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Updated: June 2, 2025
Taung S'Ali seemed to comprehend the Englishman's emphatic motions. Waving his hand defiantly, the Dyak turned, and, with one parting glance of mute assurance, the Indian followed him. And now there came to Jenks a great temptation. Iris touched his arm and whispered "What have you decided? I did not dare to speak lest he should hear my voice." Poor girl!
He knows something of my power, but not all. Tonight, at the twelfth hour, you will find a rope hanging from the rock. Tie thereto a vessel of water. Fail not in this. I will not forget your services. I am Anstruther Sahib, of the Belgaum Rissala." The native translated his words into a fierce defiance of Taung S'Ali and his Dyaks. The chief glanced at Jenks and Iris with an ominous smile.
What woman is here?" This question nonplussed the native. "The woman whom the chief saw half a month back, sahib." "Taung S'Ali was bewitched. I slew his men so quickly that he saw spirits." The chief caught his name and broke in with a question.
For Taung S'Ali, furious and unrelenting, resolved that if he could not obtain the girl he would slay the pair of them; and he had terrible weapons in his possession weapons that could send "silent death even to the place where they stood." Residents in tropical countries know that the heat is greatest, or certainly least bearable, between two and four o'clock in the afternoon.
In his left hand he grasped a parang; his right arm was bandaged. Though unable to rise, the vengeful pirate mustered his remaining strength to crawl towards the swaying ladder. It was Taung S'Ali, inspired with the hate and venom of the dying snake. Even yet he hoped to deal a mortal stroke at the man who had defied him and all his cut-throat band.
But Taung S'Ali was bewitched by the female spirit, and had returned there, with a great force, swearing to capture her or perish. The spirits, the Malay said, had dwelt upon the island for many years. His father and grandfather knew the place and feared it. Taung S'Ali would never be seen again.
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