Oxford eagle., 1915-12-30

yond. at the base Of the ciir. A mar.
row. slitlike aperture showed In the
rock wall. Perhaps there is another
cave" said abe.
Hurry" said Count Frederick
Run and hide yourself there at once
As she obeyed he set about certain
plans OF his own. He flung himself
down upon the sand at the edge OF the
clif. and LEFT. trail. as though he
had been flung over and down. Here
and there he pulled loose certain
shrubs to strengthen that impression
in the mind Of any pursuer who might
come. Then. retreating toward the
mouth of the cave where Kitty had
secreted herself. he obscured his own
trail In the sand as best he could BY
brushing away the footprints with a
broken bough. trusting to the strong
wind to complete his own bungling
work at covering his trail.
"Mademoiselle.' said he, when at
length he Joined her. We now have
done all that we can do. We have no
food. no water. no weapons he
showed his empty revolver. AN we
can do is to wait and hope
Covering in their hiding place. they
lay for what might have been an
hour before they heard the voices OF
any pursuers. Then they saw emerge
along their old passageway the nS-
ures OF several Of the natives, who
stood jahberfng. weapons In hand.
looking this way and that. seemingly
too much excited to have much care.
One OF these ran to the broken trail
mark 1t the edge Of the biuff. and.
shouting In excitement. returned.
With no more ado. and apparently
without suspecting the actual tran OF
the two fugitives. they all now made
Oh to the right. shouting loudly. and
disappeared from view-no doubt
along some steep path known only
to themselves.
They have gone said Count Fred
erick. and fancy will not return.
They think Us dashed to death on the
rocks below
We might as we'll be- said Kitty
Y
there for " nowr' .... b. -
Courage. madsmoiseiie,- was his
response. That We have lived
through such perils means that there
Is q purpose for it-one purpose"
NO. said Kitty Gray. 1T has been
too much. We are lost There 10 no
food. no water. Even II there were
what chance is there for an escaper-
Even should there never be an 60
cape. mademoiselie. life here with you
would be better than life anywhere
else In the world without you
But. utterly worn out. she only
shook her head and turned away.
Completely exhausted. st length she
fell asleep. He spread about her his
own coat and kept watch
Might came At length. and with II
ifs chilling airs They must have
Ere. yet q FIRE might announce their
| presence there. Count Frederick
| gathered some bits OF dried wood here
and there. and at length ventured to
build q IRE where is would ofier
warmth within the cave. and where
IL would be practically invisible from
any direction except from the sea
Indeed. he felt that they must take
this chance. since only from the sea
could they have any hope OF escape
Their beacon light would shine wide
ly. and perhaps some passing mariner
might see II. -r s7.-
The night wore away. passed AZ II
was IN hunger and In chill. with moth
| ing to soften the hard floor of the
rocky cavern. There was no break.
fast for them. there was not even .
drop OF water to assuage their grow
! ing thirst e+. rs >s'
Once more Count Frederick searched
out every corner OF their narrow refuge
ground To attempt escape directly
down the face of the clif would have
been sheer madness. He followed the
| trail which the natives had made
when they passed to the right along
the rock vail. Apparently they had
descended by swinging from one tree
trunk to another. It would be equal
to madness for q woman to attempt
| a descent here-stfll more hopeless
for a woman weakened with hunger
and fatigue. He told Kitty the truth.
as he now found IT,
Leave me-" said she. weakly.
Save yourself"
| Leave you. mademoiseile. said
he. Never. Not until death do Us
part shall we be separated"
He read something Of his answer In
the look in the eyes turned upon him
now. e.s-
Tt In WELL" said she at length. SIM
ply-"we shall live or die-together.
Together. mademoiselle. Tell
me-" @ ..,.-..
But her hand. raised in sheer weari-
ness. arrested him. calling upon all his
chivalry.
We will be able to endure our hun
ger for day. at least" said he. Our
light shines far. Let US devote at
least another day to hope. II none
comes. why, then we can die"
| Yes" said she simply "that comes