Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-02

inaction here in this savage village. with no out
look for escape, would be unbearable In her pos
session were the documents which would clear the
man she loved, clear him in the eyes of all men,
And he would suffer so, under such a charge Per-
hapS he even doubted her belief in him.
She smiled away the thought, for the woman
in her would not allow her to believe that the
man OF her choice could doubt. Not for an
instant had she asked for references from him.
She had given her heart without reserve and,
from the instant of giving it, every doubt, every
possible thing that might in the past or future
be brought against Lieutenant Gibson was wiped
from her mind and soul as though by sooth-
ing sponge.
But he was suffering That was the haras-
sing feature of her confinement here. He was
suffering and she could clear him if only She
sighed. There were so many little "if onlys" be-
fore her knowledge could be of any avail in the
affair. But she must be strong, that she would
be ready to reach out and seize the first tiny
opportunity that came her way She must be
strong to combat this terrible man who pursued
relentlessly.
Look about her though she would she could
see no further possible advantage to be derived
through the friendship of the natives If they had
never before seen white woman the chance was
exceedingly slim of anyone's coming to her as
sstance while she was among them. They had not
even a tradition of seeing human beings of her
color before.
The only thing to do, since opportunity
for reaching Manila lay here, was to turn in
some other direction. Thoughts of the hideous
jungle with its yellow firebas of eyes, its myriad
sounds of menace meant nothing to her. She had
given herself without reserve to the clearing OF
her sweetheart from the charge of having be-
trayed his country's honor and assuredly there
was a Supreme Being who would not permit
such fidelity to fail.
With one comforting thought, unreason-
ing soace which often much more logi-
cal than all mans direct line of vision upon a
situation, she fell asleep, the dark shadow of Hu-
go Loubeque very far away as, with maidenly
confidence she consigned herself and her purpose
i'm in
Some premonition of evil wakened her, caused
her to start bolt upright upon the rushes, her
every sense alert, her fairly peaked with the
tenseness of her listening No sound came To her
save the mournful wall of a dog, afar off. She
lay back once more, tingng still with the psychic
sense that told hen not to sumber.
=, Her heart was throbbing against its cage as
though 1t would burst through while little ants
nests of nerves gathered at the back of her neck
invisible warnings of danger. Her first thought
was for the little sack in which she carried the
stolen papers and orders as well as the photo
graph of her mother and the diary which Hugo
Loubeque had secreted in the oiled belt Hur-
riedly she cutched the bag slipping to the floor
and listening
This time rustling rushing sound came
from directly above her. So swift it was that
she had scarcely time to gather her renses to-
gether before leering roof of yellowish fame
covered at her from the place where the
matched roof had been For the fraction of
second she could not stir before the awful
menace. Her feet seemed glued to the dirt floor
whie every nerve and muscle of her body urged
her through the opening. Then, as a long tongue
OF flame reached out toward the wall and en-
braced it, feeding there second before another
hame Joined it and in seeming quarrel, reached
at the same spot, her brain dominated the situa-
tion.
With wild Shrek for assistance she darted
toward the opening. feeling the hot breath of
the flames nigh shrivelling her as she left it be-
mind. Again and again she shrieked, more an
outlet for her relief from the menace than for
any other reason. From every hut poured the
natives, stopping to stare about them for Sec
ond before darting toward the hut, which had
developed into a cone-ike burst of flame, roaring
menacingly, furiously
Lucille was unconscious of everything for
moment save that she had escaped the flames
Then something caused her to turn. From be-