J. Allan Dunn

Name: Beyond the Rim — 10. Safety Haven
Author: J. Allan Dunn

Beyond the Rim — 10. Safety Haven (1916)

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“Beyond the Rim — 10. Safety Haven”, published in 1916, is a work by J. Allan Dunn. It explores elements such as Chalmers, Leila and Sayers.

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J. Allan Dunn, Beyond the Rim — 10. Safety Haven (1916)

“ You have to stand by and see your best friend knifed one day, and a man you know is a blackguard, praised to the skies the next. We are like flies in a saucer we think is the world, half muddled, half intoxicated over some stale beer we think is news. Get out beyond the rim of the saucer while you're young and husky. Do things; don't write about what other people do.”
“I think I should have liked him,” said Leila softly, “and then?”
Chalmers gave a wary glance into the veil of driving rain. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Beyond the Rim — 10. Safety Haven (1916)

“ Some gesture or expression of Tuan Yuck's must have halted him, Chalmers fancied.
“Yes my friend, what then?” The Chinaman's voice almost purred.
“No offense, Tuan Yuck. But what's the use of shilly-shallying. There's four of us, ain't there? We can go ashore and settle the whole thing. You can handle the Kanakas. I'm going to sleep with my share of those pearls under my pillow tonight. And Chalmers'll sleep in the sand. There's a million or more in the lagoon, you say. We can clean that up and none the wiser. Dead men tell no tales. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Beyond the Rim — 10. Safety Haven (1916)

“ Leila watched him as the rain and dark enveloped him and turned back into the room with a sigh that was not altogether unhappy. She took counsel with herself concerning the lightening of her grief and, reasoning, blushed; blamed herself for lack of loyalty to her father in forgetting her grief; blamed herself again for lack of loyalty to Chalmers and his sympathy and so, womanwise, set aside the argument by getting things together for the trip to the cliff.
CHALMERS could hardly tell where the beach ended and the lagoon began. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Beyond the Rim — 10. Safety Haven (1916)

“ Chalmers laughed.
“I can get you a pair of dad's,” she said. “They'll be better than nothing.”
“That's all right, Leila!”
She did not resent the name but caught at his hand as they crouched down by the steps.
“They'll stop firing soon,” he said. “Tuan Yuck won't waste cartridges. He knows we've won this trick.”
“Won't they swim ashore?” she asked.
“Tuan Yuck can't. The main boom caught him one day and he nearly drowned before Hamaku got to him. Sayers always gets cramps. That's one thing we can bless his drinking for. The Kanakas won't tackle it alone. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Beyond the Rim — 10. Safety Haven (1916)

“ The whale-boat trailed alongside, its painter fast to the foremast stays, its hull directly beneath the port-hole from which came the light.
It was open. The vertical rain fell past it without entrance. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Beyond the Rim — 10. Safety Haven (1916)

“ I came back in the middle of my vacation to cover the story of a shipwrecked crew——”
“Our schooner?”
“Yes.” And Chalmers told the story of Taroi and his partnership with Sayers and Tuan Yuck. “And so,” he said, “that is how I came here.”
“Beyond the rim,” she concluded.
Chalmers looked at his watch. It was seven o'clock.
“It's time to get busy,” he said. “I'm going to offset any interruptions.
“Can I help you?” she asked.
“Yes, by figuring out what we have to take. All that's most necessary. It's quite a walk and we won't be able to take many trips.” ”

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J. Allan Dunn, Beyond the Rim — 10. Safety Haven (1916)

“ We can get along with what we've got, can't we?”
“I think so,” said Chalmers and went prospecting.
“Here's a cave for you with a nice smooth sandy floor,” he said. And another for me right next door. That bedding from the house is dry. I'll fix it for you.”
“Good night, Leila,” he called presently after she had crept wearily into her cliff dwelling.
“There's no danger,” he went on to assure her. “Sleep tight. The lagoon here is too shallow for the schooner. It'll take them all morning to get that boat up, if they're lucky. Tide's coming in and it's all hunky-dory. ”

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