ng in his hand like a weapon,
and the noise and the result of that noise stunned them.

John also carried a revolver with one of the silencers. When the Korino
turned to the Chief, and the latter, determined not to be swayed by the
power of the white man, there was but one thing for him to do. He must
obey. He knew that if he shrunk from the task it would be a confession
that his power was gone.

The man approached the prostrate form. "Stop!" again cried Uraso. "The
white Korino will not again speak, but if he touches the body you will
die!"

He stood there for a moment, irresolute, and then slowly stooped down,
and with hesitation at every motion, finally touched the figure. In the
meantime John had leveled the revolver with the silencer, and as the man
again rose to an erect position, and glanced at John defiantly, he
quickly threw up his hands and fell forward across his former companion
with a shot through his arm, as it was not John's intention to kill him
if it could by any possibility be avoided.

The white Korino had not spoken, as Uraso predicted, but the results
were the same. The savages who were lined up on both sides of the Chief,
began to waver. They were moving to the rear. The Korinos around the
Chief, finally broke and fled, and when the people saw this evidence of
fear on the part of their Wise Men, they could not be restrained.

The Chief followed them hurriedly. "Now, quickly, boys, fire two rounds.
No; not at the natives, but up in the air."

The boys could not understand what John could mean by such an order, but
they did not have an opportunity to ask the reason for it.

After the volleys John turned to Muro and Uraso, and remarked: "As soon
as the men come up you and Muro must contrive in some way to find out
the direction that the Korinos have taken."

They now saw the object of the volleys. It would bring up those of their
party who had remained at the rocky cove. The watch for the Korinos was
equally plain. The experience on Wonder Island showed that the witch
doctors inhabited the caves.

In the excitement they had entirely forgotten this part of their
enterprise. They thought of the treasure. John had the treasure of the
records in his mind. The hills all about; the limestone formations of
the elevations were ample assurance to his mind that some caverns would
be found; and while they might, eventually, be able to locate the
entrances, it would be better to find out where they were