fear had sounded beyond the garden. . r . Another arose, yet another. . . . She hurried out of the hut, meeting Alan running from the landward end of the palisade, where he had been working. Outside the seaward entrance, a group of natives clnstered together, chattering excitedly, staring at some far point In Ythe sky. At sight of Croft, their agitation Increased. "A-a- a ! a ! Great Chief, behold !" they cried, pointing upward. "See ! A great- - bird approacheth. Hearken to the sound of bis wings, the cry A bird of 111 of his wrath! omen, O Mighty Chief!" They began to wall and moan, striking their breasts. Others joined them, taking up the a ! ! cry : "A bird of 111 omen ! A bird of 111 omen, O Mighty Chief!" He shaded his eyes with his hands. hlng the dazzling blue. ldenly his arms fell to his sides; Airned to the girl. It's an airplane! Corn-to- A-a- a! A-a- a !" 1 i Koowa. "Go, Roowa! ire to the beacon upon ke It to blaze fast and swift as the lightning Kar off, the noise of her engines bnt faintly audible, the unmistakable outline of an airplane showed at a great height, flying toward the Island from the north. The natives, forgetting all Instructions, clustered together, full of terror. The women and children left the garden and huddled "near their men, a few moaning, the rest silent from fear of this new Unknown. Alan's fingers gripped Barbara's arm, and they ran down to the shore. With faces pale and tense, they stood there motionless, their hearts racing chaotically, their eyes fixed upon the speck growing ever larger, looming nearer and nearer. . . . The dis drone of the engines became loud- From the hilltop a col- smoke rose Into the clear air; leaping flame mingled with . another shot up higher. As the machine whirred, loudswiftly, to within a few hundred still flying high, the pile of ind leaves, branches and under- quickly dried In the afternoon -- burned, and roared, and leaped. red tongues of fire and billowing ke showing clear against the blue of sea and sky. Will they see It?" muttered Alan. He waved wildly; but the airplane flew serenely on, skirting the Island, toward the west. "D n them!" he ejaculated. "They " mint see thirfire!' held her breath, every nerve taut But as the strain seemed to reach breaking point, the machine slackened speed. With sudden cessation of nolRe, her engines were shut off, and she came swiftly down in large circles until low over the water; then she turned and flew slowly back u.tslde the barrier reef. Turning gain, she rose a little, flying up toward the beacon then round again. nd bark to the reef. AJan could recognize ,her nom Yrrr a seaplane. Seeing two figures upon her, once more he waved, shouting vociferously. . , . . With a graceful swoop down, again she turned, sinking lower and lower; until at last she rested upon the calm waters of the lagoon, and came skimming lightly toward the shore. . . . A' silence of horror had fallen upon the natives. Some dropped on their knees l.r flung themselves on their during to look seaward; stUl as oeath, their gllt- vnever waviring mun win til - - farvlot I vd with fearsome goggle eyes protruding from their heads, were descending from between the vast wings. . . . The white chief and his wife were talking, laughing, wringing their hands again and again. . . . But 161 the huge eyes fell from those faces. . . . The natives lifted op their voices In a howl of fear. . . . Down by the water, a babel of English and French voices, torrents of questions pouring forth in both languages, the replies unheeded In the mutual relief, surprise and exciteThe two Frenchmen mixed ment! both tongues Indiscriminately, shaking the Englishman's bands again and again, kissing those of the girl In their demonstrative exuberance. They had. It transpired, been swept from their bearings In a thunder storm, having accepted a bet to fly from America to Honolulu, thence to Australia, In their small seaplane. While endeavoring to recapture their route between the two latter places. faced with engine trouble, they had perceived the beacon flaring below. . . . They Introduced themselves PhUIppe and Louis de. Borceau, thirsting for adventure to enliven the moexistence. notony of post-wa- r Advancing a few steps Croft addressed the bewildered natives in words whose utter unlntelllgibillty caused the two strangers to gaze at him, then at the girl, an uneasy suspicion rising in their mirfcls that the Englishman's brain had softened. However, a relief was obvious among the group of blacks, and a murmur of voices broke forth. Croft returned, and further explanations were given. Bit by bit the excited Frenchmen grasped the main facts of this extraordinary situation. "Votre nom?" cried the elder. "En route to I'Australle, you tell us? But I remember dites-mquick. your name, M'sleu?" Upon hearing It, the little Frenchman daneed. "Clel! I remember!" cried Louis. "All de vorld was Interested! It was thought you all perish. But yon and " He paused. He glanced at Bar bara, at the hand which. Instinctively, she had clasped round Alan's ' arm. And In that pause, something cold and clammy seemed to clutch the girl's heart, causing her to grip closer the arm she held. Alan put his hand over hers. "My wife," he said very clearly. The world had thrown a shadow across the perfect blue. Proud of their home, they led their guests thither for food, when the sea plane had been safely beached. There during the meal, they explained the native