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FRANK MERRIWELL IN THE SOUTH SEAS. a7 whites. I think we shall manage to con-/ yacht, and being something of a gallant, vince them that we mean no unfriendli-; he had promptly responded to her signal ness. a iby returning. Then, by smiles and coax- What if papa should be a prisoner: ing, she wheedled him into telling her all among them !”? ihe knew about the white high priest of ‘“We must hope for the best. If he is athe fire worshipers. prisoner we’ll rescue him. God grant! Maud was sadly depressed by the in- that he is a prisoner and not the high; formation. vague though it was. The priest !’”. Mr. Gillette added under his fact that the official admitted that her breath. 7 uncle wished to keep her in ignorance of Following the port official to the com-.it added to her fears. If her uncle was not panion ladder, he asked: certain that her father had turned heathen, ‘Did the scientists report seeing the | why had he been so careful to send her white man ?”? laway and prevent her from hearing the “One or two thought they caught a/official’s story? glimpse of him.’? oe The unhappy girl, from disbelicving __ What was he like: the terrible suspicion about her father, I could hardly tell-you. ‘They said he| came soon to think that it must be true, had a big beard and that his clothing was} and then she felt that her uncle was not all tatters, as if he’d worn a civilized suit acting fairly with her in not admitting to rags and until there wasn’t much left) her to his confidence. Wild thoughts of of it.”? I'treachery on the part of her uncle haunted Mr. Gillette’s face was very grave as he | per bewildered mind. returned to where Frank and Maud were What if 1t was his purpose to have her convene . _ , |father murdered in order that the prop- . i i a Pan ane _ * ee ‘erty might come into his own hands? + the akin. » ait went immediately! ‘These were fearful thoughts, and Maud Frank followed him and until the Arin- | “35 ashamed to own them, but in her , {excited condition they could not be sup- cess had taken.on all the coal her bunk- pressed, and they led her at last to re . 2 o - ee 9 = ers would sr mets Stary HH Se (solve upon acting in her own way regard- nest Consitaton. € upshot of the talk less of what her uncle and Frank Merri- may be told in Mr. Gillette’s final words: weil might do or say ‘That high priest may not be my . ern brother, but Ishan’t rest satisfied until} This was a sad mistake on Maud’s I have explored Walloa and found ont.?? | Pat and it had frightful consequences, And Frank added: but, everything considered, it was a nat- ‘(There must be no farther thought of ura] mistake, and when Mr. Gillette un- leaving me in Papeete. Having come derstood the circumstances he took all thus far, I’m not going to back out, no; blame upon himself. matter what the danger. 9 Before day break of the following mormn- By this time it was nearly evening, |"S the anchor was let go, and the skip- but so anxious was Mr. Gillette to learn | per aroused Mr. Gillette, saying: the truth about the white man on Walloa| We se a Walloa as I dare to that the anchor was raised at once and te _“ the Princess steamed away southward. Frank was aroused at the same time, Frank observed that Maud was pale |and he was on deck before Mr. Gillette. and thoughtful, but it did not occur to! Maud came out several minutes after the him that this was more than natural. Hej latter appeared. | did not know until it was too late for the; In the gloom of early morning they knowledge to be of any use that as soon! could see the island not more than half a as Mr. Gillette and Frank had retired to, mile away. There was no telling then the cabin she had run forward and at-iwhether the dark mass of land was tracted the attention of the departing; wooded or bare, but from the Inghest port official. |point there came a dull-red glow to show ‘He was then but a little way from the|that the great voleano was at work. v GORMGOOOKS (CO