The Detroit times., 1915-10-06
1.-THE Avalanche"
~ an. A Serial Mystery Story of
H0ris BwIand - Absorbing Interest

I learnt on his mothers knee-when
she had rocked him TO sleep long
ago.
CHAPTER XLIIl
I'VE won't talk OF Sirano. Sibyl
| dear"
YES. Jim, my dear one. / must
know-some day"
His face darkened and his fingers
closed more tightly on his wife's
hand They were sitting side by
side on the balcony overlooking the
valley.
"Loando." said Treverton, after a
pause. made II very unpleasant for
me. He was one OF the oficials Of
the Development Company. and
fell into his hands. | was going
down to Lima with two soldiers as
an escort. wanted to get back
there and follow up clew which
thought might help me to fnd Alice.
! The two soldiers died--one OF
snake bite, the other shot by
poisoned arrow. lost my way and
collapsed. Then fell into the
hands Of Loando."
4 Then one night" said Treverton.
''he left me, chained az I was. 10
die. l shall not forget that night
e as long as live, Sibyl We had
I pitched our camp on the edge OF a
il swamp that was chock full OF ALI.
4" gators. There had been other nights
1 IN ate les Al h,sf tL
D kept them OF. and Loando had his
n rife. Well, 7 had very busy time.
n | can tell you"
d He laughed and Sibyl shuddered
Il at his laughter
70 II think" he said after a minute
IT OF silence. that that night sent me
N OF my head. didn't lose conscious
10 ness, but something seemed 10 70
Is wrong with the works OF my brain.
y don't clearly recollect anything
'e until found myself standing on the
II deck OF sailing ship with a rough.
looking fellow beside me-"
n Hello, | said TO him. What's
V this? Where on earth have got
le to? | rubbed my eyes, for I thought
d I'd just woke up from a dream. The
d last thing | seemed 10 remember
ID was the sound OF an alligator break
n ing through the reeds-the smell o.
them-ugh! Well. the fellow laugh
ID ed. You're on the Elizabeth Jen
- kins,' he said bound for New York
o What's your name. sonny
II told him my name was Smith
n and he laughed.
We'll, Smith, he said. your,
q. bound for New York How did
Ie get hereT asked We picket
IT you up In Rio he replied: though
you looked likely sort OF chap
d even II you were halfdrunk I
e wasn't till we got you on board tina
IL we found you were a looney."
% Treverton paused and looked a
z his wife. The moon had risen abov'
D. the peak OF the Liederhorn, anC
n the light shone down upon her face
II WINS white and the lips wer,
q. parted, and there was a look o
n agony in the blue eyes.
v. ct went back TO Rio by the mex
a ship could get" he continued
q "and tried 10 find out what hat
;. happened. had a good deal o'
my life to account for-nearly two
{" years.
{ Two years." sibyl repeated in Q
voice OF horror.
"Yes-about that. Well. found
|, an Englishman In Rio who knew
!. me under the name OF silly Andrew
. He said some Brazilians had found
I me with party OF Amazon savages
!. as brown and dirty as any OF them
] The savages apparently had Just
come mp In the nick OF time to save
me from the alligasors. and. finding
7 was half.witted. had regarded my
: life as sacred. must have been
with them for quite rs months
J Wen. can't tell you ANYTHING about
that. sibyl I've lost that bit OF my
, life.
l! For a long while there was ST.