trouble. The Idea of fighting anything or anybody thrilled both these adventurous young men. "Vat guns have you?" they asked. "vat ammunitions?" When informed of the lack of firearms, and shown the bows, arrows, spears and crossed wooden swords, they sat and gasped. The weapons, no less than the hut, with Its many Ingenious devices for use and comfort. aroused their keenest interest "Eh! But It Is a leetle paradise!" .cried Philippe. "Vat you call 'cosay I' All ce chairs! And a table! And re flowers !" lie turned to Barbara, when Alan went out to restore order among the natives. "You have turned re wil derness into home, Madame! It Is dat you vlll not like to leave it! Ouir She looked around the familiar room she loved so well, out through the doorway to the black figures In the garden, which had been such a pride and again she felt her heart con ... oi ... tract The shadowy outside world had once more become a tangible reality. VII The engine trouble proved more serl ous than the Frenchmen had antici pated. Any Idea of a dash to civlliza tlon for succor was abandoned. Until the sun had set and the moon risen, the three mea worked upon It Croft child over the with the delight of return of some long-lotoy. When a short trial trip was made, he took the pilot's seat. Another sharp spasm of pain shot through Barbara's heart, as she looked rottnd upon the faces she knew so well. Much as rescue would mean to them both, the thought of renouncing their free life here filled her with grief. The prospect of bowing again to all the little rules making a maze of civlliza tlon chilled her. The analogy present ed Itself to her mind of being slowly caught UP Into some huge net spreading over the universe, beyond which lay this little wilderness where she had dwelt and leampd to love.' Croft's Instinct was to send her Willi; inn, nit-i- t iitiuup ready at a away to immediate safety; but that V.ord, with their proved Impossible. He conferred aid. lengthily with the two brothers, under V'r ees, na cover of their work together. Afterward, leaving Louis to finish, he and Philippe went Indoors to pore over charts, discuss routes and conclude ar rangement. When,, later, the two aviators, dead tired after their adven tures, were rolled In their huge coats upon the floor, he drew Barbara Into their bedroom and unfolded the plans. ln st Should Babooma attack In the night. the Frenchmen, however zealous, would obviously fall to distinguish friends from foe. Their responsibility, there fore, would be the safeguarding of the women and children In ths hot Barbara's welfare being their special con sideration. 'Should things go badly, and Ba booma manage to do me In," he con tinued hurriedly, "trust yourself entirely to them: they know what to do and where to go. If, after all; he doesn't attack, but waits for us to move, Philippe de Borceuu will take you away at daybreak and send help. His brother will stay with me." She demurred hotly to this, unwill ing to leave him In danger, protesting against being compelled to desert her post among the frightened women. The argument waxed long and heated between them. But, when Croft's mind was finally and Irrevocably made up, anger and tears proved unavailing. Only by reminding her of the debt owed to another; by prevailing upon all her rising motherhood, did he at last break down her resistance. "But my mental agonies will be worse than physical ones !" she as sured him, rebelliously. "I hope Babooma attacks tonight. Then we can face him together, and know the re sult." The two Frenchmen being utterly worn out. he forbore to suggest their going at once by moonlight; over which forced delay she secretly exulted. The stillness around was intense. Now and then it was broken by the cry of a child, quickly hushed again. Within the palisade, the black forms of the men lay close to the ground, with here and there a pair of eyes watching, sentinels, between the stakes. With the two Frenchmen to protect the girl from treachery. Croft felt pretty confi dent over the result of any night at tack. Well aware of the black chiefs desires for her, he had warned De Borceau of this danger. "If things go against ns and yon see me bowled over, don't wait don't risk . ! a-- " !" she paid no heed to her own danger-w- as unaware of both black and white men from the hut following In bot pursuit . . . Again the dense med ley parted before her eyes. At the A Cloud of Smoke and Crackling same Instant a spear sped through the Flam Arose. air. Whizzing angrily past her. at two struggling forms, a moment go!" he had Insisted, "even straight It flew with unerring Judgment and If It means physical force!" buried Its hideous point in the white And De Borceau, like many another, anfound himself following this man's be- man's back. He reeled, loosed his threw groping anna wide. tagonist a zeal with and hests, fealty inspired With a demoniacal cry of triumph, Basolely by personality. He swore obedibooma made a spring. . . . ence to the last letter. As twice before, a re Laying his cheek against hers, Alan verberated, and the sharp report seething mass was became aware. In the moonlit darkness. momentarily obscured by smoke. . of the tears upon It A pair of black hands grasped the "Not crying?" he whispered arms as she tottered backward, girl's She burled her face in his shoulder. dropping her smoking weapon. For a saying nothing. brief Instant she Roowa's "It has been very beautiful," he mur face, which