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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.
"<io—sit," he exclaimed to the Brute.
He enforced the command with a
shower of blows. The Brute obeyed. ,
"Hungry." said the eye and hand i
of Hernandez, to the chief, "the god '■
still hungry—and the master of god,
very, very hungry, s'till."
The chief spread his hand. He po!nt- I
ed toward the jungle whence had sped
the several captives unbound by the
Brute.
Hernandez smiled—a deadly, wicked
smile.
"Beast,'' he exclaimed, "stay whero
you are." He beckoned to the chief. ]
"You come with me." he signed.
The chief nodded, beckoned to a
number of his bodyguard, and fol
lowed Hernandez through the jungle.
At a knoll on its outskirts Hernandez |
held his fingers to his lips. Then he
pushed the chief's head through the
t'ushes.
'Look." he said, enforcing the com
ma-id.
Th« chief looked. He looked far out j
ccross the placid waters of the Pa
siflo, «n<: there he saw a wreck.
"TJra-m:" exclaimed the chief,
smacking his lips.
"Ah," laughed Hernandez to him- I
se!?, "you know what that means all
right."'
I'he chief starter through ihe bushes
».l breakneck speed—but Hernandez
restrained him, keeping his tinger on
bis lips.
"Me," signed Hernandez, "follow me.
Do what I do."
For one instant he looked about him, |
getting his bearings. Then he started ,
on. For many minutes the party j
sklited the edge of the Jungle,, nevtr |
once showing itself, and moving al- j
way* silently as the grave itself. At
length Hernandez once mare halted — i
this time on the edge of a grove of :
valmb. Holding his cannibal crew j
back, Hernandez beckoned to the chief 1
to advance alone. The chief obeyed.
With the swiftness of two savages,
Hernandez and the chief darted be
hind the trunks of two separate trees. !
Hernandez pointed toward the beach.
"White meat, you old gourmand," \
whispered Hernandez, "white meat.
And very tender."
Down on the beach« busying them- i
■elves abort their self-appointed tasks,
wars Annette and her foster mother, j
There were several members of the
fruit steamer's crew—all white. There
was Inez Castro —also white —but an
outcast, sitting, i>rood:ng by herself.
Hernandez counted tho men.
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"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.
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