  “Oh, my brother,” cried Mr. Jukes, “I can hardly believe we’ve found you at last.” “Thank God! you have, Jacob,” returned the other fervently. “For a moment I thought that you were only one of the fantastic visions that have visited my brain lately.” “My poor brother,” exclaimed the millionaire, “but now thank heaven you are restored to your friends.” “But how did you ever find me? I never deemed it possible that rescuers could find their way to this place where that villain Broom, after stealing the pearl, marooned me.” “Ah, so the pearl is gone,—but never mind that now. I would not have given your life for an ocean-full of pearls,” declared the millionaire The boys, and then Salloo, added their congratulations to Mr. Jukes, while the women and children gathered round and chattered frantically. It was plain that they objected to all this, yet did not see how to stop it. The white men’s weapons glinted menacingly and there were no warriors in the village. “And now let us hasten away from here,” said Jerushah Jukes. “The men are off on a fighting expedition and I might have escaped but without food or weapons I could never have made my way to the coast through the jungle. I suppose that is the reason they did not tie me up.” “Undoubtedly,” said the millionaire, “but I’m forgetting something,” and he doled out to the two old men a reward, much over what they had demanded. They chattered their thanks glibly, making all sorts of gesticulations of gratitude. “It’s all like a dream to me so far,” said Jerushah “That we do not know yet,” said Mr. Jukes, “but we will talk later. I want to put all the distance I can between this tribe and our party as soon as we can. Those women will give the alarm although they dared not make an active protest.” But as they emerged from the cave they met with a rude shock. A party of warriors with frizzed hair and war-paint daubing their bodies barred the way. At first the tribesmen stood motionless with astonishment at the sight of a party of white men emerging from their secret cave. But the next instant they broke into a savage volley of “We have come too late, my poor brother,” groaned Mr. Jukes. But suddenly Salloo raised his voice. He spoke in tones of loud authority. The spears and clubs were lowered. He turned to Mr. Jukes and in a quick low voice said: “Give me um map. Quick, our lives depend on him.” The millionaire lost no time in producing ‘Bully’ Broom’s map. The most be-frizzed of the natives pored over it for several minutes. Then one of them said in fair English: “You come from Chief Broom; all right, you may go. He tell us to keep white man till he send for him. You show Broom’s map. He all right. Goo’ bye,” and the warriors went on. Thus by the clever Malay’s strategy he had told the warriors, who had returned unexpectedly, that the white men had been sent by ‘Bully’ Broom,—they were saved from disaster. But The return to the camp was made without incident and Jack, on reaching it, at once rigged up his wireless apparatus and flashed to the Sea Gypsy the glad news of the rescue of the millionaire’s brother. But, a few minutes later, he, in his turn, was receiving good tidings. Broom had returned to Bomobori and was arrested while he was recruiting a crew to make a dash into the jungle and intercept the Jukes’ party. He was apprehended while rowing ashore from a native craft. As the officers of the law seized him, he was seen to throw something into the water. One of the native oarsmen instantly dived after the object and succeeded in grabbing it before it The first officer of the Sea Gypsy, having received news of a mysterious schooner anchored in a cove up the coast, resolved to do a little amateur detective work. He found that she was none other than the famous South Sea Lass. Securing the co-operation of the authorities, the vessel was raided one night and her small crew easily overpowered. Then cries were heard from below and on the removal of the hatches the crew of the Centurion, or what remained of them—for five had died from privation—were discovered. They had refused to join Broom’s band and he was afraid to let them loose, so they had been confined in the almost unlivable hold ever since their capture. Since Broom’s arrest, the Australian authorities had cabled that he was The long march back to Bomobori was made without anything of particular interest occurring and one morning they stood on a rise overlooking the harbor. There lay the Sea Gypsy with the dear old Stars and Stripes flying, and the ship dressed in gay bunting; for by wireless Jack had notified those on board of the time of their arrival. A few hours more and they were among their friends again with their strange experiences behind them. As there was no reason for staying in Bomobori, except to take on board the survivors of The other watcher turned away with a sneer, jingling the money Mr. Jukes had left him in his pockets: “So I’ve got to stick round this hole till I can get a steamer home,” grumbled Donald Judson, for, as our readers will have guessed, it was he. “If it hadn’t been for those boys I might have gone home in comfort on the yacht. Well, maybe some day I’ll get even with them.” “But we must hurry home,” he said one day. “My business will be going to rack and ruin without me and besides I’ve run out of dyspepsia pills. 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These volumes describe daring and exciting tales. Sent postpaid upon receipt of 50 cents each, or the five books for $2.25. HURST & COMPANY, Publishers, NEW YORK Transcriber’s Notes 1. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. 2. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved. 3. Page-specific notes: p. 76 restored full-stop in “Captain Sparhawk Tahiti was not far off.” p. 193 whiste -> whistle in “shrill whistle sounded” p. 213 Jordan -> Judson in “Broom and young Judson turned” p. 242 “membel” retained (for “remember”) in dialect: “Me membel now” p. 262 blared -> glared in “yellow eyes glared malevolently” |
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