seemedrecognized to merge Into that mured, stroking her hair. of De Borceau ; then her senses slipped Then they began to plan their future her, and everything faded Into picturing the Journey together to oblivion. . . . the England, greetings, the meetings Not knowing friend from foe, the with those who thought them dead. for her unconscious body was struggle . , . And ever the man's keen eyes But the two and furious. sharp watched the shadowy scene without Frenchmen were fresh and his ears alert to every sound, as they and Roowa's supporters had uninjured; rushed on. had been on that other night long In wild distress, to that other seeth. . ago. . ing heap. . . . Just one glimpse Presently, as before, he leaned quirk of two prostrate forms being hoisted, ly forward. For again the faint sound amid a frenzy of fighting, walls and of breaking twigs had reached film. shouts and the two white men de. . . Again, near the outskirts of the voted themselves to their oath. . . . palm grove, he had caught sight of i On trembling knees at last, bleeding, shadowy form. helpless, his cries drowned by the noise Barbara rose with him, aware with around and the roaring flames from out words that the moment of des the hut, Iloowa watched the strangers perate action was upon them; glad of seize the Inert form of his white chiefs It since now she could face the danger wife, and disappear toward the with her man. coat . . . "I tniift go," he murmured, The thh-fighting runs had disFor a moment she clung to him solved Into odd struggling groups of !" she whispered passion twos and threes ; the prostrate forms "Take care ately. "Oh, my dearest do take care I" had disappeared. 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As she ran, gasping, up the slope, H -- i i - JT " XT' d and shouting stream of women, faded from her eyes. Her work was finished Withhere, and she never hesitated. out a backward glance, she drew the revolver from her belt and dashed out- - - ?r It reached the laternal girl with' la. . . and of that alone was she con IS Pur animal 11 Huabandman scious. The roaring flames and blind ing smoke, the struggling black men ashen-face- 1 jr isr " arrow-heads- a " 21 .r The battle waged long and furious. For a time the men hidden on the bill- side, after surprising the little army wriggling down the bay, kept it fierce But ly engaged, away from the hut". gradually, to the girl's strained ears. the wild struggle seemed to draw nearer. . . . Presently, as she could tell by the excited yells close by, those men guarding the hut Itself were attacked. . . . The fighting blood of the Frenchmen tingled within them ; they fingered their extraordinary, clumsy weapons, Impatient to hurl themselves out Into the fray yet Instinctively submitting to their orders, realizing the wisdom of the leader who had appointed each man his task with supreme Insight Into detail "i. Soon the uproar raged round the palisade. Every now and then, a crash ing, ripping sound was heard, proving portions to have been burst through and trampled down. The scuffling feet snorting breath, muttered cries, bloodcurdling' shouts and yells, were close. Penetrating the bamboo walls came venomous spear-point- s and sharp , sometimes piercing the shoulders of those standing near. . . . The women grew demented. Barbara tried, unsuccessfully, to keep as many as possible in the central hut, where only the two end walls were exposed to the weapons; these points the Frenchmen guarded, ready for any onslaught. . . . Simultaneously, with dramatic suddenness, three things happened to end the terrible period of waiting. With a startling crash, the outer wall of the sleeping hut gave way, and in surged a fighting medley of black figures. . . . From the other side, or kitchen, a cloud of smoke and crackling flame arose. . . . The but was on fire! All power of restraining the women was past. As the Frenchmen dashed forward to meet the intruders on one side, and the black smoke bellied In from the other, they turned with one accord, struggled madly In their stampede for the main entrance, then streamed out wild with terror into the cold gray of the early dawn. . At the same time, from without amid the general hubbub, one loud walling cry arose. In a mixture of na tive and broken English tongues- frightened, agonized cry: "The white The white chief! chief; . . . . The white chief! . . ! iT ;g- 35 " iTt i I I ' am, p. tiny choked exclamation escaped her lips. He looked quickly round. sudden passionate Swiftly, with movement, he seized her in his arms, straining her fiercely to him ; then, as swiftly, he released her, and she found herself alone. i f""l - I4 - Co. A a r rJt -- S7 PART THREE I I CLTVE ARDEN Copyright by Ths ri r i I I mm Bobbs-Vferrt- n I --j S I I s SO 67 6H SO 71 73 75 7 - ' ' v.. h Wandrrlng Trader , 78 Kara pe SO Bird 81 Having winds 8S Surface 85 By word of mouth The aolutloa will appear lu aei4 fssa Solution of Last Week's Pusxlu. Hs Ma lJ E N EJWIYEa aTl PjE i C -jp D MR R A P L. A P E o Dtja f "3r i fl nsi nQa Mm3Tg E Kj viol a prj a u oVlsW I G i NOPlA pr MjPp PJO E op i i MO I It 5ME aIyWa I M eRdt alJo N mm HOW TO SOLVE A CROSS-WOH- O PUZZLE When the correct letters are placed In the white apace this pusale wll? spell words both vertically and horlsontally. Tho Srst letter In each word ha Indicated by a number, which refers to the deSnltlon Hated below tho punala. 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