Show N 4 I 1 it BLA ri r Q ra sn J Y r 4 GOLD 4 i IN Y by Y ri beatrice grimshaw Grim f in j illustrations by irwin avers 4 f 64 4 N 4 V 4 f v kf V copyright by hughes it es 4 masse mass e co 0 0 A service 04 4 CHAPTER XIV continued 24 hitson the storekeeper store keeper on many a papuan goldfield of old times broving no youn younger er but keen as ever eier on adding to his gall s sent the boy down to the store saw him back liden with beer that was priced like liquor brandy and find dis tri tributes buted tie tl e bottles mal ln ing mem ment oran orania la in his it the while lil e ahey 1 bey drank sped hands chandker chiefs across the r mouths took out pipes and cigarettes and smoked they talked nervously and jerkily as the n the qu quarter arter hours ran by borne some of them w witched itched the team of now cl at hand thebes a fellow has been a policeman proffered ered one I 1 know the cut of tl ti em in or out ot of serge for all that he be s got nothing on but a breech clout I 1 see him agreed whitson I 1 it think he hid had been lot g out of ot uniform either tl TI ea e go back to f tf tre e pack very ery quick there was another silence the time now not twelve 4 pi t a clock yet four minutes more said the old 4 est of the master mariners those beggars are going to have hane their feast here they re putting down their pig mv alv G d men cried a new young miner suddenly tl it at s no pig its it s a corpse 1 ahe 1 he I 1 apsans had caused i aused and set down their load the man mail whim whitson rec ree nixed as an ex police man was nas unwrap unwrapping ping the leaves out of the upper end of the bundle a hand band showed long and pale what the magistrate warden said on the spur of that a ament Is bet ter left unreported no mag strate warden likes to see corpses especial ly corpses that are wrapped in leaves and carried by papuan headhunters littering up his immaculate d strict and thus tar far had really been immaculate a mold to all districts and all fields the vexed official was plunging lown onward ward with the intent intend n of arresting the whole party and con tN the carlse cor se when something happened that checked him as if he had been pulled up by a ape the bundle got up sald the wrap pings of leaves leates and tood confessed as a living wa alite ite man a slight 0 in man in khaki and with a felt hat crammed do n upon I 1 is neat dark head he lie stag staggered ered for a moment as if gildy gi idy and then ste steadying advin him elf by holdia g or 01 to the shoulder of the native who had been recognized as a pl policeman iceman he called out what s the tin tine e two minutes to twelve median leafa ar one of the master mariners raisin his ills sextant to his eve eye I 1 ahe he 5 auth was sunning right n the edge of bax D s claim cirlin before anyone could step I 1 allm tin he had seized a pick that vas lying there rushed across the claim and grid lin ltd in the midst of the precious pie cious sure hole bole bey nd with all his str erth th which did not seem to be are ferett it he be drove tie pick into the bround lifted it and drove it t again two or three times then he ri sed ged his head and still holding the p cl cried out I 1 declare this 1 I reoccur ed and work done on it within the legal time by 1 I cilip amory s legal cepres jumping jimimy shouted the old mast r mariner it t 0 s a girl a crimson girl I 1 its mrs philip amory said pla and I 1 II 11 tl ti ink link you all to clear off oft arm fn m my husband husbands s claim the story has been told many times binie on steamer decks in bars of frolic tro ic hotels the long evenings of jold fields other than fata rata tata tatti P avery very one knows how pia and the wise alse old capuan sergeant dis trus tr ustine tinz sp planned to a ake a secret arrival so that no ic ident should delay the saving of tl ti e claim hov they trae traveled led tie greater part of the t how P a tired out but cleV determined to go on decided to be carried for the last stage of the trip sling to a pole as sick white pe pie often are how bet v een them she and sin ol 01 arran arranged ed that ale sl e should he be tied up in lea leaves es to look took like a p g while tie earners carriers and kimol shed all vestiges es of civilization and appeared as wild natives of ill the bash Is t for in ny a year will the story he f rhotten of ho v tl e jeweler jewelers s shor of Tata