the head with his pistol and felled him, and then pointed it at the
mate and the captain, and made them untie the men, and called to the
two Tafito sailors who were in the boat to let her tow astern till
morning.

"His face was white with the rage that burned in him, and all that
night he walked to and fro and let me sleep on the deck near him.

"'To-morrow,' he said, 'I will make this captain land us on Mokil;' it
was for that he would not let the sailors come up from the boat.

"At dawn I slept soundly. Then I awoke with a cry of fear, for I heard
a shot, and then a groan, and my husband fell across me, and the blood
poured out of his mouth and ran down my arms and neck. I struggled to
rise, and he tried to draw his pistol, but the man with yellow hair and
blue eyes, who stood over him, stabbed him twice in the back. Then the
captain and mate seized him by the arms and lifted him up. As his head
fell back I saw there was blood streaming from a hole in his chest."

She ceased, and leant her cheek against the face of the little girl,
who looked in childish wonder at the tears that streamed down her
mother's face.


* * * * *


"They cast him over into the sea with life yet in him, and ere he sank,
Motley (that devil with the blue eyes) stood with one foot on the rail
and fired another shot, and laughed when he saw the bullet strike. Then