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Blinded by the dust, tripped by the rolling stones, Bruce turned to

where he had seen Kathlyn fall The explosion--the last one--had

opened up veins of strange gases, for the whole proht up in his arered down to the beach, and plunged into the water A s down her forehead explained everything; a

falling stone had struck her

"Kit, Kit! I hope to God the treasure went up also" He dashed the

cold water into her face

The others were unhurt, though dazed, and for the nonce incapable of

coherent thought or action

"The boats!" Bruce laid Kathlyn down on the sand and signed to Winnie

"Tend to her I must take a chance at the boats We could cross the

neck of sand at ebb, but Umballa will be far away before that tiirl!" He patted her wrists and called to her, and

when finally her lips stirred he rose and waded out into the sea,

followed by four hardy fisher from

the southwest, aided the swimmers, for the boats did not drift out to

sea, but in a northeasterly direction The sloop was squaring away for

the mainland

Did Uth his hand

reached up and took hold of the gunwale of the boat he had picked out

to bring down Would U on

to it in face of all the devastation? Bruce sighed as he drew himself

up and crawled into the boat He knew that treasure had often made a