Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-24

4 broke the stiffness OF tno Qusee AA8nS
/ Curtiss and Barney Custer sprang =
| their feet, running toward the side 9!
the bungalow from which the eooad
had come.
Curtiss grasped the ride hs had juse
reloaded. and % be turned the corns2
OF the building he caught one dieting
!! glimpse OF something moving near tns
! bushes nfty yards away. Raising biz
1 weapon. he fred.
i The whole household had been
reused by the lions deep vol, ana
the answering boom Of the bi" r1hs.
30 that scarcely. minute after arney
and Curtiss reached the sid, Of the
PROSTATE girl 4 score Of VI . men
and black were gathered abo, khsm.
The dead body Of huge Noa ~
scarce twenty feet from VI ria Gus
ter, but hurried examination Of the
girl brought unuttefabls relief to them
all. for she was uninjured.
Barney lifted her in bis arms and
carried Aer to her room. while the 9th
ers examined the dead beast From the
center Of the breast wooden shaft
protruded, and when they had drawn
this out--and It required the united e.
forts Of four strong men to do it-they
found that stone tipped spear had
passed straight through The savage
beasts heart.
'The ssbra kills." said Brown -
Greyst0ke.
The latter noddsd III hsed.
I'VE must ana HIM" 10 satd. ''Hs
has rendered - . s1Sat service. Bse
for him Ms Custer would not u
alive now
But though twenty u,an secured the
grounds and the plain bs0ond for sew.
eral hours, no trace Of The killer Of OLD
Rafles could be found, and the reason
that they did not and him abr I'd was
because b lay directly bene 4 their
noses in . little clump Of Low flower.
ing shrubs, with bullet won. In hi
head.
The NEXT morning The men were ex-
aiming the stone headed 81 ear upo1
the veranda just o1Esade the breakfast
room.
Its tho oldest thing Of its kind
ever saw" said GEeystoke. Il can n
most swear that It was never made By
any Of the tribesmen Of present day
Africa. once saw similar heads.
though. In the British museum. They
had been taken from the debris Of
prehistoric cave dwelling"
From the window Of the breakfast
room Just behind them wide eyed
girl was staring in breathless wondes.
ment at the rude weapon. which TO hee
presented concEete evidence Of the real
ity Of the thing she had thought but
another hallucinauon-the leaping ng-
ure Of the naked man that had sprung
past her into the face q the charging
lion an instant bsfoCs she had
swooned.
One Of them turned and saw her
standing there
"Ah. Miss Custsfr' he exclaimed
mo worse this morning, seA for
your little adventure Of last night
Here's 4 memsnto that your rescuse
left behind hin IN the heart of Old
Rahles. Would pa Ike it7'
The girl stepped forward, hiding her
true emotions behind the mask q Q
gay smile. She took the spear q M,
the son q Nh. u hse hands and hR
heart leapsd m half savage pftds %
she felt the weight of ths grsaf misadla
"What a man he must b who wislds
such a mighty weapoor shs exclaimed.
Barney CustG Was watching hi sis-
ter closely. for WIN ths discovery Of
the spear IN the hons body bad come
the sudden recollection Of Victoria's
description Of her dream man: "Ho
carries q great spear. stone tipped I
should know II the moment that saw
it."
The young man stepped to his sis
tef's side. putting an arm about her
shoulder She looked up into his face,
and then In q low voics that was not
audible to the others she whispered:
1T is his, Barney. I knew that I
should know IT.
For some time tie young man had
been harassed by fears 40 to hb sis
ter's sanity. Now be was forced TO en-.
terrain fears Of an even moro sinister
nature or else admit that be, too, had
gone mad
1.-The were sane then Il was tho truth
that somewhere IN this savage hand q
savage white man roamed in search Of
Victoria. Now that be had found her
would be not claim hee3
Barney Custer shuddered at tie
thought. He must do something 10
avert a tragedy. and be must act at
once. He drew Lord GssyStoks TO ono
side.