The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-13
continued from Last Sundays News
CHAPTER IX-Continued.

susnce of that moonhl pace lherS
Sos I'm their minds a vision OF the
MIGHTY armies of different tongues
S naoples who had stood in their
~ I'M this road and looked upon
liver and the great stone wulf
~ Guarded it, which wulf, so said
~ w lagend, howled at the approach
- foes But now he howled no more,
% Law headless beneath the waters,
~ mere he lies to this day. Well,
~ we're dead, everyone of them, and
- their deeds were forgotten; and
obI how small the thought of it made
hem feel. these two young men bent
mon desperate quest in strange
va dangerous land. Masouda read
what was passing in their hearts, and
oe they came to the brink of the river,
%oinfpd to the bubbles that chased
inb other towards the sea, bursting
nd forming again before their eyes.
"Sucb are we," she said briefly, but
.bo ocean is always yonder, and the
rvar is always here, and of fresh bub-
Mas there will always be a plenty. So
dance on Life's water while you may
w the sunlight. in the moonlight be-
neath the storm, beneath the stars
for ocean calls and bubbles burst
Now follow me, for 1 know the ford
end at this season the stream is not
30 in case l should be washed from
the saddle; and pilgrim John, come
Won behind. and if they hang back,
nrck the mules with your sword
Thus. then, they entered the river,
which many might have feared to do
of night. and, although once or twice
the water rose to their saddles and
The mules were stubborn in the swift
stream. in the end gained the further
hank in safety. Thence they pursued
their path through mountains till at
length the sun rose and they found
themselves in a lonely land where's no
one was to be seen. Here they halted
in grove of oaks, off-saddled their
animals tethered and fed them with
harley which they had brought upon
q mule. and ate of the food that Ma
souda had provided. Then, having Sc
cured the beasts, they lay down to
sleep. all three of them. since Ma
SCUBA said that here there was nothing
to fear; and being weary, slept on till
the heat of noon was past, when once
more they fed the horses and mules,
and having dined themselves, set for
ward upon their way.
Now their rdad-if road is could be
called for they could see none-ran
ever upwards through rough. noun
tafnous country, where seemed to
dwell neither man nor beast. At sun
set they halted again, and at moon
rise went forward till the night turn
ed towards morning, when they came
to a place where was a little cave.
Before they reached this spot of
sudden the silence of those lonely hills
was broken by a sound of roaring,
not very near to them, but so loud
+I1nf nd RI
echoed from the cliff. At it the horses
Flame and Smoke pricked their ears
and trembled, while the mules strove
to break away and run back.
what is that?' asked Wulf, who had
never heard its like.
Lions" answered Masouda. 1--WE
draw near the country where there are
many of them, and, therefore, shall
do well to halt presently, since it is
best to pass through that land in day
light"
So when they came to the cave, hav-
ing heard no more of the lion, or lions,
they unsaddled there, purposing to put
the horses into it where they would be
safe from the attack of any such raven
ing beast. But when they tried to
do this Smoke and Flame spread out
their nostrils, and setting their feet
firm before them, refused to enter the
place, about which there was an evil
smell
Perhaps jackalsl have been here"
said Masoudia. Let us tether them all
in the Open-"
This then they did, building fire
IN front Of them with dry wood that
lay about in plenty, for here grew SOM
pre- cedar trees. The brethren sat
down by this fire; but, the night be-
ing not, Masouda laid herself down
ABOUT fifteen PAGES away under ce-
oar tree, which grew almost in front
OF the mouth of the cave and slept,
pelng tired with long riding. Wulf
slept also, since Goodwin had agreed
" Keep watch for the first part of the
For an hour or more he sat close
by the horses, and noted that thew
teu uneasily and would not lie down
soon however, he was lost in his own
thoughts, and, as he heard no more
u the hons, fell to wondering over the
stianseness Of their Journey and of
what the end of it might be. He won
Hereu also about Masouda, who she
mas' now she came to know so much.
why she befriended them IL she really
was was friend, and other things-for in
s stalce or that leap over the sunken
.'eanh' ana Whether--no, surely he had
peen mistaken, her eyes had never
moked at him like that. Why. he
%as sleeping at his post, and the eyes
~ AZ ule darkness yonder were not those
y. d woman. Women's eyes were not
sS as ana gold; they did not grow
''lse, then lessen and vanish away.
luouWln sprang to his feet. AS he
Sroust; they were no eyes. He had
saSa that was all. So he took
tbuag boughs and threw them on 10
iorsi,. IRE, where soon they flared glor-
aS' which done he sat himself down
S Ssain close to Wulf who was lost in
HsaVy slumber.
slon ne night was very still and the
biro ~ so deep that II pressed upon
no IKE weight. He could bear n
I'm 5er, ana rising, began to walk
dr auu down In front of the cave
bis ns ms sword and holding AZ in
n,oI naHd as sentries do. Masouda Law
ldu,a5 me ground, with her head nil
i'm, on oH a saddle-bag, and the moon
upon be through the cedar boughs
al n ana 'ace. Goodwin stopped to look
noted ~ wondered that he had never
Do before how beautiful she v,as
ver,. II was but the soft and all
ushl Which clothed those delicate
ohar,' Win so much mystery and
ing. She might be dead, not sleep
ra, "ul even as he thought this ne
nesn H.so her face. color stole up be-
red NJ me pale, olive-hued skin the
SOM vs. opened, seeming TO mutter
ropn5."o Words and she stretched out her
vision y, rms as though to clasp a
en- or her dream.
iIoaWin turned aside. u .aa,,.... :. :.
gnt 70 watch her thua aItha,so u n1 %.
an ann be had only come 10 know The,
m "aS safe. He went back TO the
bla,oS5 ing a. htting a cedar Dough. which
was y. IKE torch IN his ieft hand.
cent apoet to lay It down again on the