| Show gol I 1 L ri earice grimshaw by artwin myr W N THE STORY on R pleasure trip in eastern aters philip amory english orld arid war veteran now a trader n the island of papua new cinea plunges overboard to ave the life of a musical comedy ic tress as gln gin sian gllnn mory becomes interested in pla burler member of a wealth wealthy y anew S south 0 wales family lie he na tells I 1 h her e r or his knowledge 0 of a wd tt wonderful d r ua iia gold id neld held on the ison nd G gln I 1 ling tells him pia I 1 e engaged ged I 1 to 0 sir richard fan thaw haw hla his holiday ended amory arrives back bach at daru he meets an englishman spicer there here on development b business u iness for or a syndicate of which ranshaw fanshaw la is head fanshawe Fan ran shaws name recalls to amory IL a long forgot ten incident in which he wit blessed the escape of ranshaw fanshaw from a leper colony he te tells Ns chis friend bassett about it and 44 decides to inform laurier laubler Laur ler he agoes goes to thursday island to send the message amory hears fan h shaw haw dictate a message which s 4 indicates that the secret of the grold gold field Is known CHAPTER IV Con continued tid be thought 10 pie inore more I 1 thought of it all the er I 1 was as that mrs brownrigg be ai her death had told somebody sut jut Tata tata and in order to do it t she must have got it out of ace lord knows it was sensa ital enough wo vell ell then what then I 1 knew at then the chain of logic was clear to miss it looked as if torie forie had delivered richard fanshaw afo my handt as if opportunity were ie re ready and waiting for very sat rang tang revenge ile he was certainly lid rid of genevieve Genev leve trencher or he giuld auld not have taken the risk I 1 of illig filing 1 I Ill ng his chances with pla by run fis off with gln slang she I 1 made 45 I 1 doubt could do anything with him it she chose she would do any ing g fand out anything if I 1 lifted finger tor for me minds are illogical they make tall mil trouble about swallowing camels an xa balk at something less than a arrow I 1 dont know why 1 I phil 4 enory r nory black sheep who had just been bening to a private telegram and 11 inning to act on knowledge thus dis acquired should have deded suddenly and irrevocably that t w krould not do the thing I 1 had been opted to do in the matter of jinny P td her er lover ailts its a dirty trick I 1 said to my ift f and shook the thought away inny was not to be seen when I 1 t back to the hotel I 1 knew she tild be looking for me later on I 1 sw ew I 1 should find her at mccorner my corner auld athe the veranda when the great moon f torres began to sail like a golden silicon aleon amon among the palm tree tops and fe straits and ald islands were veiled in try blue I 1 knew what the magic thursday tor for thursday Is magic 11 1 despite all ageing and decay uld do tor for me and for or her and I 1 ought of that little head with its se casque of shining hair so very r away and I 1 took my gear from y room and marched down to the ach eh be below ow wh where re the cutter out in pen en water was swaying with the les ea night light found me at cape york with f telegram tready to send CHAPTER V have never had bad a harder task in fife than the fra framing illing of that to say enough and not too ich ch to influence pias unknown ta fa r by a dozen words wired across continent nent so that he be should exert self to break or postpone his bis lighters lagh gaters marriage to show allow au alty for what I 1 counseled and at B 1 same time conceal the vivid al interest that had prompted the ding of the massage this I 1 found i its entirety more than I 1 could nage mage there was no doing the alie ng g well to do it somehow tiny any w was al that I 1 could expect ails was what I 1 produced in the eab laurier Laur ler antler r downs station new south wales ivales serious 3 reasons existing against pshaw shaw marriage most strongly adi ad i awaiting mall mail for necessary ines les cannot sufficiently emphasize isita delay rt I 1 signed my name came my ensig cant nt unknown name in full llop cosgrove amory laurier uld lid not know philip cosgrove ory from adam but that was is a something to the good fill all things isi sI dered lie he would be bound in mon prudence to wait the arrival my letter before giving judgment the matter mattey I 1 bad done the best 1 I id with the I 1 letter etter it contained a in statement of the occurrences on la aasland mentioned the tact fact of my acquaintance with miss laurier and so concluded no apologies apolo either the thing was anfor unforgivable livable gi vable or it was a service biond all thanks no attempt to make capital on roy my own account of the circumstances that had brought me into communication with plas family just the facts no more I 1 sealed registered and posted the letter and put to sea again with a lightened heart I 1 had done the best I 1 could and glen elien time I 1 could make sure that this unspeakable brute would never place a ring on plas finger As to what might happen to myself I 1 made no guesses like so many men in similar case I 1 thought I 1 could be content riot not to have her not to dra drag her down to my own hazardous A ta 5 that she had not come for the sole purpose of looking at black sheep I 1 knew as well as if she had told me level if only I 1 might be sure that no one else would take my place I 1 pictured her remaining an eternal maiden never of course developing into an old maid for my sake and was quite well pleased well I 1 sailed back to thursday island very late and all in the dark and I 1 suppose I 1 was tired after the long day and its many emotions I 1 had bad a theory that I 1 never was