April 6, 1 91 6 
LAND & WATER 
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Chaya a Romance of the South Seat.] 
Vlluatrated by Joseph Simpion, R.B.A. 
" Before she could escape he caught her. 
and alone. The interest of the Papuans in them seemed 
t<j have died out and the Dyaks showed no evidence of their 
existence. In reahty, the newcomers made scarcely a move- 
ment that was not noted. Saji, unseen, was always with them. 
He had followed them to the second digging at the spit, and 
he had lurked behind Wiart's house listening to the con- 
versation between Wiart and ]\Iacquart througli a hole in the 
boarding of the wall. 
He knew very httle English, but enough to make out 
that a new move was in progress and that same night, coming 
back through the forest glowing green to the moon, he met 
the mother of Cliaya and delivered his report. 
" They have done no digging to-night," said Saji. "They are 
all now asleep, but they start to-morrow with the rubber man." 
" Where ? " 
" I do not know where, or for what. The rubber man 
and he whom you told me to watch have been with their heads 
together for a long time talking in one another's ears. They 
mean no good to the others." 
" How ? " 
" I do not know how, but I smell death in all their talk. I 
see that five will go away into the forest and only two return — 
the rubber man and the other." 
The old woman said nothing for a moment. She seemed 
