The log cabin Democrat., 1914-10-16

twisting and writing about them sesEes ln bO1selsss confusion all ce rIvzg sasteuaDce from the stuDieo trunks 10 which they clung More ike great ropes cf corded bemp they were than anything else. tbeir thick surface coTere5 w1t5 fuzzy hairs IL was the CeeFe- L0gb@o0e had Doticed the Da tive using E5en he wished 10 starr the nights fire. twisting about g ard sharp pointed suck against rbe un yiesdlag surface Of the creeper till the friction started fame Now ne point e3 10 the EsI c. creepers. tDdice tiug oow much he wisbed
 Bu, kslf ID hoUr sUf5ced 10 satisfy tbe s2y. s nd without more than nod. oe turned sDd moved swiftly back to -be hut There he superintended the splicing ot the sections of creepers and otDdiag together in such fashion they should make rope fully 100 feet long The last fragment Of the material was used and be stared st the giant col spsecUlsuTely. Al curl word Of com UsN- Cor the nsuFe glided noise less! from the hut one end 0. the rope io his hand
 Foot by foot coil al time. the pile of cre@per before the international spy 1lfo4ded itself. the while be prevent e3 any kDotune The heap upon the aut 5oor had almost dlsa ppeared be fore the consta3r vibrations ceased and oe knew th- Sava-e tad tnisbed his part Of the work He was stili smiling UDly DOW. when the native returned and he comma Dced him 10 ire the end that was within the hut Tbeu Hugo Ing and strpde along the line Of creep sr rope that wound ike some unDe iievable DonsIrU0s serpent through the lush grass and sarub5ery until De came within 6 few yards of LCGlles nut He halted screening himself from the chance observation ot some proving nzuFe by hiding tn the shadow Of great tree that faced Der abode
 From far away. back tn the direction from which be hsd just come there ID the blacknen of the jungle up. gu1nze winktng star seemed suddenly to twinkle upon the ground. fade for moment. then dance swiftly forward toward him At times the fame would appear to waver. to be extngutshed but always 1t would reappear again having made brave progress during the time Of fts apparent extinction Hugo Loubeque suddenly stirred to an tmaron
 Eoiseleas as any cat despite bis bulk he moved toward the girls hut secur tng the end of the creeper and tossing 1t upon the thatched roof Then once more be took up bis position fn the shadow of the adjacent tree He wait ed. eexed in every nerve and sinev of his frame. for the result of bis strat agem And always the flame crepi closer. coming more swiftly now.
 One arm thrown carelessly over her head with slightly parted lips. Lu dlle slept upon her bed of rushes- She dreamed of her lover. Lieutenant Gio son. and Of the happy time when she should clear him of the charge against him
 Some premonition of ev1 wakened her. caused her to start bolt upright upon the rushes, Der every sense alert her ears fairly peaked with the tense oess of her listening Her 6rst thought was for the little sack in which she carried the stolen papers and orders as well as the photograph of her moth CT and the diary which Hugo Lou beque had secreted in the oiled belt Hurriedly she cIutched the bag. slip ping to the floor and listening.
 This ume a rustling. rushing sound came from directly above her. A leer ing roof of yellowish flame giowered 1t her from the place where the matched roof had been For the frac- ton of a second she could not stir be fore the awful menace Then as long tongue of flame reached out to ward the wall and embraced it. feed Ing there a second before another dame Joined fl and in seeming quarre reached st the same spot her brain dominated the situation
 With a wild shriek for assistance vhe darted toward the opening. feeling the hot breath of the flames nigh shriveIing her as she left 1t behind From every but poured the natives, stopping to stare about them for . sec ond before dart1nR toward the but which had developed into . coneliks
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