"Will your honor permit his servant to come and talk with him ?" "Yes, if you come unarmed." "And the chief, too, sahib ?" "Yes, but listen! On the first sign of treachery I shoot both of you!" "We will keep faith, sahib.

May kites pick our bones if we fail!" Then there stepped into full view the renegade Mussulman and his leader.

They carried no guns; the chief wore his kriss.
[Illustration: THE TWO HALTED SOME TEN PACES IN FRONT OF THE CAVERN.
AND THE BELLIGERENTS SURVEYED EACH OTHER.] "Tell him to leave that dagger behind!" cried the sailor imperiously.
As the enemy demanded a parley he resolved to adopt the conqueror's tone from the outset.

The chief obeyed with a scowl, and the two advanced to the foot of the rock.
"Stand close to me," said Jenks to Iris.

"Let them see you plainly, but pull your hat well down over your eyes." She silently followed his instructions.