The Delta independent., 1916-06-30

| torted FEATURES, face convulsed WIN
/ hatred and with the mad joy of grati-
fed revenge.
Lord Roxtonl" he shouted. Lord
John RoXton,"
We'll" said our companion. here
am
\ shrek of laughter came across the
abyss.
Yes. there you are. you English dog.
and there you will remain! / have
waited and waited and now has come
my chance. You found 1t hard to get
up: you will find 1t harder to get down
You cursed fools. you are trapped.
every one OF your
We were too astounded to speak. We
could only stand there staring In
amazement- A great broken bough
upon the grass showed whence he had
gained his leverage TO tilt over our
! bridge The face had vanished but
| presently II was up again. more frantic
than before
we nearly killed you with stone
ht the caver' he cried But this IL
better. II is slower and more terri
!
and none Will know where you lie or
come to cover them As you lie dying
think OF Lopez. whom you shot Hve
| years ago on the Putomayo river. |
am his brother. and come what VIII.
| will die happy now. for his memory
has been nvengedt' A furious hand
was shaken Mt MS. and then all was
/ quiet
Had the half breed simply wrought
his vengeance and then escaped all
might have been well with him. II
was that foolish. irresistible Latin i'm
pulse TO he dramatic which brought his
own downfall. Roxton. the man who
had earned himself the name OF the
''Flnil of the Lord" through three coun-
tries. was not one who could be safely
faunted. The half breed was descend
ing on the farther side OF the pinnacle.
but before he could reach the ground
Lord John had run along the edge OF
the plateau and gained a point from
which he could see his man. There
was single crack OF his rifle. and.
though we saw nothing. we heard the
scream and then the distant thud of
the falling body. Roxton came back
| to us with n face or granite.
II have been n blind simpleton." said
he bitterly. ITS my folly that has
brought you all into this trouble.
should have remembered that these
people have long memories for blood
feuds and have been more upon my
guard
what about the other onei II took
two OF them to lever that tree over the
edge"
II could have shot him. but let him
go He may have had no part In IT.
Perhaps It would have been better n
had killed him. for he must. as you
say. have lcut "A hand"
Now that we had the clew to his
action each of MS could cast back and
remember some sinister net upon the
part OF the hnlf brecd-his constant
desire to know our plans. his arrest
outside our tent when he was over
hearing them. the furtive looks of hn-
tired which from time to time one or
other of us had surprised. We were
still discussing II. endeavoring to ad
lust our minds to these new condi
tIons. when singular scene I'm the
plain below arrested our attention.
man In white clothes. who could
only be the surviving half breed, was
running as one does run when death
Is the pncemaker. Behind him. only
few yards IN his rear, bounded the
huge ebony figure OF Iambo. our de-
voted negro. Even rs we looked he
sprang upon the back OF the fugitive
and flung his arms round his neck.
They rolled on the ground together.
An instant afterward Zambo rose.
looked at the PROSTATE man and then.
waving his hand Joyously to us. came
running In our direction. The white
figure lay motlonless In the middle OF
the great plain.
Our two traitors had been destroyed.
but the mischief that they had done
lived after them. BY no possible
means could we get back to the pin
nacle. We had been natives of the
world: now we were natives OF the
plateau. The two things were sepa-
rate and apart. There was the plain
which led to the canoes. Yonder. be-
yond the violet, hazy horizon. was the
stream which led back TO civilization.
But the link between was missing.
No human ingenuity could suggest n
means OF bridging the chnsin which
yawDed between ourselves and our
past lives. One instant had altered
all the conditions OF our existence.
1t was ut such u moment TINT I
learned the stun OF which my three
comrades were composed. They were
10 ts,,x. vl,t r,,t 1,.,t