Von Horn cursed the chance that had snatched the girl from him, buthe tried to content himself with the thought that the treasure probably stillrested in the cabin of the Ithaca, where Bududreen was to have deposited it.He wished that the Dyaks would take themselves off so that he couldboard the vessel and carry the chest ashore to bury it against the time thatfate should provide a means for transporting it to Singapore.In the water below him floated the Ithaca's masts, their grisly burdensstill lashed to their wave swept sides. Bududreen lay there, his contortedfeatures set in a horrible grimace of death which grinned up at the man hewould have cheated, as though conscious of the fact that the white manwould have betrayed him had the opportunity come, the while he enjoyedin anticipation the other's disappointment in the loss of both the girl andthe treasure.The tide was rising now, and presently the Ithaca began to float. Nosooner was it apparent that she was free than the Dyaks sprang into thewater and swam to her side. Like monkeys they scrambled aboard,swarming below deck in search, thought von Horn, of pillage. He prayedthat they would not discover the chest.Presently a half dozen of them leaped overboard and swam to the massof tangled spars and rigging which littered the beach. Selecting whatthey wished they returned to the vessel, and a few minutes later von Hornwas chagrined to see them stepping a jury mast-- he thought the treasurelay in the Ithaca's cabin.Before dark the vessel moved slowly out of the harbor, setting a courseacross the strait in the direction that the war prahus had taken. When itwas apparent that there was no danger that the head hunters would return,the lascar came from his hiding place, and dancing up and down upon theshore screamed warlike challenges and taunts at the retreating enemy.Von Horn also came forth, much to the sailor's surprise, and in silencethe two stood watching the disappearing ship. At length they turned andmade their way up the stream toward camp--there was no longer aught to