Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-11

/ fine scorn. what would you think II
| YOU had to live all OF your life in that
I jungle as our forest man has done?"
I'm afraid I'd be a blooming bounder
4 as a wild man." laughed Clayton rue
| lully, Those noises at night make the
/ hair on my head bristle, l suppose that
| should be ashamed to admit It, but It's
| the truth"
Il don't know about that" said Lieu
| tenant Charpenter. Z never thought
much about fear and that sort OF thing
never tried TO determine whether / was
a coward or a brave man; but the other
night as we lay In the Jungle there after
poor D'Arnot was taken, and those Jungle
noises rose and fell around us, I began to
think that ! was a coward Indeed, IT
was not the roaring and growing OF the
| big beasts that affected me so much as
It was the stealthy notes.-the ones that
you heard suddenly close by and then
listened vainly for a repetition of-the
| unaccountable sounds as Of a great body
| moving almost noiselessy, and the knowl-
edge that you didn't know how close II
was or whether it we're creeping closer
| after you ceased to hear It? II was
those noises-and the eyes.
Mon Dieu! l shall see them in the
dark forever-the eyes that you see and
those That you don't see, but feel; ah,
they are the worst"
All were silent for a moment and then
Jane Porter spoke
And he Is out there" she said In an
awe-hushed whisper. Those eyes will
be glaring at him tonight, and at your
comrade, Lieutenant d'Arnot. Can you
leave them, gentlemen, without at least
rendering them the passive suocor which
remaining here few days longer might
insure them?"
tut, tut, child" said Professor Porter.
aaC1Qnfnln TNIfrnnpA fu 90 al,
and for my part I am perfectly willing,
perfectly willing-as I always have been
to humor your childish whlms."
we can utilize the morrow in recov-
erins the chest, Professor" suggested
Mr.. Philander
Quite so, quite so Mr.. Phllander: I
had almost forgotten the treasure" ex-
claimed Professor Porter. Possibly we
can borrow some men from Captain Du-
franne to assist us, and one Of the pris-
oners to point out the location of the
chest"
Most assuredly, my dear Professor;
we are all yours to command" said the
captain.
And so It was arranged that on the next
uay Lieutenant Charpentier was to take
uetail OF ten men, and one of the mutt
neers of the Arrow as a guide, and un-
eartn the treasure; and that the cruiser
would remain for a full week in the little
haroor. At the end OF that time II was
70 be assumed that d'Arnot was truly
dead and that the forest man would not
return while they remained. Then the
two vessels were to leave with ali the
party. '''
Professor Porter did not accompany the
treasure-seekers on the following day. but
when he saw them returning emntv
handed toward noon, he FASTENED forward
10 meet them-his usual Tpreoccupied in
difference entirely vanished. and in Its
place a nervous and excited manner.
Where is the treasurer. he cried To
Clayton, while yet a hundred feet sepa.
rated them
Clayton shook his head.
Gone. he said, as he neared the pro-
iessor Gone! 1t cannot be. Who could
have taken IT." cried Professor Porter
God only knows, Professor" replied
CLAYTON. I'VE might have thought the
fellow who guided us was lying about the
location, but his surprise and consterna-