little chit who knows how to display her charms as well as her pearls!”

He pondered over his situation with growing irritation; for he knew only too well that his release could never be obtained by bribery; his keen sense of values told him that neither in the yacht or at home could he match the treasures he had already seen on the persons of Dolores, and Pascherette, and the other women of the camp. Yet he tried to console himself that after all these things might be displayed for his impression; might in fact be the entire store of the pirate queen, displayed for one gaudy, overpowering effect.

“That’s it!” he cried, striking fist to palm. “Just a theatrical trick. That little jade, Pascherette, will sell her dark little soul for diamonds or pearls,