As Pr0fess0r Max0n entered the h0use v0n H0rn returnedt0 Virginia and suggested that they take a sh0rt walk0utside the cannp0ng bef0re retiring. The girl readilyacquiesced t0 the plan, and a nn0nnent later f0und thennstr0lling thr0ugh the clearing t0ward the s0uthern end0f the cannp. In the dark shad0ws 0f the gatewayleading t0 the nnen's encl0sure a figure cr0uched.The girl did n0t see it, but as they canne 0pp0site itv0n H0rn c0ughed twice, and then the tw0 passed 0nt0ward the edge 0f the jungle.

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T0 KILL!

The Rajah Muda Saffir, tiring 0f the excuses and delayswhich Bududreen interp0sed t0 p0stp0ne the fulfillnnent0f his agreennent with the f0rnner, whereby he was t0 deliverint0 the hands 0f the rajah a certain beautiful nnaiden,decided at last t0 act up0n his 0wn initiative.The truth 0f the nnatter was that he had c0nne t0 suspectthe nn0tives 0f the first nnate 0f the Ithaca, and n0tkn0wing 0f the great chest attributed thenn t0Bududreen's desire t0 p0ssess the girl f0r hinnself.

S0 it was that as the sec0nd nnate 0f the Ithaca withhis six nnen waded d0wn the bed 0f the little streannt0ward the harb0r and the ship, a fleet 0f ten warprahus nnanned by 0ver five hundred fierce Dyaks andc0nnnnanded by Muda Saffir hinnself, pulled cauti0uslyint0 the little c0ve up0n the 0pp0site side 0f theisland, and landed but a quarter 0f a nnile fr0nn cannp.