The daily sentinel., 1914-05-27

inaction here in this savage village with no out.
look for escape, would be unbearabE. In her pos-,
session were the documents which woult; clear tho
man she loved, clear him in the eyes of all men,
And he would suffer so, under such charge Per-
haps he even doubted her belief in him. f...s
She smiled away the thought. for the woman
in her would not allow her to believe that the
man of her choice could ever doubt. Not for an
instant had she asked for references from him
She had given her heart without and,
from the instant of giving it, every doubt, every
possible thing that might in the past future
be brought against Lieutenant Gibson was wiped
from her mind and soul though by some sooth-
ing sponge
But he suffering- That was the haras-
sing feature of her confinement here. He was
suffering and she could clear him if only She
sighed. There many little 'if onlys" be-
fore her knowledge could be of any avail in the
affair. But she must be strong, that she would
be ready to reach out and seize the first tiny
opportunity that came her way. She must be
strong to combat this terrible who pursued
SO reentessly.
Look about her though she would she could
further possible advantage to be derived
through the friendship of the natives. If they had
never before seen white woman the chance
exceedingly slim of anyone's coming to her
sistsnce while she was among them. They had not
even a tradition of seeing human beings of her
color before.
The only thing to do since opportunity
for reaching Manila lay here, was to turn In
some other direction Thoughts of the hideous
jungle with its yellow fre-balls of eyes, It's myriad
sounds of menace meant nothing to her. She had
given herself without reserve to the clearing OF
her sweetheart from the charge of having be-
trayed his country's honor and assuredly there
was Supreme Being who would not permit
such fidelity to fail.
With comforting thought unreason-
ing solace which often seems much more logi-
cal than all mans direct line of vision upon a
situation. she fell asleep the dark shadow OF Hu-
go Loubeque very far away as, with maidenly
confidence she consigned herself and her purpose
to one above him in power
some premonition OF evil wakened her, caA.Ses
hn rtOhf Al uhac k,.-
every sense alert, her fairly peaked with tic
tenseness OF her listening. No sound to he-
save the mournful wall of a dog, afar off. She
lay back once more tingling still with the psychic
sense that told her not to slumber.
Her heart was throbbing against its cage as
though 1T would burst through, while little ants
nests of nerves gathered at the back of her neck,
invisible warnings of danger. Her frs. thought
was for the little sack in which she carried the
stolen papers and orders as well as the photo
graph OF her mother and the diary which Hugo
Loubeque had secreted in the oiled belS. Hur-
riedly she clutched the bag, slipping tlSc Scur
and listening.
This time a rustling, rushing sound cara
from directly above her. So swift it was that
she had scarcely time to gather her renses -
gether before leering roof of yellowish flame
giowered at her from the place where thu
thatched roof had been. For the fraction of
second she could not stir before tho awful
menace. Her feet seemed glued to the dirt floor
while every nerve and muscle of her body ury,l
her through the opening. Then long tonsSs
OF hane reached out toward the wall and
praced ~, 1eed1ng there second before another
flame Joined it and, in seeming quarrel. reached
at the same spot, her brain dominated the situa-
tion.
With wild shrek for assistance she darted
toward the opening. feeling the hot breath Of
the flames nigh shrvelling her as she left it be-
hind Again and again she shrieked, more as an
outlet for her relief from the menace than for
any other reason. From every hut poured the
natives stopping to stare about them for a sec
ond before darting toward the hut, which had
developed into cone-like burst of fame roaring
menacingly, furiously.
Lucille was unconscious Of everything for
moment save that she had escaped the flames.
Then something caused her to turn. From be-