The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-11-07

ternatlonal spy. from General Love, whom
Loubeque hates. IN Manila. Lcve's daugh-
ter Lucille fies to a steamer to recover
tho papers In order to clear the name OF
Lieutenant Gibson. whom she loves.
I.oubeque, tampering with the wireless
on the steamer, Is hurt Lucille nurses
him In an attempt TO recover tho papers.
Lucille gets tho papers. but the ship Is
wrecked. She Is cast ashore on Pacific
island and In taken by native CHIEF 20
his hut 20 nurse his sick child
The native child Is restored to health.
and the grateful natives idoiiEe Lucille
Loubeuue. also cast ashore. tries various
plans TO recover the papers. but In vain.
Times there were when she would
have fed from the place In a sudden
NJ Of hysteria induced by thinking
OF the urgency for the information In
her possession being In Manila. Cooler
thought always made her grapple with
the impulse for hate and place herself
In the hands OF this superior power
which had looked after her through
such startling happenings.
If the international spy was Mt work
and at work she knew he assuredly
was, now he had located her-why did
he not striker That was the hardest
part of her stay In the village--the
constant strain Of waiting for the In
evitable.
1t was the fourth day that her atten-
ton was irresistibly drawn to n ma
tive whose facial traits differed so ma
terially from those of any OF the men
she had seen about the village that she
studied him more closely.
The man Yves seated. cross legged.
upon log just little distance be-
yond the village His eyes We're mar
row Sits that emitted sharp slants OF
eyil light when they fell upon her. a
light that frightened her and made her
turn hurriedly back toward her hut
She had not made over twenty steps
before an unseen menace cast its
shadow upon her heart. Though she
could hear nothing. she knew uneon-
sciously that the man was following
her at such d pace he was obviously
doing 80 for purpose.
Slowly, relentiessly. the pat pat OF
the natives feet came to her. She
halted and whirled upon him. The
Sits OF eyes met her own and she read
there the Hight OF an unconquerable
purpose. Her lips opened but no
words would come.
Cautiously. stealthily he advanced
upon her. There was deathiike cold
ness about him that reminded her OF
r. .ha Na ha Hta
She could feel the glitter of his eyes,
could read the meaning in the terrible
hands which were outstretched toward
her.
There seemed nothing to do, no way
out of his clutches. She tried to
shrek. but felt the sounds strangiing
in her throat. Her fingers encounter
ed the slender golden threads that
wound The amulet about her neck
She ripped at them as though they
had caused her fright And then ev-
erythlng became more distinct, more
astonishing.
For. with little gasp OF fright the
menacing figure dropped fiat upon the
ground. dropped before her. For a
second she thought the man was dead.
then her eyes widened with nstonish-
ment as slowly. with face turned al
ways down, the man crawled In a
wriggilng motion suggestive OF n
snake. back, back, back, until his body
was lost In the tangle OF shrubbery
where she had come across him irst. J
only a swaying Of the leaves thers. an |
occasional cracking OF twigs betray-
ing the fact that such a one had ever |
existed.
Lucille stared straight ahead of her.
The terror that had fallen upon her
was too great for immediate relief.
Again her fingers sought her throat,
falling upon the amulet which the
grateful chief had presented to her and |
Immediately she realized what had
snyed her from the man.
Perhaps Il was the shock from her
encounter with the strange native that
made her slumber light, for the sound
was very faint that wakened Lucille
from the doze into which she finally
had fallen. Like the ripping OF a
breeze through the leaves II was, and
yet something ominous about II brought
her bolt upright In bed, fer every fac
uIty alert.
Gradually she made out that II came
from Immediately over her head. The
noise ceased abruptly. Startled at the
suddenness OF It, she looked at tho spot
from which the last noise had come;
then. with shrek OF horror, her eyes
followed the stealthy, graceful reptile
hat seemed to grow from out the very
'Oof Of the matched hut, its body wav.
,ring longer and longer before her hor-
'or stricken eyes, its fat head moving
n all directions. two little threads con-
inually iickering from out its hideous
mouth.
With a Wild scream OF terror she
iarted through the hut opening, heav-
ng sigh of relief at feeling the warm,
Hem nii IT the out OF doors upon her
heck liler the fctid atmosphere which
h. -nnkc Intruder had seemed to bring
Win hihh
There at the outskirts OF the village ..
he fought against her terror.
Fighting against herself, against ey.
rythlne feminine In her nature, she
orced herself back to the hut And
hen great feeling Of relief engulfed
er. for the snake was gone. But the 4,
ut was In w'id disorder. Everything
iside It had been torn apart Not an
'ch OF its surface but had been GOV.
red carefully In the disruption. No
make had brought about this confu-
lou.
Lucille smiled to herself Hugo Lou b
eque was the man who had fright 4
ued her so artfully. But she still had
10 papers.
CHAPTER VI.
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