Show author 0 17 1 N 16 tu q JA WEBSTER MAN MANS I 1 16 jm THE GIANTS of VALLEY the etc by ap arr B KYNE by peter B D kya km CHAPTER XIII Continued 14 A jacobs ladder was as hanging over oer he side of the schooner hs aa the canoe hot in un under derher her lee quarter and half minute later the expectant nells neils lapped upon tier deck A tall daric dan can wearing on an ancient palmleaf leaf out lut sat smoking on tile the hatch conning and him nells neils halvorsen nd ad aye bane want to see call cann lc le he said the tall lark dark man inan stood erect lind fist ast a quick questioning look nt at nells neils ile he hesitated tie he bade ande answer what Vi lat do you ant he naked tie de anil and there hns n R in Ms his tones As AN for nells neils halvorsen thin king only of tit alic surprise alse he be bait lit in store for ills old em fayer ho be evasively aye bane want joh job adil tm im captain and I 1 invent any job for you yon got get on off my ont and wait until youre invited be we ore you come coine aboard rigali por nearly a till nute nells nell holvor ten cn stared alien nt at the spurt spurl lus captain while slowly here sifted through ills hla brain tile nuion that lip he had happened across the HIB tack of a deep and bloody mystery if f the seas seab there was something otten in di denmark frimark of that nells aris certain ilore toro lie he cirild tot lot be of until lie he ila biad paved lie jie way ny for a complete investigation ind as a step toward mat end hii he his and sprang swiftly toward tile the bogus er aye tank you bane d n liar lie he buttered nutt ered anil struck home str straight night ind true tine to the point of the jiw jaw ilie cite man down and in im n in tant nella neils uns on oil top of him oft off ume the sailors belt the ligols of tie lie holf half stunt ed cd mail were ere quickly led fed behind bt hm him and before beffie lie he had time lime to realize what hat had happe happened ned sells neils had cut a length of cord from i trail trolling lug and tied ills hlo toot feet securely after brier which he nc gagg KUISK eoll him securely with ills his bandana liada alef oto to 1 c a lin tit A lg nal itt tit jr ila lie lie v S NV its IL at i je in r w A y t T been looking inning to some son fiant tuvina tholo now where was w that lint island and what kind of it place anoe ans it nells neils searched through the cabin anh kiihl antil hennine hec nine across the book that Is file lie bible of south sea veasel Ma elthe the admiralty re lepor porta down own tie index went tile alie old deek dec shands finger nil paused st friendly ainge whery upon nella neils the look book tit nt dijk and aft a five search ja t fi covered it ft at tinna tholo wits wn it ft T rl arren aland ismond in latitude 21 2 south longitude 40 west ten days from the friendly endly islands tile the paper said that meant under power and sall pall the he trades aba ibal 01 the beam it would tithe nearer nt 0 teen icen lays days for th the c run from to that alint desert wand island and nells neils ilat hoi ve versen veen en wondered whether tile the mft rouneil men would still ile he ellve by tte the ume time aid could reach them for by sonic aonie sixth sailor sense nells 11 halvorsen it became convinced that lits ills old friends friend of tile the vegetable trade were marooned they bad gone ashore for some lind kind ot of n frolic and the crew lind had stolen the schooner and left them to their fate believing that the cast eways would never be heard from and that hint lead dead men tell no ito tales lie ile rushed on deck carried his prisoner down into the cabin and locked tile the door on him A minute later lie he was clinging to the jacobs ludder ladder the lie canoe shot lit in to the side ot of the alie vessel ut at lilg hla gruff command anti and passed on shoreward without missing a stroke of tile the paddle an ali hour later accompanied by three kanaka sailors picked up tit at random along the water r front nells neils halvorsen was pulled out to the maggie 11 II iler her crew had not returned and tile bogus capiali was daill priced hard and fust fast in III the cabin the swede did not bottler bother to investigate in detail the food tin and water supply A hasty round of the schooner convinced him film that slie she had at least a months supply of food lind and water only one thought surged through liss ills mind anti anil that avas tto tho awful necessity for haste the anchor came in with n rush the kanaka boys chanting a sony song that sounded to nells neils like a funeral futi eral dirge und lind gells nells went below and turned the lie gasoline engines wide open the maggie II 11 swung around und with a long streak of opalescent foam trailing behind tier her swung down the bay and faded at last lit in the ghostly light beyond diamond hend head after which nells neils with murder lu ill ills his eye e and ft a tarred ropes end in ills horny list went down into tile the and 10 mail iu pose posca d ns as Sc N in tile lie end lio lie kot a contes fifteen l ini minutes latr lie he em emerged ergel senning sini ling grittily grimly gave the boy tit nl the wheel tho the course conr su turned lit in to cleel the sleep ot of the free wild the weary e 10 darkness anness was creeping over aver thel the bench beach at luvana