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THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND

A novelization of DARRYL F. ZANUCK'S

20th CENTURY PICTURE

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"Shark Jover the Devil's Island of Island," America, mis sinister grip. The Government suppy shape, afraid

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the hell-hole for lye for the usaussination conspiracy Victoria

of President Lincoln-he hat unwittingly act the broken leg of the Beccavinator, John Wakes

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dungeon of

had at the prison because he tempted to escape. When the prison doctor fell victim to "yel- lose jack", the Commandant sud. denly remembered Dr. Aludd. He had been forgotten when other wore cracked stricken prisoners from the dungeon-

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CHAPTER ELEVEN

with WARNER BAXTER,, GLORIA STUART and a cast of 1000 players

"I'm here on a curious mission, out at the white man and glancing unid the Commandant diffidently. need your help."

do

"My help?" dazedly.

warriedly at each other,

"At nin't no Yankee jes' tawkin'- at's a Southo'n man. He means it!" one of the muttered through chat- tering teeth.

Dr. Us dohn wan to

That's what you must decide for men areng

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In a few words, the Commandant explained the plight of theislaul.

noah dem "And what's this to me?" Mudd asked.

yellah fevah men," one of the black

You

going near those yel- yourself, the Commandant answered

doctor quietly. "All I can de in to tell low fever men," said the

with grim an quickly. "I prod water boys, workers, you that I'm

"I'm helpless! My coloured If you boys help me I promise to save Er like ruts, panic- you from hanging." boys are

Obviously they were impressed. stricken. There's a thousand yellow Jack cases jammed in that cheese There was the sound of volees raised door argument. Suddenly the box of a hospital, as good as dead in nirendy if I can't get a man to do opened, one inan came out, another, rush, all the with a finally and something for them."

"Arul What hbout the good Doctor soldiers were in the yard.

In the hospital Mudd went from cot MacIntyre?" Mudl naked harshly.

bad," answered to cot, paying no attention to the "He's

down the Commandant gravely. And then feeble cheers which greeted him. By as the other man did not move or the side of one cot, however, ho enine

The sick man waa: quite to f continued, "You're

to en abrupt stop. speak, he

Everything you're thinking Sergeant tankin, who, from the day right. In the dungeon cell, below sea

is true. And you couldn't possibly the doctor entered "Shark Island," lovel, there was no light except a forble beam which came through be in a better position to tell me had done everything in his power to Despite his anguish the sick man the small, barred window in the door, and my men to go straight to hell. torture him.

raised himself on an elbow and glared Dr. Budd was lying face down on Nobody would. In your place I would

It myarif. "And still," he added Muddat Mudd. "Get away, you Judas," he the dirty floor. Buck, the coloured guard, stirred restlessly in the corner continued silent, in spitz of that, muttered thickly. Both

With the, unemotional, analytical men were breathing heavily

in spite of the fact that I can't even in the poisoned air.

The Negro spoke faintly, "Marse Promise you any reward-that I can gaze of the physician, Mudd thought- offer you nothing but exposure to fully examined his one-time tormen Sam 7"

death and smiling faintly "possiter. With an effort the doctor raised

better cell if you live his head.

loug's it been, Marso Sam?"pite of it all, I ask you: W

Suddenly terrific gust of wind help nr.7" Three days, I think, maybe four.".

His face gray and tired, the Com- blew through the paneless window. Ex-

Frightened the orderly caught Again there was a silence.

andant waited, fall expecting a hausted fromi his small labours, refusal. But Dr. Mudd had already Mudd's arm. "What about the wind?

the flour

With

those windows out and it Mudd had dropped to again. Without food or drink for made up his mind.

Smiling Ironically, he said in his looks like a hurrienne outside.".

"Let it blow!"

Mudd answered more days than he could remember, hoarse, cracked voice. "One night, i

rain. It's he was growing rapidly weaker.

I was a doctor. smiling grimly. "Let t four years ago, ir

canling, isn't it? And After a moment came the plaintive I'm still a doctor."

fresh and clean. And." alapping at a mosqui- Com- monotone of the Negro:

11 took an instant for the

if it does nothing else it'll blow lief that he made no attempt to

Several nights later as Mudd at hide, he whipped a key from his pocket and unlocked, the bracelets wearily by the cot of Buck, the Com- mandant wearing t 'raincoat, ap- that shackled the dodor's hands.

Thank you,'

sad simpl.proached him.

"How does it look now?" "Thank you, doctor"

"All right, I suppose. No new to Muild stepped usiche for preeed him out of the cell, but the cases to-day and their temperatures

are down."

"No deaths to-day, either?" left us to die, maybe, Deesi't matte had one ever to where Buck

"But wait until to-morrow and the ter, does it?" Despite himself, his half conscious

next day nad the next!" bitterly. dispair became nudible.

"Wint do you mean?"

"We haven't even heard no bugle

In you

To the orderly he'anid, "We'll take 'em in order. This one Arst.".

to,

calls ain't seen nobody-no foodandant to interpret this. Then, in these blasted things away?i

ne nothin'. Seemn lak everybody jest Reckon din gone, uff and lef us. any good to holler again?"

"I've hollered till my voice is Kobe,"

whispered Maid.

"What do you spase happen?"

יי

don't know, Mayle you're zone and right maybe they have

earth.

"Nnw

The coloured man sighed. sub, Ah reckon not... Feel to me lake I'ma gwine e anyway.

Suddenly in an agony of fury, the doctor pulird himsett up stumbled to the door. Pounding his 12 cracked irons on it, he forced shout from his dry throat.

Both men listened, as they had listened so many times before. But Dend no sound came from above. silence reigned in their tomb,

"Buck,” he said softly; "Yas, suh."

on the damp

We're going up in the open."

Dr. Mudd, freshly shaven And

Irritably, his nerves at the break- ing point, Mudd cried, "How long do you think these supplies are going clothed, stond beside the Commandant to last? Where's the medicine com- aturing into the parade ground outside ing from now? Out of the air?" the prison.

"Stendy now," murmured, the Com- "When they heard Doctor Mac-mandant

"And how long do you think I'm Intyr was dying they all quit," the

suying bitterly go must get some sleep," said Cenumandant

to last forever" They are all in the mess hall now-

barricaded guards and all." the Comandant placalingly, "You've "But we've got to get somebody had five days of this and you're ex-.

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