The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-14

LIE. Inc storm tore down their distress
bamboo pole. Miss Leslie helped in Gov.
e@ring Winthrope's grave with stones
GIshcvleve took strong liking to Blake
III eNplorauon tour they were attacked
by Hon.
CHAPTER Aforementioned.
The lion stilled bis roars and
crouched as If to spring snarling and
srihning with rage and uncertainty.
his eyes, unaccustomed to the glare
OF the midday sun, bllnked incessant.
~ though he followed the mans every
movement, his snarls deepening into
srowls at the slightest change of at.
titude. -
J In his blind animal rage Blake had
forgotten that the purpose of his
lateral advance was TO place as great
distance as possible between him
and the girl before the clash Yet IN. !
stinct kept him moving along his
spiral course, on the chance that he |
might catch his foe off his guard.
suddenly the lion half rose and
stretched forward. smiling. There was
an uneasy whining note in his growls
blake let the club slip from beneath
MS arm and drew his bow until the
arrowhead lay upon his thumb. His
outstretched arm was rigid as a bar
oil steel. So tense and alert were all
his nerves that he knew he could
drive home both arrows and still have
time to swing his club before the
beast was upon him.
o pun of wind struck against his
back and swept on the nostrils of the
lion. laden with the odor of man. The
beast uttered short. startled roar
and, whirling about, leaped away into
The jungle so quickly that Blake's ar.
row flashed past a full yard behisd.
The second arrow was on the string
before the first had struck the ground.
But the lion had vanished In the grass
With yell, Blake dashed on across
10 the nearest point of the jungle. AS
ne ran he drew the burning glass from
ms fob and tipped It open ready for
use. If the lion had turned behind the
grass stems he was too /,
cowardly to charge out again. Within
minute the jungle border was a wall
Of roaring flame.
The grass, long since dead. and :
oone-dry with the days of tropical ,
since the cyclone fared IN =
before the wind like gunpowder. Even .
against the wind the fire ate its way !.
along the ground with fearful rapiditv !
railing behind it an upwhirling vor. y
eX OF smoke and flame No living u
'reature could have burst through
hat belt of fire.
A wave of fierce heat sent Blake "
staggering back. scorc-ned and bills. G
cred. There was no exultance in his o
earring. For the moment all thought
i the lion was swallowed up in awe
I his own work He stared at the u
ell OF leaping, roaring flames from be. III
cath his appraised arm, To the north u
parks and lighted wisps of grass
riVen by the gale had already fired 81
ne jungle half way to the farther Do
dge W
Step by step Blake drew back. His
eel struck against something soft ar
g looked down and saw Miss Leslie
ing on the sand white and sun
he had tainted, overcome by fear or yc
the uncomfortable heat The heat
ust have stupefled him as well He sh
AIRED at her, dull-eyed, wondering II a
ie was dead, His brain cleared He if
rang over to where the flask lay be. tn
de the remnants of the lunch. Tire
He was dashiug the last drops of KIN
q tepid water in her face when she pc
oaned and her eyelids began to nut-
r He flung down the flask and fell
chatting her wrist ms
'Tom!" she moaned for
yes Miss Jenny I'm here It's all sta
lht" he answered o.,