tholo afore t air mry gibney could smother the despiler desp ilir in im ills heart elent to spur ills jadell jaded imagination to working order for nearly on an emr the lad sat on oil the beach in hi dumb horrors hor rori rori aiming eliding seaward d they verc not lit in this flits for n u little furt furrier lier up the bench the two ant em in their haul hau dies tidies railus stupidly arft at the horizon and lien vilt nt captors it was ibe he 61 betl it these two lilea ant ir f 1310 ineys ld brain ito a you say mac alac thiu that when we left kieft the two s alono anthis nn this jil it gouid develop into a case of dog ent eat aos dog g or so methin of that nature sprang to ills feet ills face white a new terror however lo wever lie he had endured so much since embarking with lh olaney on a life nf if wila adventure venture nd thit that jils his carried hla prisoner down into the cabin nerves had become rather inured to impending death and presently ills fear rave gave way to nn nil rose rage lie ile hurled his lint hat on oil the sands and jumped on it until it was a mere shapeless ang rai lets call a of the lie roban son ion crusoe syndicate sat said mr fr all it noy ney second the motion rumbled sic ile G guffey u affey carried said tile he commodore the first business before the ine etin Is IR tile the organization of a expedition to chase these two cannibals to the lie other end of the island IsId nol I 1 aint got the lie heart to kill em so lets chase em cm away before they get fresh rath r etli ui 11 good idea mcganey Mc Alc Guney Gufrey whereupon he picked up a rock and threw it at the ha king mr air gibney followed with two rocks captain waid e p iunce at the en ea emy eilly and tile the enemy fled e I 1 la I 1 wit wild disorder pursued by the syndicate after a clase abuse of halt half a mile mr gibney led lilt col cohorts lorts back to tile the bench beach lets ets build it fire not that we need it but just tot for and sleep till wort ilu by that time iny be in order oud anti ril ill echeme n breakfast oit oat of tits this godforsaken hole at the first hint of dawn mr air gibney true to ills promise was waa up anti and scouting for breakfast lie ile found some boine gooneys on a rocky crug and killed half it dozen of them with a club on oil his way buck back to camp lie he discovered n few handfuls of sea aeu salt lit in a crevice between some pome rocks and the syndicate breakfasted un tin hour luter later on oil roost roast gooney it was oily city and molly leihy but nn nil excellent substitute tor for nothing lit at nil ail and tile syndicate synill cote was grateful the breakfast would have been cheerful in fact it if captain scruggs find bot made repeated ref erenee eronie to ills hla excessive thirst sic gaitley Gi itley lost patience before the meal was over aud and cuffed cuffe 1 I captain Sc rags who thereupon with acears eara in III ills eyes ces tills burt it was ay like salt in a fresh wound so lie he putted patted the skipper on oil tin the buck back und humbly asked alft pardon captain scrugg forgue forgave ailin and ami murmured something about death making then thein till nil equal the next business busi before tit syndicate announced mr gibney la is a search of tills this island for fop water they searched siu lit forenoon at ln in tervilus they caught C glimpses ut of tile the two cannibals skulking behind saud sand duties hut but they flond no water va tir toward the venter center of the island however 60 was ns UM bakita wit nd hero here a grove of coconut anni their IA eted crests we will camp la in ailts lilts el ovo said the commodore nal kap guard over th oSko green cocon coci mats liete eunist ile be nearly a df A flie iii nil and I 1 no ahten n little taro rodt hete anti and there AS those are full of milk insures affo fut a week or two lifave lit we 0 io o on ti it chort antion tnt lon by balli ili esever tl haws it day we can keep blown our thirst some perhaps I 1 rain Wil what idt if it does snapped captain bitterly we aint got noth in but our lints to catch it lit in well ahen scraggly sy old stick in the mud replied the its a cinch go your lint hat looks like ike a cullender 11 captain with rage find and sir air gibney springing at tile the nearest palm chinned shinned to tile lie top toi of it in the moot d fashion fus lilon A moment inora ent later instead of coconut rich unctuous curses began to descend on and Fc craggs gib rity dear boy inquired whatever la Is the matter of you ion that bound tabu been rippin our coconut groe roar roared ed tile the comin commodore odore ile he must have spent half the lie night up in these trees thank the ill lord loid they take cm cin till all said mcguffey y piously chuck tile me down donn a nut gib sald said captain scraggy gg im famished 1 in conformity with alth the tile the casta castaways ways made cump camp in III the grove groe for ti a ateek they subsisted st on goo gooneys taro root coconuts and coconut milk und and ft a seft sea which found wandering on the beach this suggested turtle eggs to air gibney and it a change chang e of diet resulted result rd nevertheless the unaccustomed food poorly pool ly cooked as it was nud and the luck of water told cruelly on them avol and their tt tr streng strength sti enith tb I 1 billed rapidly at tile lie