The evening world., 1915-01-05
Next Weeks eAgee Ig!a ll Ik EIsg IGl !
|LOVE INSURANCE.
BY EARL DERR BICCERS



burn. Afier the first abrupt ledge.
up which Blake had TO drag his COM
panlonA, the ascent was easy. But
g they climbed around an ouJutting
corner Of the steep right wall Of the
cleft make muttered . curse Of dis
appcintment He could now see that
the clset ala not run 70 the top Of the
clifk. bot through II IKE . tiny boz
eanysn The sadss :.ss rc:: sheer and md
SiSSsss % poius q the eisst. X: Ssosas
lowered high abovs the ridge crsst
its gigaatic trunk filllng . third Of
the breadth cf The little gorge. un-
fortunately Il Stood cloes TO the ieft
wall.
Here's iscx for yeui" rewisd
why eeuianx the s,amsd old tree
have grown on the other sidef We
might have found . way 70 climb II.
Guess wen have TO smoke out an
birds nests than We wero yesterday.
"By Jove. look herei" exclaimed
Winthrops. "This 10 our chance for
antelopel Here BY the spring are
bamboos-real bambooe-aud only
/, half the thicket burned"
what OF themr' demanded Blake.
| "BoWs-Arrows-an did you not
agrso that they would make knives ."
"Umphi-ws'il see. What u It.
Niss Jsanyf"
IT. .LoelS ,,nn. ii.: It These Saooae' ere
sPerhaps that IL whore the leopard
had his dem" added Winthrops.
shouldn't wonder. Well 80 and
.but Nr. Biaks.- protested the
slrL may there not be other lsop-
sNisht have been; but IN bet they
lit out with the other. Look how the
tree 10 scorched. Must have been
stacks Of dry brush around the hole,
'nough 70 smoke out fireman. Well
look and Sc II they left any SOUP
bones lying around: First, tnouSa
A he spoke, Blake kicked asidt
some smoulderins branches and let
tho way 70 the crevice whence tn
spring trickled from tho rock Int
4 shallow stone basin. when all hat
drunk their fin Of the clear, COO
water. Blake took up his club ans
walked straight across TO the bao
bah. Less than thirty steps brough
him to the narrow opening IN tn'
trunk OF the huge tree. Al nrst b
could make out nothingsin the diml.
lighted Interior. but the fetid, catt'
odor was enough to convince him tha
he had found the leopards' den.
He caught the vague outlines OF !.
. long body crouohed f1ve or six yard
away on the far side Of the hollow
} He sprang back. his club brendtcoe
70 strike. But the expeoted attac
: a. though considering the advissbiIit
! of q retreat Winthrope and M
|. Leslie were staring 1t him. whit
4 faced. Tho sight OF their tsrru
seemed to spur him to daredevil bra
vado. though his actions may raths
. have been due to the fact that
realized the futility Of flight and q
, rose to the requirements Of the stu
. stion-the grim need to stand an
, "Get behind the bamboosi"
called. and a. they hurrtsdly obeye
no caught up a stone and dung 1t
Mt tho crouching beast.
+. He heard the missile strike with
soft thud that told him he had nc
. missed his mark, and he swung q
his club In both hands. Given hsl
q chance. he would smash the skull Q
the female leopard as he had crushe
, another passed. and no stood poise
for the shock. tense and scowlinl
Not 20 much a. u snari came froy
i, within. The truth dAshsd upon hin
! ''6motheredi" he yelled.
Z The others saw him dart In throug
the hole. A moment later two lin
I grayish bodies were nung out into tn
I open. Immediately after, Blake n
I appeared. drassing the body Of tn
4 mother leopard.
. "It's all right; they're deadi" erie
Wtnthrope. and he ran forward {
V look at tho bodies.
!. Miss Leslie followed. hardly lsa
"Are they all dead. Mr.. Baker Oh
{ wiped out-whols family. The oi
. cat stayed By her kittens. and Q
Z smothered together-lucky for ID
4 Get busy with those bamboos, VIII
I I'm going to have these skins. and th
sooner we get the cub meat hung Y
/, and curing. the better for us."
|. Leopard meat asain!" rejoins
II Winthrope.
= = "sprinx leopard. young ana tender
. What more could you askf Get
J, move on you"
. . "Can I DO anything. Mr.. Blakel
|, asked Miss Leslie.
You might 70 on along the gull
!, and see II there's any place to get
. !. the top. You could pick up sticks o
the way back. II any are left. We
have 20 fumtgate this tree hole be
. fore We adopt II for . residence"
!. CHAPTER VII.
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