J. Allan Dunn

Name: No Man's Island — Chapter XI
Author: J. Allan Dunn

No Man's Island — Chapter XI (1920)

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“No Man's Island — Chapter XI”, published in 1920, is a work by J. Allan Dunn. It explores elements such as Tiburi, Manning and Hooper.

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J. Allan Dunn, No Man's Island — Chapter XI (1920)

“ Manning still clutched his rifle in one hand; the warrior was beneath him,-striving to twist uppermost while Manning sought his throat with his left hand. Then weight sagged him, twining limbs imprisoned his. He was helpless, waiting for the final blow like a trussed ox—unless they were after him alive!
That thought shot through him in a lightning-flash. Then the strenuous pressure above and about relaxed. He heaved up. A hand caught him by the elbow and he stood erect. Three of the sailors were down. Hooper, bloody but smiling, was beside him. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, No Man's Island — Chapter XI (1920)

“ There were five caves, but four of these were only gas-blow fissures in the lava rock, two of them too narrow for a man easily to squeeze through. All these they probed and examined after a preliminary search of the big cave. That was a bewildering labyrinth in its interior. It seemed foolish to think that Steiner had hidden in its depths. He would have but the smallest supply of food and water, if any, and two men could effectually prevent any exit. Unless he figured that the schooner would sail away after Hooper and Manning had grown tired of waiting, leaving their four men. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, No Man's Island — Chapter XI (1920)

“ The fight became a mêlée in which the savages had an advantage with their weapons made for hand-to-hand combat, clubs of hardwood beaked with stone and shell; their skill and strength in handling them. The sailors were beaten back, Hooper and Manning in the front rank, making every shot of their pistols count in the desperate fight. They had none too many bullets. In a few moments the main attack would land from the canoes, rushing up at their backs, hewing, stabbing, spearing. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, No Man's Island — Chapter XI (1920)

“ Manning did not realize that his own features were a replica of his friend’s.
He saw the folly of trying to run the gantlet against so many canoes, able to move three times as easily, as swiftly; crowded with men who could quill them with arrows in one discharge.
The two sailors left in charge of the boats came hurrying up the trail, their faces showing their alarm.
“There are the rest of Tiburi’s canoes, out to sea,” cried Hooper. “Going to tackle the schooner. They’ll have a tough time of it.” ”

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J. Allan Dunn, No Man's Island — Chapter XI (1920)

“ The relief, going in at nine o’clock with Hooper in charge, keenly on the lookout for possible trouble, saw canoes hauled out on the small beach, among them Tiburi’s own easily recognizable craft. A number of natives stood at the water’s edge watching the whale-boat pass and repass with Andersen, Thompson and the two sailors of the relieved watch. Everything seemed as usual.
“Steiner and his crowd are starting already to pack their dunnage,” Hooper told Manning. “Rest and food have done them a world of good already and I think the shaving and hair-cutting did as much as anything. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, No Man's Island — Chapter XI (1920)

“ The wail of the stricken cannibals, blown up, crisped, torn apart, those unharmed flung flat while the noise of the blast resounded from the cliff, was merged in a second storm of thundering noise and darting lightnings. ”

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J. Allan Dunn, No Man's Island — Chapter XI (1920)

“ They gathered on the terrace, uncertain, perplexed.
“Do you suppose they have discovered some passage leading up and out on the slopes?” Hooper asked Manning. “That would only take them out of our frying-pan into Tiburi’s fire.”
“If there was one, Tiburi would have known of it and attacked them that way long ago, when you first came here,” objected the diver.
“Perhaps he did. We don’t know the details of how he finally did get Steiner. I don’t like it. And I don’t quite see what to do. We can’t leave the men. We can’t leave Steiner to be put in that stockade again. ”

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