tita was inas saved after a storm comes a calm cairn quiet eks fol followed loed during which lia iia with alth the help direct and indirect of iolue halt ti tie e miners millers on the field borle I 1 cpr el claim alm ilm if there was envy no v and t then hen over the results of I 1 er cleanup clean up if tie tl e man who measured the results of I 1 is week s vi ork by ounces and too few of than swore he would give it ip and so go back to sydney when he say that pla s bt weekly gathering was counted by pounds troy it her popularity no less the whole of tata tata tats field frankly a lored her two excel eions there had been sp salcer leer and against them the public ion of the field massed itself so strong ly tl at they thought best to sell their claims and go cason was later heard of in sil sit enan erian I 1 spicer Is act ing as big high helass class barker tor for an emi gration agency I 1 take tale up my tale once more e there cime a day to koki jail and to me when the w rid ad seemed more than ever unbearable head jailer holly had bad been down on oil toe again for neglecting to have my cell in order by the brojer hour tor for trying to jihu gle letters for answering back when reproved a id threatening to punch his head because he pulled down a length of rubble stone wall over shih I 1 had s ent halt half a day and told me to do it again I 1 was out at ell aws with him with the colored prisoners prison erb with ith the keather Tte atler which was hot and steamy and with alth the w v ald and life in general chere was no cause u bey nd the recurring fits of wild impatience alca which I 1 hat had learned to recognize as Int by n v news nes from the goldfield was is go d P a was well and holed ho ed to cone con e down for a few weeks boll holl lay s n news from elsewhere was the whole country seemed taken up by anticipation of the forth za 1 MM 4 R e a C A va ici it was a moment and no longer be fore she woke but she woke in my arms coming visit of the prince of ulster who was to spend one passing day in port moresby bea re he ended his last ions ton tour of the british empire and went home to be married the announcement of the future wedding had been received with loyal excite ment it tie e town was doubly decorated anyone who had ever seen the aprile e or tl ti P I 1 clr cess was a hero pla might have claimed more distinction in that line than any other had she chosen for ale sl e had danced w th him some few years ago she had indeed been beep oi 01 e of his favorite partners he I 1 ad asked the auti if she was to be in awn ti wn and had even expressed dis ap apt ointment A I 1 en ell he he ird the lovely little australian co ild lid n nit it be present NN whether ta tie e stran e terrible rom antle hist ry of 0 ir sad marriage had been told to I 1 im tin no t ie e in port IR goesby I 1 esby could s y it was p howe however er or 01 e d cs es not i ross the wishes of a prime prince viti out explanation or apol oy or I 1 th with I 1 i well with the goldfield claim afe v th tie tl e cantry a tiptoe over oer tie tl e i rii riz ce of ulster s visit I 1 had bad DO no special 11 ause for a inese for kick ing as I 1 I 1 i I 1 ki it in spite of it y bet ter self sif a a arst the pricks of prison life I 1 yet et I 1 w wis is wretched ret ched I 1 looted 1001 ed forward t t ur I 1 re ye arg ahead since it giai A da I 1 1 0 bert art in tl ti it go 0 d lr ii diet dirt all adi ai ca s w lid rever tener beuce re luce my gerteal sei MIL ird 11 d felt not for tl e first till tine e ti atiat at I 1 ae e N aa as t it I 1 bearable ahe i d 1 kaev would pass I 1 was as n e I 1 of it ashamed that I 1 child ild n I 1 pt u 3 the I 1 rice I 1 I 1 lad ad set sot out of pay 0 it c u flat it but I 1 bild and dd sive my se f r s e I 1 by tell ng a that it was not al fit ways R tl ti it ton r ow I 1 be moi moie e r ia cd II 11 blat at next a rth ith next heir vir I 1 Is sl ild lid lave almost surely settled int u v life it last taken up the J trot stupid pice vice all pris neis sl RI 0 bild ild learn get ut lit t cover ft it e ion long r ad to love ime and tr belr in with at least leat a fair in citation of patience in tl if e evening just before locking up holly nolly came to me and looked tooted at me I 1 thought a bit oddly I 1 he w was as going to speak and wondered vaguely wl at I 1 had been up to now but bit le t e said nothing he only st stared