end of a week all hands were troubled with and magur rey fy re y developed dei eloped n low ferer they had luft lost luf t much flesh and were ft a whito hag bag tard gifol looking trio on oil the afternoon of the tenth lentil day on the island the sky clouded up tit and mr ir mcguffey predicted a wUll Taw inquired feebly it it var aran yowl good to ent that it albed and to the grent joy of the marooned mariners marinero ma mr air gibney in alie th center cente of a blit sandstone rock it natural reser dvir clr that held about tm tell gallons of wa A ter ler they drank to repletion and fel felt their strength return a thousand fold tabu tabu and the king kin came into ramp camp about his fills time and pleaded for a ration of water anter mr gibney swear ing horribly tit at thein granted their request ond and ahe king in hla film grail tude threw himself tit nt the commodores feet anti and klad kiv sed them hrin nut but ur mr gibney was a not nol to he be dec deceived elved and after furnish ing aff then with a supply of water in cocon coconut tt he fie ordered joicin to their own on side mole of the lie island on oil the day tin the dinst drop of water ivas gone mid and on oil tile twenty second lay tile lie last of tile coconut disappeared areil treil tle prospects of more more ruin were arc not bright the were becoming shy anil and distrustful and the syndicate was more inore nil and more not only in illing lilling L them tout hut in cating thein who ind had borne up tip uncomplainingly was with fever anti hardly able to r down clown the beach to look for turtle eggs the syndicate was tick mck weak and d almost beyond recognition nad anti n the ti twenty venty fifth day CH twice on tile twenty beitl duy day mr me luffey nto into tile the of it at stunted tinted nil inosa bush buah and star started to iway I 1 it was the finish the commodore knew tt it and sat ith bowed head lit in lili his gaunt arms arm wondering slowly ills body began to lie he something hild on oil ills face and lay alny still and na its litway lio lay there on oil the threshold of the unknown lie he dreal dreamed ned that lint tile the maggle 11 II cattle into view lew around the lie headland e P bone in her teeth and every WWI of canvas flying lie ile saw tier her lutt up into the wind NY ind anti hung hans there shivering it a moment ment later inter her suits came down by tile run rqn und lie saw it little splash under her port bow as tier her hook took bottom there was a commotion on decks und anti then to sir fr Gib dying vars furs ennic faintly the shouts anti of tile the black boys us its it whaleboat blot into the breakers bre akern and pulled swiftly toward bourd tile the bench beach mr gibney dreamed that ii I 1 white man sat in the stern sheets of tills this whaleboat and na its the bout toll tou cited clied the beach it dined to mr gibney that tills man sprang ashore and ran swiftly toward bilm anti and mr air gibney twisted ills su Cering lips into it wry smile as lie he realized the lie oddities of flits it deemed emed to him that tills kila visionary white ninn man hure bore a striking resemblance to neils idelis halvorsen neils of till nil men me I 1 old nells neils the deckhard deckhand deck hand of the kin pen trade I 1 dull howle eed god nells ills lost dog smile and ills sir mr gibney rubbed nili led ills his eyes feebly find half staggered too ti ills feet what alint wag that A shout without doubt lie lind hall heard a sound that was vas not the nio nning of their remorseless prison arlson keeper the pea fen and Il humid ilgandi oft off shrieked mr gibney aind struck feebly nt fit the imaginary aig tire lire nis liing toward hini him no use ile he felt himself swept into strong arms aid carried hit an 1 m in easu ruble down don the alie bench beach then somebody body threw water lit in ills his face and pressed a drink of nt brandy and ant sweet water to hn his lips ills swimming it tilled a moment and lie discovered that lie he was lying in ili the lie bottom of a Alc Gufrey lay beside him and on oil n thwart lit in front of iiii lihi q sat r ili good old nelas ithie I 1 orsen with captain vr jiggs lend head on ills gimpes lin pc As aa mr air gibney looked nt at ahls inge tableau captain opened ills eyes ees glanced up at nells neils and spoke e why it if it nent old square hend nells neils lie muttered if it aint nells neils ill go to hatles almes 0 o or tame other oilier seaport ile he clo closel 1 ills eyes again and subsided gub sIded into tl A sort of lethargy for lie he was bonwitt conte con Witt nl ile he knew h new lie was saved mr fr gibney rolled over and struggling to ills his knees loaned leaned over mc ale buffey and peered into ills drawn face mac line old sli sine speak to me are you alive B 1 opened a pair ot of glazed eyes nid and stared at the commodore did we lick bertil eru lie whispered the last I 1 remember the king was putten it all over and that tuba lioy boy was no slouch sl mcguffey paused and glanced warily around tile the boat while a dawning wiling da horror appeared in ili ills his sunken eyes go back nells neils go back for gods goda sake theres two biggers still on the island bring lein aiu sonie sonic water nells neils but never mind got get them thein aboard the poor devils it if living I 1 leave a on oil |