Bisbee daily review., 1915-10-16

The whole household had been
reused by the lions deep voice and
the answering boom Of the big rife,
SO that scarcely a minute after Barney
and Curtiss reached the side Of the
PROSTATE girl a score Of white men
and black were gathered about them.
The dead body OF a huge lion lay
/ scarce twenty feet from Victoria Gus
ter, but a hurried examination OF the
girl brought unutterable relief to them
all, for she was uniniured
Barney lifted her in his arms and
/ carried her to her room, while the 9th
/ ers examined the dead beast From the
/ center Of the breast a wooden shaft
| nrotruded. and when they had drawn
this out-and It required the united ef-
forts OF four strong men to do it-they
found that a stone tipped spear had
| passed straight through the savage
beasts heart
The zebra killer" said Brown to
Greystoke.
The latter nodded his head.
ave must find him." he said. HE
has rendered US a great service. But
TOR 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 we're 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. Il can al
most swear that 1t 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 a wide eyed
girl was staring I'm breathless wonder
ment at the rude weapon, which 20 her
I presented concrete evidence Of the real.
i,y Of the thing she had thought but
another hallucinaton-the leaping &c.
ure Of the naked man that had sprung
past her into the face OF the charging
Ion an instant before she had
swooned.
One Of them turned and saw her
standing there
"Ah, Miss Custerr he exclaimed.
mo worse this morning. ] see. for
your little adventure of last night
Here's a memento that your rescuer
left behind him in the heart Of Old
Rallies. Would you like itf'
The girl stepped forward. hiding her
true emotions behind the mask Of a
D. gay smile. She took the spear Of Nh,
the son Of Nu. I'm her hands. and her
heart leaped I'm half savage pride as
she felt the weight of the great missile
what a man he must be who wields
such mighty weaponl" she exclaimed
Barney Custer was watching his sis
ter closely, for with the discovery Of
the spear In the Hons body had come
the sudden recollection Of Victoria's
description Of her dream man: He
carries a great spear. stone tipped
should know it the moment that 1 saw
p IT,"
The young man stepped 10 his sis
ter's side, putting an arm about her
shoulders She looked up into his face,
: and then in a low voice that was not
] audible to the others she whispered:
1t is bis, Barney. l knew that !
should know IT,"
3 For some time the young man had
been harassed by fears as to his sis.
ter's sanity. Now he was forced 20 en-.
terrain fears of an even more sinister
S nature or else admit that he. too, had
gone mad.
If be were sane then It was the truth
that somewhere ip this savage land a
D savage white man roamed in search OF
Victoria. Now that he had found her
would be not claim her?
e Barney Custer shuddered az the
thought He must do something 10
avert a tragedy. and he must act at
once He drew Lord Greystoke to one
= side.
Victoria and ! must leave at once,
he said. The nervous strain OF the
earthquake and this last adventure
D. have told upon her 70 such an extent
that / fear We may have a very sick
girl upon our hands, II I do not get
her back TO civilization and home as
p ! quickly as possible"
Greystoke did not attempt 10 offer
any circumstances. He, too, felt that
1t would be best for Miss Custer "a
d go home. He had noted her growing
n 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 slgni
Ted their willingness 10 accompany
e. the Nnbraskan and his sister.
a AS be was explaining his decision e
| Victoria "a blacl, servant came excited