The evening world., 1915-01-07

she drew back her bed. and without
turning her eyes away from him,
CROPPED for one of her bamboo stakes.
But before she could arm herself.
she saw Blake stoop over and grasp
with his free hand the mass of in.
terwoven bamboos. He Strengthened
himself. and the framework swung
lightly up and over, until 1t stood
on end across the cave entrance. The
girl stole around and peered out at
him. He had spread open the ante
lope skin, and was beginning to slice
the meat for drying. Though his fore
head was furrowed, his expression
was by no means sinister. Relieved
at the thought that the light must
have deceived her, she returned to
her bed and was soon sleeping as
soundly as Winthrope.
Blake strung the greater part OF
the meat on the drying racks, built q
smudge fire beneath, and stretched
the antelope skin on frame. This
done, he took his club and a small
piece of bloody meat. and walked
stealthily down the cleft to the bar
ricade. Quiet as was his approach, 1t
was met by a warning yelp on the
farther side OF the thorny wall, and
he could hear the scurry OF fleeing
animals.
He kept on until the barricade
loomed up before him in the star
light. From cliff to cliff the wall now
stretched across the gorge without
hole or sap. But Blake grasped the
trunk of a young date palm which
projected from the barricade near
The bottom, and pushed 1t out. The
displac acemcnt of the spiky fronds dis.
closed the low passage which he had
made in the centre OF tho barricade.
He placed the piece OF meat on one
side. two or three feet from the hole,
and squatted down across from II,
with his club balanced on his shoul-
der.
Half an hour passed-an hour: and
still he waited, silent and mOtionless
az "A statue. At last stealthy foot
steps sounded on the outer side Of the
thorn wall. and an animal began 10
creep through the wall. shifting for the
bait. Blake waited with the immo-
buity OF an Eskimo. The delay was
brief.
With q boldness for which Blake
had not been prepared. the beast
ieaped through and seized the meat.
Even In the dim light Blake could
see that he had lured an animal
larger than any Jackal. But this only
served 20 lend greater force TO his
blow. As he struck. he ieaped 20 his
feet. The brute fell ss though struck
by lightning and lay Aili
Blake prodded the inert form war
ny; then knelt and passed his hands
over II. The beast had whiried sbou,
just In time TO meet the descsndln
club. and the blow had crushed In its
skull. chuckling ~ the success ~
his russ. he drew the palm back Into
the opening and swung hts prize over
his shoulder. When he came "a the
IRE. n glance showed him that he had
killed q full grown spotted byen1.
in the morning. when Miss Leslie
appeared, there we're two hides
stretched on bamboo bafnss, ana 'h'
nif was darn with yuliurss streaming
dOsn into the risft near the barfichd'
Blake WAS sleeping the sleep ~ %.
Just, and did not saksn until she hiif
buIli the nrs and ~ Run 90 bfOil ih'
si"sss slirh he had saved.
Again fb.y had a feast ~ the ff'tl
antelope mss, Bui with fspis' loH
came more ~ fss'idiOusnsss. and
Blake agreed Win Miss Leslie When
IN. remarked that salt would have
sddsd 10 ibs favor. Ne set ~ pres
entity BnS spent half dsy on 80
tBlus 81 the bssdlsnd ratbsrIDS ALT
from the rO'k efsDDias
rof ths neat three dsys We is'' 80
cleft onIy g. Slibsr Eggs. Tho gfssfsI
pagf ~ bis time WAS spent H. tannlns
ihs hysna snd aDisiof's skins Moan,
ilms Miss Leslie roDilnDsS to UUfss
Winthrop Hbd 90 gather hfsSODd
tnd'r BHtFs difsrflOns. thS aiS'
purinsf iAs ssl' b. alssoislnK u 10
I-Di 81 ssisr. sbd sliOsinN 800
dif 90 ssi'is. sssb ibs clarified sSiu
'ion sss poured an ana ssspOfsis'
over the hfs IN one of the sAribsn
Osfs pans.
~ hfsi winfhrops hs1 hsss 90
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