NEAL of t NAVY Br WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNB Aa Moan." "Rmnnh if FlgM." "Cit+m," "Btm B—" *u. I | WnTiHil fttn Mm Phew Play of At Sam* Mmmm Pioftmd by I fee Pa the Exchange, Im | I « »>»» ————l m. .< t. Ml Willi . H« turned to the first mat« of the wrecked fruit steamer that lay strand ed on the reefs. "We've got to get word to the Mis souri, somehow," he said, "beside, : we've left Annette and my mother starving bac.k there. Let's return." Nesl found bis mother and Annette where be had left tbem. Cocoanuts and clams, hurriedly gathered, supplied them with a satis factory meal. Neal stretched his arms. "I nev er can think upon an empty stomach," •he remarked, "so I'm Just beginning to dope things out. Look at friend sea," he exclaimed, 'she's like a mill pond. The tide's out. There's not a I wave splashes OTer the wreck. I'm i off." "Where to?" queried his mother in ' alarm. "I'm going to row over to the wreck 1 and help myself—to some S. O. S." He strode to the water's edge. H* beckoned to the first mate. In another moment they were [ launched and pulling with even, steady strokes toward the wreck beyond. They made fast the boat, shipped their oars and clambered up the side of the almost submerged fruit steam er. "Good," said Neal, "the wireless room is intact." He sent out his call—cast it to the four winds—his messenger, seeking 1 everywhere for the Missouri. On the Missouri the wireless opera tor got it —feebly at first. "S. O. S." clamored Xeal. "Who are you'.'"' queried the battle ship. Neal told him. "AH right," said the Missouri, "we'll be there in three shakes of a lamb's tail." Or words to that effect. On shore, meantime. Annette, the wanderlust ever strong within her. had wandered up the beach and out of sight. The solitude was appalling, but not unpleasant. Tripping along gayly, she had stum bled over something half hidden by the sand. Her firm step had loosened it—but it had nearly sent her sprawl ing. She drew back, regarding the object in affright. Then she turned and darted back toward safety at full speed. Arrived at the little camp she clutched frantically at the arm of one of the crew. "A human skull." she gasped, "back there. I saw it. buried in the sand." CHAPTER LVII. Safety First. Not for one instant did Hernandez lose the advantage that he had al ready gained. With audacity that belonged only to him, he led the Brute to the chief's j own throne—a rude affair composed of j a rough seat under overhanging bow ers. "rood:ng by herself. Hernandez counted tho men. ' NEAL OF THE NAVY S k „"7„V%ZZ ) Season's Greatest pAT AWT A T Each Wednesday Mn%le Serial. B ' 4"« WEDNESDAY EVENING, "W® need four to one, at least," he said to himself. Then he nodded to the chief and held tip' the fingers of ; both hands several times. The chief understood. He was a warrior. He knew that much safety lay in num- ! bers. He beckoned to two of his j m*.n and gave them orders. They crept • back, silently through the trail. Hernandez and the chief wriggled oack into the undergrowth and then sat down to wait. j, Annette's party suddenly made up its mind to decamp. The discovery of the skull upon the beach was a dis turbing fact. "When Neal comes —" said Annette. I "Right," said a sailor, "we'll put it up to him." He glanced casually toward the grove of palms, this sailor. Then with an oath he sprang to his feet. | ! "Boys," he cried aloud, feeling for r. ' | weapon, "we're in for it. Women in the shed. Look, here they come." The other sailors, with the swiftness of seamen in a sudden squall, were 1 | upon their feet, each with a weapon In his hand. They forced the women j into the hut and formed a circle, • i guarding it. And then broke the storm. With the yell of a thousand demons, : the black man-eaters were upon them, j One warrior seized Inez in his grasp, and with a cry of triumph darted with I her toward the jungle. A sailor who followed was stricken down. But it was Hernandez who stopped the cap- : tor. He darted after him and caught ; him by the arm. "Back,"' he ordered, with a sign | that spelled fury, "back there. This i woman belongs to me." "Senorita," said Hernandez suavely, j bearing her to a place of comparative j security, "let us be noncombatants for i once. Get others working for you. is j my motto. As for us. why—safety ' first." Inez shivered. She dragged Her- ! nandez toward an opening between the trees. "Look, look." she cried, her face rigid with terror, ' its horrible, hor rible, horrible." A short time later, by the side of ; Hernandez, she stumbled blindly 1 through the jungle—in the midst of I a howling, panting mob of half-naked warriors. The warriors were the vie- I tors. And they bore with them the spoils—two women, still alive, a small squad of torn and battered sailors, and a few silent figures—silent forever. "What are they going to do?" wailed Inez. Hernandez ihrugged his shoulders. "Its put of my hands," he said, "but I've got to see it through. I've got to know what happens. I've got to be there—or else they'll get me too. We'll be lucky to escape. But we'll es cape, you and I, never fear. I've ar ranged for it. I've arranged for— safety first." CHAPTER LVIII. The Feast. Because Annette llington and her foster mother had ever lived in the vicinity of New York—because they had always been within the newspa per zone—because they had enjoyed the advantage of telephone, and motor car, and motion picture—because of all the luxury and civilization surround- ' ing them, they never once supposed that man-eating savages still existed. Struggling with her captors, An nette stumbled on blindly through the ■ jungle. Behind her she heard the mat- i tered oaths of the male members of ! her party. Just once she heard i whisper. "Don't tell the women—for God's sake don't tell the women. They'll be ! knowing, soon enough." At that icoment there was a distant , Ehout that grew stronger and stronger. ' The cannibal crew answered it —it rol- j licked back and fortn. Then in the near distance Annette heard the break- ! ing of bodies through the undergrowth and a fresh crowd of savages ap peared, yelling like maid. This new : crowd seized Annotte and swung her to their shouloers, and witii toer, ran through the undergrowth like deer. And then—they dashed into the ! clearing. They darted across the open ■ space, still with Annette in their cltitches -and laid her down before the Brute—who stiil sat on his crude dais, i staring, always staring into space. Annette struggled to her feet and I looked wildly about her. Her loot touched something and she started j back —looked down. The object was a skull. Annette shrieked in terror —she I tried to hide iier face but could not. i She saw the fire —she looked into i the eyes of her fellow captives. Upon their foreheads sweat stood out in beads—cold sweat, the sweat of fear. She asked a question of them with her eyes, but they turned their heads , away. Then, understanding at last, Annette swooned —slumped into a heap at the feet of the Brute. The Brute staring, always staring, rose to his feet. He stooped down. But before he could touch the girl, 1 the chief intervened. The chief him ! self lifted her. and held her where the god man could look upon her. He mouthed and smacked his lips. * I To he continued.] | B fall— mlnmm mMI m »AI sex mi. mmmmi mi m eai m m »ai mi im irmm IM int »av ma iai mmi »ki »m W "A Different Kind of Jewelry Store'' I R ! %cnmtmAs f <■ II Evenings § i AN APPRECIATION— £ e s We wish to express our thanks to the many hundreds of people who took the oppor tunity of visiting this "Different Kind of Jewelry Store" on our opening day, Saturday. 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