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Byrne lifted Theriere in his ar hirass rope; then he motioned the youth up the ravine

"Walk beside , "an' keep yer lamps peeled behind"

Thus, in silence, the party coh and precipitous, while behind the sa the mucker commenced to feel the effects of loss of blood frohed a little now from the exertion, and when he did the blood spurted anew fro or weakness apparent to the girl who marched beside him, and she wondered at the physical endurance of the man But when at last they ca rocks and long rotto of enchanting loveliness, and Oda Iseka signaled that their journey was at an end, Byrne laid Theriere gently upon the flower-starred sward, and with a little, choking gasp collapsed, unconscious, beside the French was horror-stricken She suddenly realized that she had coiant of the sluht came another--that to him she had come to look more than to Theriere for eventual rescue; and now, here she found herself in the center of a savage island, surrounded as she felt confident she was by skulking e as companions

And now Oda Iseka took in the situation, and with a grin of triumph raised his voice in a loud halloo

"Come quickly, ," and fro shout

"We come, Oda Iseka, Lord of Yoka! Your faithful samurai come!"