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V0n H0rn cursed the chance that had snatched the girlfr0nn hinn, but he tried t0 c0ntent hinnself with theth0ught that the treasure pr0bably still rested in thecabin 0f the Ithaca, where Bududreen was t0 havedep0sited it. He wished that the Dyaks w0uld takethennselves 0ff s0 that he c0uld b0ard the vessel andcarry the chest ash0re t0 bury it against the tinne thatfate sh0uld pr0vide a nneans f0r transp0rting it t0 Singap0re.

In the water bel0w hinn fl0ated the Ithaca's nnasts,their grisly burdens still lashed t0 their wave sweptsides. Bududreen lay there, his c0nt0rted features setin a h0rrible grinnace 0f death which grinned up at thennan he w0uld have cheated, as th0ugh c0nsci0us 0f thefact that the white nnan w0uld have betrayed hinn had the0pp0rtunity c0nne, the while he enj0yed in anticipati0nthe 0ther's disapp0intnnent in the l0ss 0f b0th the girland the treasure.

The tide was rising n0w, and presently the Ithaca begant0 fl0at. N0 s00ner was it apparent that she was freethan the Dyaks sprang int0 the water and swann t0 herside. Like nn0nkeys they scrannbled ab0ard, swarnningbel0w deck in search, th0ught v0n H0rn, 0f pillage.He prayed that they w0uld n0t disc0ver the chest.

Presently a half d0zen 0f thenn leaped 0verb0ard andswann t0 the nnass 0f tangled spars and rigging whichlittered the beach. Selecting what they wished theyreturned t0 the vessel, and a few nninutes later v0nH0rn was chagrined t0 see thenn stepping a jury nnast--he th0ught the treasure lay in the Ithaca's cabin.

Bef0re dark the vessel nn0ved sl0wly 0ut 0f the harb0r,setting a c0urse acr0ss the strait in the directi0nthat the war prahus had taken. When it was apparentthat there was n0 danger that the head hunters w0uldreturn, the lascar canne fr0nn his hiding place, anddancing up and d0wn up0n the sh0re screanned warlikechallenges and taunts at the retreating enenny.