The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04

SIDE in the saloon OF an ocean
liner sac SAW him eatlny with his
hands. tearing his food Ike 81 beast of
prey and wiping his greiisy fingers
upon his thighs. She shudCered
She saw him as She introduced him
to her fricnds--uncouth, iliitcrate. a
ooor-und she WINGED
she had reached her room now. and
as she sat upon the edge of her bed of
FERNS and grasses. with one hand rest
inE upon her rising and failing bosom
she felt the hard outlines of the mans
locket beneath her waist
SHE drew Il out. holding il I'm the
palm of her hand for moment with
tear blurred eyes bent upon II. Then
she raised II TO her lips and. crushing
IL there. buried her face in the soft
ferns. sob5ing.
"i:east:" she murmurod. "rben
heaven make me beast. for man or
beast, ! ann yUuis!"
she did not see Clayton again that
day. ESmeralda brought her supper TO
her. and she sent word to her father
that she was suffering from the reac-
ton following her adventure.
The next morning Clayton left early
with the relief expedition In search of
Lieutenant d'Arnot. There were 200
armed men this time. with ten officers
ANA two surgeons AMI provisions for
Il week
| They cnrried bedding and hammocks.
| the latter for transporting their sick
ana wounded
1t was Il determined and angry com
pany-a punitive expedition us well us
Dne of relief. They reached the scene
of the slirmish of the previous expedI-
ton shortly after noon. for they were
now travelling known trail. and no
! time was lost I'm exploring.
From there ON the elephant trail led
! straight TO Mbonga's village. 1t was
] but O'Clock when the head OF the col
ANN halted upon the edge os the clear
Ing.
| In few minutes the VILLAGE street
WAS filed with armed mon fghting I'm
/ au mcNi.icahle tan-lc. The receivers.
/ carbiucs and cutIsSpS OF Tho French
mon cumpicl the native Spcarmpn
ana struck down the black urchers
/ With tloi bolts half drawn
soon the battle turned % will ront
and then TO grim massacre. for the
! "r,uch sailors han seen his of OAR
AoCs uniform upon several of the black
warriors who opposed them.
They spared the children and those
or the women whou they were not
forced TO 1911 in self defense. but when
! at length iAcy stopped painting. blood
! covered and sweating. Il was because
there lived to oppose them no single
warrior OF all the savage village of
! Mbonga.
Carefully thry ruEsacked every hut
! and corner OF the village. but no sign
OF D'ArIu. could they ind They
/ questioned tie prisoners hy signs.
/ Only excited gestures and expressions
of fear Could they obtain in RESPONSE
to their Inquiries concerning their fell
low.
At length ali hope left them. and
they prepared to camp for the night
within the village
The prisoners were hcrded into three
huts, whore they We're heavily guard
ed. Scmt;ipS were posted at tue bnrred
! gates, and finally the village was wrap
/ ped In the silence of slUnbtr except
for the wa.lius of the native women
for their dead
The next morning they SGT out upon
the return march. Their original inten-
ton had been to burn the village. bat
this idea WAS abandoned. aud the pris-
oners were left behind. weeping and
moaning. but with roofs TO cover them
and a pnlisade for refuge from the
beasts Of the Jungle
Slowly The expedition retrared its
steps of the preceding day. Ten load.
! ed hammocks retarded it's pace In
eight of them lay the more seriously
wounded. while two swung beneath
the weight Of the dead
/ Clayton and Lieutenant Charpentier
brought up the rear of the column. the
EngIishman silent IN respect for the
others grief. for D'AruOt and Charpen-
tier had been inseparable since boy
hood
1t was quite late when they reached
the cabin by the beach. The dead oud
wounded iucn were tenderiy placed in
boats ana rowod silently toward the
cruiser
Clayton, exhausted from his Eve
days Of inborious marching through
the jungle ana from the effects Of his
two battles with blacks. turned to.
ward the cabin to seek II mouthful Of
/ food and then the comparative ease OF
his bed Of grasses after two nights In
/ iha Jungle
Ir the cabin door stood Jane Porter
"'Ihr poor Ioutcndnt7" she asked.
/ "D.l sou ni 90 taco ~ himY"
1--WE ",lr too ia;e. Miss Porter" he
I replied sfIr
"rc. mc- wmt had hippeued?" she
a-tsJ
mnu.L >re portcr II is too hor-.
riI.
Sle Douaht Of what clayton had
said of the forest mans probable rela.
+ tiouehip Go Oils tribe
TO uiu. too rl1enly came the
tloulht of the f.n., man The strange
f jraiorar Doc Il felt two days before
SWEPT Owe. hn once more
In sudden brutality that was unlike
him ho D.u5Cd out:
"Nhau your forest god left you be