Bisbee daily review., 1914-02-22

felled by an invisible hand. Struggling and shrieking. his body. rolling from side to side. moved quick ly toward the shadows beneath the trees. The blacks. their eyes protrud- ing in horror. watched spellbound.
 Once beneath the trees the body rose straight into the air. and as it dlsap- peared into the foliage above the ter rifled negroes. screaming with fright. broke into a mad race for the village gate.
 D'Arnot was left alone. He was brave man, but he had felt the short hairs bristle upon the nape of his neck when that uncanny cry rose upon the air
 As he watched the spot where the body had entered the tree he heard the sounds of movement there The branches swayed as though under the weight of q mans body. There was a crash. and the black came sprawllng to earth again. to lie very quietly where he had fallen
 Immediately after him came a white body. but this one alighted erect.
 D'Arnot saw clean limbed young giant emerge from the shadows into the Hrelight and come quickly toward him
 What could it mean7 Who could 1t be? Some new creature of torture and | destruction doubtless. D'Arnot waited His eyes never | left the face of the advancing man The frank. clear eyes did not wsver beneath his fixed gaze. DArnot was reassured. but stil | without much hope. though he tvlt that that face could not mask a cruel l heart.
 Without n word Tarzan of the apes cut the bonds which held the French man. Weak from suffering and loss of | blood. he would have fallen but for the strong arm that caught him.
 He felt himself lifted from the | ground.
 There was sensation as of flying, and then he lost consciousness.
 
 When dawn broke upon the little camp of Frenchmen fin the heart of the jungle 1t found a sad and disheart- ened group.
 As soon as it was light enough 10 see their surroundings Lieutenant Char pentier sent men in groups of three in several directions to locate the trail. and in ten minutes 1t was found, and the expedition was hurrying back to- ward the beach.
 It was slow work, for they bore the bodies of six dead men. two more hay ing succumbed during the night. and several of those who were wounded required support to move even very slowly.
 Charpentier had decided to return to camp for re-enforcements and then make an attempt to track down the natives and rescue D'ArnOt.
 It was late fin the afternoon when the exhausted men reached the clear ing by the beach. but for two of them the return brought SO great happi- ness that all their suffering and heart breaking grief were forgotten on the instant
 As the little party emerged from the jungle the first person that Professor Porter and Cecil Clayton saw was Jane Porter standing by the cabin door
 With a little cry of joy and relief she ran forward to greet them. throw ing her arms about her fathers neck and bursting into tears for the first time since they had been cast upon this hideous and adventurous shore.
 Professor Porter. burying hts old face in the girls shoulder. sobbed like a tired child.
 Jane Porter led him toward the cab in. and the Frenchmen turned toward the beach from which several of their fellows were advancing to meet them.
 Clayton. wishing to leave father and daughter alone. joined the sailors and remained talking with the officers un- til their boat pulled away toward the cruiser. whither Lieutenant Charpen- tier was bound to report the unhappy outcome of his adventure.
 Then Clayton turned back slowly toward the cabin His heart was tlled with happiness. The woman he loved was safe.
 As he approached the cabin he saw her coming out When she saw him she hurried forward to meet him.
 "Janeg he cried. Heaven has been good to us Indeed. Tell me how you escaped-what form Providence took to save you for-us."
 He had never before called her by her given name. Forty-eight hours be- fore 1t would have suffused Jane Por- ter with soft glow of pleasure to hear that name from Clayton's lips. Now 1t frightened her.
 "Mr. Clayton" she said quietly, ex- tending her hand first let me thank you for your loyalty to my father. He has told me how noble and self sacri- Gcing you have been. How can we ever repay you?"
 Clayton noticed that she did not re- turn his familiar salutation. but he felt no misgivings on that score. She had been through so much This was no time to force his love upon her. he quickly realized.