Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-04
Dy H. B. MARRIOTT WATSON
CHAPTER xxx (Contipued.)

CHAP FIX XH (ContIpued.)
 q saw the dawn rise in a crimSo glory. It fell over the cavern and go at the bushes about me. Then it crep on and advanced over the drunke Greeks. Sirs, there they lay, and never knew it, With that hell in m, soul and that great fear of death roast ing out my nerves, l had lived througl a carouSe I saw them every minut, of the night They had their orders knew that well enough. can heal voice:
 Let me find him rotten when come back l know the man, I say Yes, l heard his voice every moment of that night -- last night, MT. Great orex-and all the while the swine lay drunk or numbed.
 "See here, gentlemen, I came in an hour ago. l had had no food for thir- ty-six hours. I have been hunted like no human being for all that time. l was without weapon. I had no means to call for aid. I was the sub- ject matter of their knives, as plain as if was post mortem. I'-
 Sercombe's breath fell short, and he gathered it in with gasp. He lifted the glass to his lips and sucked in the spirit greedily. Then he resumed more equally:
 "You will see that this could not go on, gentlemen. l decided that morning fn !, .S no more. At the first sign of my stir ring Stamboubs was by me- with his creese.
 All right stammered, finish me- for l was as weak as cat and all sweat
 "He laughed and went away, shak- ing another man by the shoulders.
 T lived through that day somehow, but it was not so bad as the night-no, not by long way. All the while I was snarling like tiger prepared for spring, and spring 1 did Look here. "ln the afternoon-I guess it at i o'clock-I started out. They took me to be too weak, I think. The Levan- tine is as cruel creature as God made. He loves blood, but I believe if he is educated to know starvation is worse he will choose starvation. Stam- boulos chose starvation, l take it. I starved That was good joke to them as they waited for the end of me and the coming of Hood. They were safe enough perched in that high hollow. But l started out l ran +@,a a sudden l thought they could catch me in the open track, and I jumped off into the forest.
 ''Ihey were after me--oh, yes. smart enough, the lot of them. I think-but sped through the growth Ike d tough. l was hare, tell you I was upon a c1nder track; that was how I felt. heard nothing and saw little, but pres ently something clutchcd me- and on the instant l turned. There was noth- ing could stop me now I got him and his neck in my hands. and I pulled and squeezed. I should have knuckled the soul and the life out of him, but had no weapon. He raised his hand. saw his knife. It get me somewhere"
 
 stain showed on his shirt
 But 1 held on, and I chokcd harder. Then l heard other voices. think I was representative just then. IL ran over me suddenly that the game was up. All right knife ne. thought. and the black brute did IL strSek my shoulder blade and dropped my hands off him and lay still
 He ceased Ne drew eur breaths deeply
 T know was done" h. saia T wanted no bother. ] iay quiet Then l was conscious fhat fe Nas off Iae ;5ai stood there jook#5s desl1f. Presently theae were some feet close hy mE head, aHa tlsaa4ah i4s h8If open eyes saw thora was auatzsr or 'ea.. and he #a~ looking =49#a. di3a.e care. but must have gona off about tAat time f4r Wsteil l !e-4 4}eesl H. =azaia. there Was no eae there, md I if s5i.a and faint anal ss ip n. sf88I#s.4"