The daily sentinel., 1914-06-03


OF power, the indomitable spy IN which direc-
tion she must leave to the power that had p1iided
her steps so far, but she knew she must make
As though her question was IN he answered
roz heI, She noticed the chatter of the monkeys
suuuenly changing. observed a wild alarm in
thelr voices and, looking up saw host an
army of them huddled close together then slim
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 sometime more tbon nm.
eqslness coming upon her she stared into the
Diaekness TO make out the reason for their
alarm Swiftly she shrank back before the blaz-
ing oails OF fire that fastened upon her
from the heavy wall of vines and creepers
She seemed TO swim in those great. blazing
eyes those eyes that did not move from hers
but sent forth flames as though tba,, were led
from some unquenchable fire. A cracking of
wlgs and the beast disappeared But the riistle
overhead the wild screeches of the monkey tribe
ana not diminish in volume. 1t struck Lucille as
homogeneous that from the hatred she had felt a
moment before for the gibbering lit.le creatures
with their aged faces. she should now be ex-
perienetng frisndliness, almost a sense of COM
radeshhp in this mutual danger
Again that cracking of twigs this time in
gse@teI g volume, and Nfaere before but pair
OF wild eyes had stared at her, there were now
many eyel. She Ivcoilected the fires her savage
friends had built of night that the Jungle beasts
might not disturb them. But she had no means
OF lighting fire She was alone with nothing
TO assist her save her own ingenuity. She re-
treated slowly, fear hanging upon her feet lod-
ing her back even low growls indicated that
her retreat was observed and would probably be
taken for sign of fear.
At the sound the trees were shaken violently
by another rush of the little tree-men. 1t gave
her an idea instantly. Even the eyes grew
miraeulously into long. graceful bodies Lucille
reached up and grasped the thick walls of creep
ers dangling from a giant-trunked tree. Came
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
n her anti arnla araI
the vines until the welcome crotch of the tree
supported her.
Below her gathered the leopards, their sleek
bodies twining restlessly round and round the
tree where their quarry was. and then leap
ing high in the air, their bodies convoluting as
they sprang toward her trying fruitlessly to find
some method of reaching that tree-crotch
Their undiminished ferocity sent chill
through her. Higher and higher she climbed,
climbed until the terrifying sight shut from
her eyes by the heavy foliage beneath, climbed
until her muscles ached, climbed until the
crunching of twigs beneath failed to reach up to
her.
fickered a myriad of stars. Like peep-holes in
some great theater-curtain 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 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
unblushingy look upon such a disaster threat
ened her being consummated.
The reflection loaned her courage from
without herself. She felt great weight lifted
from her eyeballs at being once more In Is nat
ural light. She strained her sight In every drec-
tion reveng in this glimpse of a world she
knew so well, rejoicing at the realization that
the vast Jungle with its menacng breath
but shallow thing that reached but a lit
tie way and Snly superfcially closed out the
heavens the sumo heavens that looked down
And tEen hsr eyes halted, stayed In
their review by the sight OF long, thin spiral
of smoke rising ard reaching up toward the
stars In ri"py fragility 1t came from miles to
the westward. Put Lucille knew that smoke for
fire and the Are tc be that lighted by human
bands.
in--wicked star that seemed close she had
hut reach up her finger tips to snuff its light.
and the flame Of the star seemed to bend to-
ward her, incline gracefully toward her as
though acknowledging the gratitude that gowed
in her own star-ike eyes and encouraging her
and cheering her with its luster.
CHAPTER XVIII
Loubeee Fights Dot1n q Strange Emotion.
I OGBEQUE could not have explained why, had
l. he tried, but the thought that Lucille still
possessed the mystic amulet given her by the
savage chief for saving his daughters life and
wkjch had served in such good stead against his
nachrations worried him more than little.
True his plot had succeeded, the pit his servant
dug saross the trail had swallowed her up, and
the old native crone had brought him the pre-
c.ous papers. But he worried. This Jungle
n menacing thing something which he
could rot command II had been his custom
to corulnBnd things animate Here his position
but little stronger than that of the relent-
less girl He felt himself, at times almost wish
ing to be rid of the quams 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,
1t 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 ques-
toned evidently frightened of even the
mention of the thing than he was 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 a spirit of terror than he ever experienced
before Nights when he would build fires to