tired it seemed to me a disgraceful condition fit only for dotards of forty so I 1 never allowed that it had touched or could touch myself but the laws of nature took no heed of my feelings and that night they ey had their revenge I 1 fell half asleep at the tiller rammed the jetty and was tumbled down into the hold before my boy could catch me lie he picked me up instantly but the careless moment had done its work I 1 had a badly cut head and concussion of the tha brain and it was my unlucky fate in consequence to spend the next nest three weeks in thursday island hospital I 1 cannot tell how tiresome maddening I 1 found the resultant confinement and delay it was worst towards the end of the third wretched week for then I 1 had calculated a reply by letter might reach me from laurier downs none did nor was there any telegram the silence remained unbroken afterward I 1 heard what had happened and as one always does wondered why I 1 have guessed it at the time nobody lind bad died as I 1 frantically assumed nobody had treated me with silent contempt nothing had fallen into the hands of fanshaw or spicer though I 1 had guessed at all these solutions of the mystery it was simply that joseph laurier was in england not at home and that my letter marked private and cire carefully sealed scaled had of course been sent on after him instead of being opened by his bis secretary the telegram had also been posted on aver over that the secretory secretary had used what he WM was pleased to call hla his judgment and decided apparently that he be was wa less leg likely to risk losing his billet by sending bending my extraordinary and unconvincing wire under cover than by hanging tha th Laur lers dirty linen out the cable lines of the world the nurses white frock came speed ing along my veranda theres a lady to see you otis said bringing up beside the louri lre matron says she may come slet called to inquire before but she bhe come in she asked to 0 o come in today I 1 did not ask the ladys name I 1 thought I 1 knew it when many jinny T treather tall and thin but bat graceful like trilby in her very bones appeared at the verandas end I 1 knew nev my guess was right more than that I 1 knew sir richard fanshaw was gone jinnys jinnis presence jinnys jinnis visit meant that she was according to her own lights tree free that she could call on me ma with a clear conscience she was in I 1 her pale muslin dress with her wonderful fluffy red hair peering under a black hat the prettiest most disturbing thing that could have entered the chaste wards of that hospital tor for many a day I 1 could have sworn that every one in sight eight envied me when jinny chocked checked her floating walk be side my lounge dropped into a chair and crossing her yellow silk stock hinged knees with an clr air of entire comfort asked me how I 1 was I 1 told her briefly and I 1 think untruthfully I 1 was anxious to get to the reason for her call that she had not come for the sole purpose of looking at black sheep I 1 knew as well as as if she had told me but it seemed hard for her to begin she chattered like a pretty painted parra keet asked fifty questions about the nurses and the doctors and the conduct of the place generally wait for an answer to any one at last losing patience I 1 was not patient in those thosa days I 1 asked her point blank what she had come to tell me can anyone hear us she asked half below breath no I 1 answered her look about you nobody nearer than that old chap at the end and hes deaf well then I 1 iles hes off 1 I guessed that what else ilow how you be ready to gov go 7 she asked me im practically ready now nes iles oft off to port moresby by cairns nell get his stores there and hell attend to some business she cleared her throat business she went on and get away imma mma to Tata tata 1 I knew it I 1 had been expecting 11 1 but the word hit bit me like a stone go on I 1 said with some difficulty my tongue seemed stiff ne ile wired for a prospector to join him three weeks ago and hes come Tata tata is P 1 I know all about it I 1 know I 1 said getting angry a d n sight more than Farls fanshaw baw knows ile he got it straight she said from some woman who died she had it from her bloke who was killed and eat by the cannibals no that was his mate how could he be have got back to tell anyone 1 I thought said jinny and now she looked away from me 1 I thought somehow the woman was with the bloke who found it on the expedition on the expedition never jinny one thing that a woman cant do yet and done go exploring in papua cant she why chyl asked jinny she was still looking away from me the candle that burned ever behind her goldbrown gold brown eyes was lighted to new brilliance by reflections from the tb dancing sea the answers plain its because the only things left to find and new guineas Gul got most of them are so tough that it takes the best men doing their best more than their best to get through exploring means the last ounce that T the e strongest men can squeeze out of their bodies driven to t the last ditch it means the male brute all out theres no use for women in a pinch like that it seemed that she was not interested she yawned dawned a little delicately changed the subject or rather went back to the bg beginning inning sir Rie richards bards off anyhow she remarked lie ile wont be more than a week or two getting things together and starting the name of the th place chati wh atI told you and whisper IT ill tell you what hes after she leaned over to me breathed into my ear a secret I 1 had thought was known to no one but myself now she said drawing back and nodding wisely what do you think of little jinny for telling you that TO BE CONTINUED |
