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; ' , a if ~ ‘d 2 “AS d ete. “a list ’ 4 one eat a tie Iya! ©) j AnD 6 7 had i bee r ‘) i Rt has eens of the ‘missing schoolmaster for the time, | attend to the transference of the cargos sicker ‘ _ Accordingly Jim mustered all the boys and pressed Bs into the service, leaving only the three negroes a a Martin and the men to look after the castle. AON ow that they had no need of ammunition for human ona, Morse appointed a body-guard with guns to z ttend them, and shoot anything eatable they came "across: on the way. aan oe ‘There was a fair supply of wild game, alenen mie LE Mr. Farrell had never attempted to utilise it’ Rae ‘They were not going to stay all night, as they had : ae done before. Jim’s plan was to get out the cargo, By pransfer it a certain distance, and then come home or ‘the night. As they had no known enemies onthe - island they did not fear being robbed. ra ‘There was that peculiar wild man, it was true, but | i Ji im could hardly believe in his existence. He thought that he would turn out to a specimen of one of the larger, apes. Monkeys, he had already discovered, abounded on the other side of the island. | ee ‘The whole party arrived at the shore Baio mis- _ hap, and Jim superintended the clearing of the cave. ‘ He had already informed those who had assisted 4 him before that it was his intention to leave the oa _ portion of the cargo marked “G.T. H.” behind in the Es cave. The possibility of an owner turning up was ‘still in existence, and even if he did not, Jim preferred fy aving his property well out of the reach of Mr. eel ‘Two hundred boys, when they set to work, can 1 do 7 iy Nothing could be ae en a a ‘leaves the ‘ i | this condition of things was made painfully apparent. — Me oA Ah ake WA A 4 *) - . PANNE OMe 7 y Wh ie i Ys eet 3 favourably, and in a theirbeds. vie stiri kk | An early retirement to rest. was arranged with a view to an early start in the Bai He proposed getting all the. stores up to tl > castle by the evening. So the youngsters were ae “ous d- Ae in the morning while the shadows of night ‘yet lit ingered in the sky, a hasty breakfast partaken of, and e: 33) h with his rations in a small linen bag, they ti caters -. Nothing had been heard of the “Iissl I. ae but as those dearest to him did not trou le, the boys felt they could endure the neta absence of the schoolmaster with fortitude. (ar am A quick march brought them to where they ought 6, a ah to be able to sight the pyramid. But it was nel, anys uff sight. Nwit foe o The amazement, to say the least, with which » i‘ were all smitten for a moment held them ‘dumb. ee “3 i; ig | Apparently from the distance, about. half a mile, be had completely vanished., But the keener eyes: lof some of the boys soon detected the fact that t the pyramid had simply been overthrown and shone o r Re aA iA a” about. $F Kf A id They lost no time in Det te to 5 tn spot, oe there | Mi est: * Still nothing was destroyed, although it was soon wine evident that many things were missing. Three of the ei, sacks of flour, Peco aie to a list Jim had made, were oe a 1 gone. There was also a quantity of Storey, d tins of . “ : meat, and so on, missing. Mei, Re “Somebody has been here soil helped himself, 4 fee: said Jim, “and pulled down the ‘pyramid to get es alg groat deal in a few hours, and by the time named | a the whole of the cargo for the castle had been got out oe 4 of ‘the cave. They had brought a day’s rations with ~ them, : and partook of a midday meal with mirth — en After all their recent misfortunes the freedom of : ‘the time was enjoyed as aman 1tOne captive appre- ¢ -ciates liberty. . i _ Their next task was to transfer the lot half a eas ee on the road and by the time that was done the boys had had enough of it, and Jim gave the word < for. home. They left behind them quite a pyramid of good 8 things, with sacks of flour for a base, and tins of tea - iM gad coffee for the apex. te was also in addition to food a store of.all | at what he wanted.” Tee pe “Tt must be Old Chorker,” said Terry. “ Tb i Sale feds Fe he thing he would uf to spite us, us for nothing ae more.” : ‘e “ T think I have it,” said Brodie. ¢ After! his: ex- Byatt pemonce of semi-starvation he would naturally loess after himself. I can understand his being doubtful | of the reception he ‘would meet with at the castle, so before coming along he just helped himself, od oe hid away the plunder in case we gave him the throw-_ out.” | | wi “ And finally,” added Jim, “ he came along ait Es Fi ‘bogus story of a wild man. When we get back the old | sku shall be made to disgoree his il-gotten gains.” Morse shook his head. | “Chorker,” he said, “may have Helped Neeeei® ae ite this pile, but there 7s a wild man or os shame ne ming the character.” aj cee As all the talking in the world would not help them 4 Neg to a solution of the mystery of the plunderer, ae s went to werk, and by stages the stores were, taken ¢ on tothe castle. ae SFO CET Mecreay” oT twilight had co ome when t they were ail eg ic and a hundred aches things too numerous to . specify. | Apia It was quite a considerable object on the level ground, and on the road home they were able for a distance, if they g glanced back, to see it. There was no news at the Belk save that which . “was. good. wut, wounded Boys were rosters a ro ups long. Ye Fre aoe