The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-30

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found that stone tipped spear haa
passed straight through the savag'
beasts heart.
THE zebra killer" said Brown t.
Creystoke.
The latter nodded his head.
I've must find him" he said. HE
has rendered us great service. But
for him Miss Custer would not BE-
alive now"
But though twenty men secured the
grounds and the plain beyond for sew.
eral hours. no trace of the killer Of Old
Rallies could be found. and the reason
that they did not find him abroad was
because he lay directly beneath their
noses in a little clump of low. flower
ing shrubs. with bullet wound in his
head.
The next morning the men were ex-
aiming the stone headed spear upon
the veranda just outside the breakfast
room.
'Its the oldest thing of its kind I
ever saw" said Greystoke. II can al
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 a
prehistoric cave dwelling"
From the window Of the breakfast
room just behind them wide eyed
girl was staring in breathless wonder
ment Mt the rude weapon, which to her
presented concrete evidence of the real
ity of the thing she had thought but
another hallucinatlon-the leaping fig
ure of the naked man that had sprung
past her into the face of the charging
lion an instant before she had
swooned
One Of them turned and saw her
standing there.
"Ah. Miss Custer!'' he exclaimed.
mo worse this morning, l see. for
your little adventure of last night.
Here's memento that your rescuer
left behind him in the heart Of Old
Raffles. Would you like it?''
The girl stepped forward. hiding her
true emotions behind the mask Of a
gay smile. She took the spear of M,
the son Of M, In her hands. and her
heart leaped in half savage pride as
she felt the weight of the great missile.
"What man he must be who wields
such a mighty weaponw she exclaimed.
Barney Custer was watching his sis
ter closely, for with the discovery of
the spear in the lions body had come
the sudden recollection Of Victoria's
description of her dream man: He
carries great spear. stone tipped. I
should know 1t the moment that | saw
it."
The young man stepped to his SIS
shoulders. She looked up into his face,
and then in a low voice that was not
audible to the others she whispered:
1T is his, Barney. l knew that I
should know it."
For some time the young man had
been harassed by fears as to his SIS
ter's sanity. Now he was forced to en-
terrain fears of an even more sinister
nature or else admit that he. too. had
gone mad.
If he were sane then it was the truth
that somewhere in this savage land
savage white man roamed i'm search Of
Victoria. Now that he had found her
would he not claim her?
Barney Custer shuddered at the
thought. He must do something to
avert tragedy, and he must act at
once He drew Lord Greystoke to one
side.
Victoria and l must leave at once"
he said. THE nervous strain of the
earthquake and this last adventure
have told upon her to such an extent
that fear We may have a very sick
girl upon our hands, IL do not get
her back to civilization and home as
quickly as possible"
Greystoke did not attempt to offer
any circumstances. He, too, felt that
1t would be best for Miss Custer to
go home. He had noted her growing
nervousness with increasing apprehen-
sion.
1t was decided that they should leave
on the morrow. There were fifty black
carriers anxious to return to the coast,
and Butzow and Curtiss readily signi-
fed their willingness to accompany
the Nebraskan and his sister.
AS he was explaining his decision to
Victoria black servant came excited
ly to Lord Greystoke. He told Of the
finding Of dead eve in the COM
pound.
The animals neck had been broken,
the man said, and several strips Of
meat cut from its launches with a
knife. Beside 1t In the soft mud Of
the Enclosure the prints Of an unshod
human foot were plainly in evidence.
GreystOke smiled.
"The zebra killer again" he said
well. he is welcome to all he can
eat"
Before he had finished speaking
Brown. who had been nosing round In
the garden, called to him from little