The daily sentinel., 1914-05-27

al word but the gestures of the three had been
ar-,r, she waited quietly while the trio
HPPr0ached her feeling that in some way IN,
ProbIein that had been harassing her was 10 hs
answered without further worry on her mart
- % ohe smiled at the chiefs efforts to make her
LItd stand What he desired Of her, smiled and
snook her mead as the withered old woman made
nn al eiualy unsuccessful attempt. But the little
Blrl took the situation in hand
There is bond of understandipc ba,ur..r
patient and nurse, between the i'll and the strong
tp M nave watched the approach of death to-
se'HeI even though its attack be directed at only
Ohe OF them which thereafter gives them a uni-
NeFsaI language. Without much difficulty InciII,
nlue ~ out from the child that the old woman
Str from chief greater than her father who
lNed IN village not far distant; that tba Won
der OF her curative ability had reached his ears
ana ne earnestly prayed the white woman n.
toaleu tu ms own wife for a nurse, that she might
be fatal sneu certain TO
Lucille saw from the glum expression on the
Ia ITl chets face that, even though It might bring
MIN INTO trouble with his neighbor chief he ,yas
more than loath to part with her she ais coo.
that the child, with the remembrance of bar o,yrn
IIlhess fresh upon her, had allowed her heart 10
go out TO the wife in such sympathy that she
had persuaded her father to permit the loaning
-, her heart gave great throb of delight at
sll's Unexpected answer to her prayer. She had
hlo"h there would be trouble getting away inst
as she had determined that she mus+ 'la.y.
mere was no possible chance of repaining ciyiI.
l]ation from here There might be no chance In
another place but there was hope and while II
was meagre sustenance, anything was better
than the strain of knowing impossibility Anv.
thlng appealed to her long as it embraced :,
chahge, for change spelt renewed hope Then
too, Hugo Loubeque would be temporarilv .t
least thrown Off the trail
In an hour she had mounted the chiefs own
horse, her very soul rejoicing at the familiar
reel or an easy canter. Beside her rode the ola
woman, mumbling continually to herself as
though she were keeping track of the devious
turns in the wilderness of vegetation through
which their way led
Now and then there would be long stretches
where Lucille could let her animal out and She
took advantage of them all, laughing exultantIv
at the tingle of the breeze against her cbeeL
Every stride was step further away from ths
place where she had thought herself prisoner
every stride was a stride nearer hope; and hopS
meant civilization and civilization meant delivery
of the papers to those who would see that they
cleared the name of her sweetheart.
Her sweetheart Her sweetheart
The soft pad of the horses hoofs seemed IN
turn into refrain of never varying sweetness
refrain that embraced the two words. Hugo
Louoeque was doubtless back in the iuneles
planning, plotting his next move while his
quarry was riding far, far away from him
She could not even feel the menace of his
presence now. The easy motion of the beast
lulled every other sense to sleep save one of
dreamy contentment- Her predicament alone
upon this savage land did not occur to her Be
fore she had been terrified to think of it but
now she accepted it as an inevitable thing using
all her mental energy figuring on escape on thai
which lay in the snture and casting the past be-
hind her f ~
Il
INSTRUCT as she looked back at the squat figure
of the old woman, ambling along stolidly az
some heather idol, only her rat-like eyes omit.
tng nashes of fire from between the layers OF
wrinkled, brown, dropping lids. She cast It away
from her as merely natural feeling, coming SO
closely as this sense of freedom did upon the de-
pressing environment she leaving behind
Faster, faster she urged her horse us shs
saw clear stretch of trail opening before her.
She was going eway-away-was getting clear
of the village where she might have been held
carried he
about her neck despite every effort the interna.
tionai spy had made to steal them. She had
foiled him, had taken them from him and had
managed to hold them against all odds And
now she clear of all this
She was clear of all danger from him. Far
behind her. his crafty INSCRIPTIONS brain was
mapping out fresh plans of action against VIC
tim who was not where he could locate her. And
the pad of the horses hoofs beat out a gentle
rhythm that blended into her joyous mood 80
wonderfully she could scarcely contain herself.
Faster, faster she urged the horse, her hand
continually reaching up and feeling the preciouG
burden about her neck while her laughter rana
out against the Jungle that hedged the trail il
with an eerie, alien freshness that seemed ID
make 1t more silky than ever. Then she looked
back for her escort, looked back, still laughing,
when the ground seemed to grow soft, to slip up
from under her mounts hoofs, and send her
hurtling wn-down-down-sh knew not
where nor why-down into backness at which
her hands clutched vainly, clutching nothing from
the dark-down into blackness that seemed
sitting her. until it reached up and mercifullI
compassed her consciousness
CHAPTER XVI.
LoubeQue Oceriooks Ono Detail
HUGO LoUBEoUE curtly dismissed the with,
cred crone who handed him the sack CON
tanning the documents Lucille had worn about
her neck. In his eyes gowed light of triumph
First they had lighted with strange relief
But now they seemed fastened upon a memory
filed with vague regret, he visualized the girl
lying helpless at the bottom of the pit he ha<
caused his native to dig across the trail she
must pass in answering the fictitious messageS
he had arranged for the old to carry
Suddenly he sprang to his feet, once more
the man of action. Pity this girl, daughter Of
the woman he loved he might, but she was not
the sort to lie supine while he made away with
the papers for which she had gone through so
much already. Suddenly he tore open the bag,
dumping the contents out before him and run
ming through them nervously. When he looked
up the light of disappointment, almost fear was
upon his face.
The amulet, the sacred amulet which had