Arizona republican., 1914-07-24

was not the sort to trust trail along which she might follow. To right and left was the mys- tery of the jungle. In that jungle was the man of power, the indomitable spy. In which direc- 1ion she must leave to the power that had guided her steps so far, but she knew she must make quick choice
 As though her question was to be answered TOT her' she noticed the chatter of the monkeys suddenly changing, observed wild alarm in 1neir voices and, looking mp, saw host, an army Of them huddled close together then slip ping swiftly, in wild disorder, from tree to tree. For some reason, perhaps the note so closely kin to terror of human beings in their every action Lucille felt thrill of something more than un- easiness coming upon her as she stared into the niackness to make out the reason for their alarm Swiftly she shrank back before the blaz- ing balls Of fire that were fastened upon her from the heavy wall of vines and creepers.
 ohe seemed to swim in those great, blazing eyes, those eyes that did not move from hers but sent forth flames as though they were fed rom some unquenchable fire. A cracking of twlgs and the beast disappeared But the rustic overhead. the wild screeches of the monkey tribe, did not diminish in volume It struck Lucille as lncongruous that from the hatred she had felt a moment before for the gibbering little creatures with their aged faces she should now be ex- Perienelng a friendliness. almost a sense of com radeshlp in this mutual danger.
 Again that cracking of twigs this time ir greater volume. and where before but one pair of wild eyes had stared at her, there were now many eyes. She recollected the fires her savage friends had built of night that the jungle beasts might not disturb them. But she had no means of lighting a fire. She was alone, with nothing to assist her save her own ingenuity She re- treated slowly, fear hanging upon her feet Lold- ing her back even as low growls indicated that her retreat was observed and would probably be taken for a sign of fear
 At the sound the trees were shaken violently by another rush of the little tree-men It gave her an idea instantly. Even as the eyes grew miracuously into long, graceful bodies Lucille reached up and grasped the thick walls of creep CTS dangling from giant-trunked tree Came a rush. so silent and sure-footed she could hear but the faint pdt-pdt of the leopard's feet fol- lowed by heavy click of jaws. Instinctively she drew her feet up under her and fear lending impetus to her movements. clambered swiftly up the vines until the welcome crotch of the tree supported her.
 Below her gathered the leopards, their sleek bodies twining restessly round and round the tree where their quarry was. and then leap ing high in the air, their bodies convoutinR as they sprang toward her. trying frutlessly to find some method of reaching that tree-crotch.
 Their undiminished feroc;ty sent chill through her. Higher and higher she climbed, climbed until the terrifying sight was shut from her eyes by the heavy foliage beneath climbed until her muscles ached. climbed until even the crunching of twigs beneath failed to reach up to her.
 Beneath her swayed the jungle. Above her h1ckered myriad of stars. Like peep-hoes in some great theater-curtan they were through which the master player might watch what was going on in his world They thrilled Lucille with their familiarity. So long she had been here in this jungle she seemed to have forgotten the existence of stars, regarded them as old friends. These same stars that looked down upon her now were looking down upon Manila, upon her father, upon her sweetheart. These same stars were candles of Truth that would not could not unblushingly look upon such disaster as threat ened her being consummated
 The reflection loaned her & courage from without herself She felt a great weight lifted from her eyehalls at being in nat ural light. She strained her sight in every direc- tioD, revelling in this glimpse of world she knew well, rejoicing at the realization that even the vast jungle with it's menacing breath was but shallow thing that reached but lit tie way and only snperfcially closed out the heavens the same heavens that looked down upon her home
 And then her eyes were halted, stayed in their review by the sight of long, thin spiral of smoke rising and reaching up toward the stars in wispy fragility. It came from miles to the westward. But Lucille knew that smoke for fire and the fire to be that lighted by human hands.
 She lifted her eyes toward one glowing, longwicked star that seemed close she had but to reach up her finger tips to snuff it's light And the flame of the star seemed to bend to- ward her. incline gracefully toward her as though acknowledging the gratitude that glOwed Tn her own Staf-nKe eyes ana encouraging ner and cheering her with it's luster.
 CHAPTER XVIII
 Loubeque Fights Dorm a StyGnge Emotion. OCBEQCE could not have explained why had
 he tried, but the thought that Lucille still possessed the mystic amulet given her by the savage chief for saving his daughters life and which had served in such good stead against his machinations worried him more than a little. True his plot had succeeded, the pit his servant dug across the trail had swallowed her up and the old native crone had brought him the pre- cious papers. But he worried. This jungle was menacing thing, something which he could not command as it had been his custom to command things animate. Here, his position less girl. He felt himself, at times. almost wish ing to be rid of the qualms which had forbade his serving her with death sentence.
 She had the mystic amulet still and, always plotting in advance those things he wished done, it bothered him not to know exactly how great the power of that amulet He attempted to question his servant but the fellow always crouched away from him in terror at being uues- tioned, evidently frightened of even the mention of the thing than he of his master.
 Together with the uncertainty of his posi- ton, with realization of the intense loneliness his inability to speak the language of any peo- pie he might chance to meet, the international spy fought his way through the jungle in more of spirit of terror than he ever experienced before Nights, when he would build fires to fend off wild beasts that gathered Tn circle