Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-04


the beasts OF the jungle.
He had seen that his own ways were
more in accordance with the ways Of
the black and half naked natives whom
the whites looked upon as so much
their interiors that they would not
even eat at the same table with them
He had noted the fact that the
blacks treated the other whites with a
marked respect which they did not ex-
tend to M, and, being no fool, M had
come 90 the conclusion that the whites
themselves looked upon him MS an in
ferior, even before Curtiss' words con-
WINGED him Ct the truth Of his suspi-
cions.
Evidently, though his skin was
white, he was now in some subtle way
different from the other whites. Pos
sibly It was in the matter OF raiment
He had tried to wear the strange
body coverings they had given him,
but they were cumbersome and I'M
comfortable, and, though he was sell
dom warm enough now he had never
theless been glad when the opportuni-
~ came to discard the hampering aud
unaccustomed clothing
These thoughts suggested the possi-
bility that If Nat-ul had found recog-
milton among the strangers upon an
equal footing with them that she, too,
might have those attributes Of superb
GRITTY which the strangers claimed, and
IL such was the fact It became evident
that she would consider M from the
viewpoint Of her new friends-as an
inferior
Such reveries made M very sad, for
be loved Nat-ul just as you or 1 would
love-just as normal white men have
always lOved-with a devotion that
placed the object Of his affection upon
pedestal, before which be was hap
by to bow down and worship. His
{ passion was not of the brute type Of
the inferior races. which oftentimes
SolemniZes the marriage ceremony with
a cudgel and ever places the woman
/ in the position of an inferior and n
chattel.
Even as M pondered the puzzling
questions which confronted him his
/ eyes and ears were alert as he sped
/ along the now fresh trail Of the cara
van.
Every indication pointed the recent
/ passing of many men, and the trogIo-
dyte was positive that he could be but
few hours behind his quarry.
A few miles east Of him the rescue
party from the Greystolle ranch were
pushing rapidly ahead upon a different
trail, with view to heading off the
Arabs.
Ibn Aswad had taken a circuitous
coute in order that he might pass
round the country Of the Waziri, and
with his slow moving slave caravan
be had now reached point but a
few days journey i'm a direct line from
the ranch. The lightly equipped pur
suers, having knowledge of the rouJC
taken by the Arabs from the mcssen-
ger who had come 20 seek their assist
qnce had not been compelled to follow
the spoOr Of their quarry. but instead
bad marched straight across country
in q direct line for a point which they
believed would bring them ahead Of
the caravan.
Thus it was that Nh and Terk0z
and the party Of whites and Wazirl
from the ranch were closing in upon
lbn Aswad from opposite directions ST.
multaueously.
But Nh was not destined TO follow
the trail Of the raiders TO where they
were still engaged in repelliug the say.
age attack of the fierce Wumbou, for
as ne trotted along with the dog gt
his side. his quick eyes detected that
which the hound. with all his won
drous instructive powers, would have
passed by unnoticed-the well marked
prints Of the hoofs OF two donkeys
that had come back along the tra
since the caravan had passed
That they were donkeys beIongin.
10 the Arabs was evident TO M
through bis familiarity with the dis
dnctive hoof prints Of each, which dur
ing the past three days had become a
well known to him as his mother
face had been But what were the.
doing retraciug the way they had bu
just covered:
He halted and raised his head &,
3 sniff the air and listen iuteutly for thl
laiutest sound from the direction %
which the beasts had gone when the,
left the Old trail at the point that M
had discovered their spoor
The wind however wis blow in.
from the opposite direction So tlrr
was no chance that Nu could seen
thom lie was in doubt as TO whcthr
lac should leave the trail Of the mail
body and follow these two or continue
on his way.
II, From the manner OF their passing
side by side-he was convinced tha
p each carried rider since otherwis
they would have gone IN single Oh
after the manner Of beasts moym,
along none too wide trail. but Their
was nothing TO indicate that eitne
rider was Nat-ul
For an instant he hesitated, and the
his judgment told him TO keep on afte