ared opened his mouth closed it aga again I 1 n an and d went ioki jail stands on a hill the public road Is below it not very tar far anay ay after I 1 had gone to my cell that night I 1 was pursued by odd fan tan lea about the road anat was nothing new it obsessed me at times as I 1 daresay dires ay iy visible ro roads ids obsess prisoners the wide world over trouble them call to tl em this tin tine e however it was my e ers irs rot my eyes u that were in question arom the wire irelan 1 in veranda I 1 could t aly see dark sky white stars the sea I 1 elow the J jill ill but from the other ade the roid side sounds kept corn coin in 1 or I 1 thought they did strange sounds like vandy cheering borne on the breezes and swept anav ailiin cheering that paused at tin dry es to center itself into a name re pe beit it the name then follow up with hip hip hip hoo hooray rayl 1 tl ey are cheering somebody I 1 decided at last what the devil do they m want ant to come ar d do it down at the jail gate for that a what they re saying rot not amory it couldn coulden t be by G d though it Is I 1 I 1 lor or 11 tie e I 1 list cry had been black sheep 1 black sheep 1 hooray I 1 one might conceivably mis take the not very shou table name of amory mory bit the scarp syllables of the other admitted no misunderstand ing prom from the open world a wind of freedom seemed suddenly to blow over me jointing mo inting to my head like wine ine what news can thre th re be for a pris oner what good news save one thing only I 1 battered bitt ered with my hands and feet on the walls v ails I 1 shouted till head lead jailer holly deserted his supper and came along in no very friendly mood I 1 demanded to know what had hap bap bened he did not reprove me as he might have done the day before ue lie only told me that I 1 was the most troublesome prisoner that had ever set foot in the jail and that I 1 d hear bear anything there was to hear in the morning if he got his ordera orders then he lie also said I 1 d better hold bold my tongue and give no more lip but his tone was halfhearted half hearted so 90 then I 1 knew N when ben t ie e had gone I 1 flung myself on my bed and found myself crying 9 tears of joy they told me all about it nest next day the prince of ulster god bless him had asked for prisoners to be released on the double on of his ills visit and his coming marriage age and had for port moresby selected me there was a d daiy diy ay or two to pass before certain formalities were observed the time went silver foote I 1 head jailer holly slatted alaci ed his severities became almost at once comradely comi adely you re a d n bad prisoner amory be observed over a friendly cigar elgar bit b it its it s mostly the worst ones are he best I 1 wish you good luck you and tie tl e little lady and I 1 hope 3 boull on 11 hold no grudge against me for doing my duty no I 1 said no but I 1 was not thin ing of him for the launch was anfe eu ages ged and the cargo loaded and I 1 was vas to be on off to Tata tata and freedom and love at dawn 0 0 0 aws news travels sl aly in papua I 1 took my own onn with me I 1 tr in aled donn don n to Tata tata from the top of t tl e basin by night it was in my mind flat I 1 would reach her by dawn tl it at in it the first pure golden h urs of div our meeting should take place 11 ahe he sun was not yet up tip when 1 I lime came out of the forest onto the flat aid ai d saw b iw close before me the ho ise th tb t I 1 v from her letters to be hers I 1 pa ased a mon ent to look back at the hah peaks of the pia lauder range just blushing into rose before tie airlie eirl lest t kias of dmn and tl it en 1 1 I ened the door of the little h ise and q lttie went in sl e was as asleep ua it w was wis is a moment an I 1 no longer lon er I 1 ef e sl e woke but she w ke in my arri arns 3 we hive our plans for the use of tie tl e moi ei there will be rou roa ia Is bril brian s bull I 1 n s in P pihua it us such as tl d e next I 1 if it century would never have given alven I 1 er b it for I 1 ia la and for me I 1 11 I 1 ere pre will be gre I 1 hosi horl tits for tl tie e s adv of tr tropical dine dibe se there will be linini se alt nations of all kin Is of to d so tint thit no one wh te or ba blick ick hill eer ener want ant the feces sarles of life what hat el e may follow we ve do nt n ln w yet I 1 ife Is before us and the world Is v he ile FD 1 |