cries at camp I hastened on to discover what calamity
had befallen us--we became separated."

"He will be safe," said Bududreen, "for two of my men
are waiting to guide you and the doctor to the ship in
case you returned to camp before I found you. Come,
we will hasten on to the harbor. Your father will be
worried if we are long delayed, and he is anxious to
make sail and escape before the Dyaks discover the
location of the Ithaca."

The man's story seemed plausible enough to Virginia,
although she could not repress a little pang of regret
that her father had been willing to go on to the harbor
before he knew her fate. However, she explained that
by her belief that his mind was unbalanced through
constant application to his weird obsession.

Without demur, then, she turned and accompanied the
rascally Malay toward the harbor. At the bank of the
little stream which led down to the Ithaca's berth the
man lifted her to his shoulder and thus bore her the
balance of the way to the beach. Here two of his men
were awaiting him in one of the ship's boats, and
without words they embarked and pulled for the vessel.

Once on board Virginia started immediately for her
father's cabin. As she crossed the deck she noticed
that the ship was ready to sail, and even as she
descended the companionway she heard the rattle of the