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“2 |THE BOY GOLD HUNTERS OF TE PICILIPPINES.
RAYMOND, . .
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CHAPTER VII.
A STRANGE VISITOR.
Waiz, whiz!
NOTICE.
‘Hhose of one rendera who wish any of the back nam: | ring past Rob Rollstone and Tony.
ere oO} : -
. It
seem as if the Tgorrotes of
‘ou
Luzon were poor shots, for neither did the
-jantly.
dro. ped it when you gave him the nugget.”
we
“It's the Igorrote's bow. He
“ e only had arrows we might
Two arrows went whir-| able todo something. I bet I could shoot
T straighter than those fellows any day in
the week.’ :
“We've got the arrows they fired at us| roc
rocks, Ifthey wanted to advance there
was no other way. .
. “We may as well make a try for: it,
Tony,” said Rob, “Of course we can’t
stay here,”
“Yes, and run the risk of getting a
poisoned arrow into us before we've gone |
ten feet, or of being killed in ‘some other,
way,” growled Tony. ‘However, I sup-
pose it has got to be done. Going to try
it with your clothes on, Rob, or without?”
“Without. What's the use of getting
wet when you don’t have to?”
“To go in naked will give the poisoned
arrow a better chance, that’s all.”
“Let itcome. We are taking chances.”
‘That's what! Isu, pose we may as well
face the music,” said Tony, beginning to
take off his shoes, . oe
They stripped, tied their clothes up in
two tight bundles, and then stepped boldly
into the stream, passing in under the
ks, a
THE BOYS HAD BUT AN INSTANT TO WAIT BEFORE THE DOOR WAS DARKENED BY SOMETIIING WORSE THAN AN IGORROTE,
INSTEAD THERE STOOD AN ENORMOUS ORANG OUTANG, FULLY SIX FEEL HIGH; HIS UGLY FACE WAS TWISTED INTO
MASS OF WRINKLES AS HE SNAPPED AND SNARLED, SHOWING A DOUBLE ROW OF FEARFUL TEETH,
least damage—on the contrary, they did
good, in attracting the boys’ attention to
the two savages at the camel rock,
The instant he saw them, Rob let fly the
ten pound nugget, which struck one of the
Igorrotes on the shoulder, knocking him
down, The boys had no ammunition for
thelr revolvers, which the natives had
overlooked, as in the previous fights both
had exhausted their bullets uselessly.
“Quick! Let’em have it, Tony! Stone
‘em back I” cried Rob, as the other savage,
with a fiendish yell, sent an arrow ng.
Tt was hislastshot. The boys lost no time
in sending a shower of stones at the camel
rock, and the Igorrotes vanished, but Reb
did not rest here. Filling his pockets with
the stones which lay scattered every where
among the sand, he and Tony made a rush
forthe rock, entirely regardless of any dan-
ger which might lie behind i
“Drive ‘em back! Drive ’em_ back!"
prouted Rob; “our only chance is to show
There was no fighting to be done then.
‘he Igorrotes were in full retreat,
hey were running up the gorge along
the bed of the stream, The man Rob hit
with the nugget seemed to be seriously in-
ured. His companion was supporting
im as they ran. In a moment they
were lost around a turning in the gorge
and when the boys got around the corner
they were nowhere to be seen.
“ That's the talk !” eried Rob, all out of
breath. ‘* They may come again and again,
but we'll fight them every time. Hello,
Tony, what have you caught on to? A
bow as true as I live,’
“That's what it is,” said Tony, triumph-
anyway,” laughed Tony. “It they come
again we can use those for all they are
worth.’ : -
“They'll do to practice with; but say,
Tony, we've learned one thing by this at-
“What?” 5
“There's a way out of this hole,”
“ Evidently.”
“First thing we want to do is to find it.”
“It would be a pious idea, but I say, the
first thing to be done is to find our nugget.
We want to hold on to that.” .
* We'll go back and lookit up,” said Rob,
“Of course we don’t want to lose it; but
all the same we want to know all there is
to be Known about the place; unless we
intend to starve to death we've got to get
out, and that mighty quick,”
They now hurried back, and had no diffi-
culty in finding the nugget,
Rob buried itin the sand, and then they
returned to the gorge, following it up
about a quarter of a mile, where it came
toa sudden end. ~ .
A vast wall of rock blocked further
progress, At the base the stream came
rushing out through alow, narrow ope:
ing. There was no possibility of scaling
the rock on either side, so the only conclu-
sion that the boys were able to come to
was that the Igorrotes must have gone in
through the opening following the stream,
b studied the situation and deter-
mined to try this plan himself,
The opening was about three feet high
and perhaps six in width; the depth of the
stream was perhaps two feet, making
about five feet of head room. By stooping
it would be possible to walk in under the
n-
In an instant it was pitch dark ; they (,
crept along over rough stones, expecting
every moment to hear the twang of an
Igorrote’s bow, or have one of those dread-
ed savages jump on them; but instead ef
this they were treated to'a genuine sur-
prise,
All at once light broke ahead, and the
assed out into a scene of beauty which
rought loud exclamations froin both.
They had entered another sink, but a
pery “ifferent place from the one they left
ns
It was a level plain, encircled on all sides
by towering rocks, with mountain peaks
rising above high into the clouds, The dis-
tance around this inclosure was perhaps a
mile, and tbe place was a perfect paradise ;
there was a bit of forest and a stretch o}
meadows through which the stream ran.
n the opposite bank was what looked like
an orchard, strange trees grew in rows
and some were laden down with fruit.
Birds sang in the woods and fish leaped in
the stream, while right ahead of them,
standing at the edge of the woods, was a
log hut with a patch of ground, inclosed by
a fence, surrounding it. No wonder the
boys were excited as they gazed upon this
charming spot.
‘i “We are all right now, Tony,” said Rob,
This must be some settler'a cabin. Of
course no Igorrotes would build a house
like that.”
“e “Best
Don't know,” replied Tony,
They burried ferward and approached
thing we can do is to go and see,’
the hut, expecting every moment to see
some sign of life.
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