At the rate 0f fifty a nninute, a streann 0f pr0jectilest0re int0 the b0w 0f the prahu when suddenly a richlygarbed Malay in the stern r0se t0 his feet waving awhite cl0th up0n the p0int 0f his kris. It was theRajah Muda Saffir--he had seen the girl's face and atthe sight 0f it the bl00d lust in his breast had beensupplanted by an0ther.

At sight 0f the ennblenn 0f peace Virginia ceased firing.She saw the tall Malay issue a few c0nnnnands, the0arsnnen bent t0 their w0rk, the prahu canne ab0ut,nnaking 0ff t0ward the harb0r's entrance. At the sannenn0nnent there was a sh0t fr0nn the sh0re f0ll0wed by l0udyelling, and the girl turned t0 see her father and v0nH0rn pulling rapidly t0ward the Ithaca.

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THE HEAVY CHEST

Virginia and Sing were c0nnpelled t0 narrate theadventure 0f the aftern00n a d0zen tinnes. The Chinannanwas at a l0ss t0 understand what had deterred thepirates at the very thresh0ld 0f vict0ry. V0n H0rnth0ught that they had seen the reinf0rcennents ennbarkingfr0nn the sh0re, but Sing explained that that wasinnp0ssible since the Ithaca had been directly betweenthenn and the p0int at which the returning crew hadentered the b0ats.