May II, igi6 
LAND & WATER 
21 
Chaya, a R»tMnct ol the South Seas] 
ItHuttrated bv Joiepk Simpion, fi.B .1. 
" In the grasp 
of the gold demon all the powers of his mind were subservient 
to the main desire." 
hunt would bring him Chaya. When nc presented her with 
the gift of gifts she would be his. The old woman had said 
so. Chaya despised him as a monkey-slayer, she looked on 
him as a boy. When he proved himself a man in her eyes all 
would be different. 
Then of a sudden thought fled from him and feeling for the 
Punan stabbing spear at his side he bent forward and remained 
rigid as a drawn bow. They were coming. He watched 
them as they parted, Wiart going to the house for his gun 
and Macquart going to the tent. Then they appeared again, 
coming along down to the landing-stage, Macquart leading 
the way, Jacky and Wiart following. 
They were going to take to the boat and once they were 
off it would be a simple business to follow them in the canoe. 
Ho watched them arranging the boat, then he saw Macauart 
going towards the canoe. The boat pushed off and the canoe 
followed it. 
Then Saji, with a wildly bounding heart, saw that he had 
been tricked. These men whom he despised in his soul had 
been cleverer than he. Never for a moment had he dreamed 
that the canoe was in danger, never for a moment had he 
fancied that their suspicions would have been raised against 
him. And now he found himself checkmated, rendered im- 
potent, tricked, and put out of the game. 
He sprang up amongst the bushes, then he sank back again. 
To follow was impossible, to show himself or call out misht 
only lead to a shot from that rifle Wiart could use so well. 
He watched the boat vanish round the river bend, then he 
fell to thinking. 
There was not another canoe on the river, all the fi^hin™ 
