Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-05

won't refuse that In the meantime we
can be movin' camp little farther north
| all the time, and you can make arrange
| ments with her TO be ali ready on A certain
night Tell her I'll meet her then while
| you wait for us In Damp. That1l be better,
for l know the country we'll and can cover
| It quicker than yous You can take charge
| of the safari and be movin' along slow
| toward the north, and the girl and III,
catch UP to you"
But suppose she won't oome7" suggested
Baynes.
Then make another date for last good.
by" said Hanson, "and, instead Of you, I'll
be there--@and I'll bring her along, any.
way. She'll have to come and after it's all
over she won't feel 30 bad about it--espe.
cialy after ilvin' with you for two months
while we're maxim the coast"
A shocked and angry protest rose to
Baynes' lips; but he did not utter II, for
almost simultaneously came the realisation
that this was virtually the same thing he
had been planning upon himself. IL had
sounded brutal and criminal from the lips
OF the rough trader; but, nevertheless, the
young Bngllshmen saw that with Han.
sons help and his knowledge of African
travel the possibilities of success would be
much greater than IL the Hon. Morrison were
to attempt the thing slngle.handed.
So he nodded Elufn assent.
The remainder OF the long ride to Han
sons northern camp was made in silence, for
both men were occupied with their own
thoughts, most Of which were far from be.
Ing either complimentary or loyal to the
other.
AS they rode through the wood the
sounds Of their careless passage came to
the ears of another Jungle wayfarer. The
Killer had determined to come back to the
place where he had seen the white girl who
took to the trees with the agility of long
habitude There was compelling some.
thing In the recollection OF her that drew
him irresistibly toward her. He wished to
see her by the light Of day, to see her fea.
lures, to see the color OF her eyes and
hair.
It seemed to him that she must bear q
strong resemblance to his lost Meriem, and
yet he knew that the chances were that
she did not.
The fleeting glimpse that he had had Of
her in the moonlight as she swung from
the back of her plunging pony into the
branches of the tree above her had shown
him a girl OF about the same height as his
Meriem, but OF more rounded and de-
veloped feminnity.
Now he was moving leisurey back in
the direction of the spot where he had seen
the girl when the sounds OF the approach
ing horsemen came to his sharp ears He
moved stealthily through the branches until
he came within sight of the riders
The younger man he instantly recognized
as the same he had seen with his arms
ABOUT the girl IN the moonllt Blaue just
the instant before Numa charged The
other he did not recognize, though there
was familiarity about his carriage and
figure that puzzled Korak.
The apeman decided that to find the
girl again he would have only to keep in
touch with the young Englishman, and so
he fell in behind the pair, following them
to Hanson's camp. Here the Hon. Morrison
penned brief note, which Hanson gave
into the keeping of one of his boys, who
started Off forthwith with 1t toward the
South.
Korak remained in the vicinity Of the
camp, keeping careful watch upon the
Engllshman. He had half expected to find
the girl at the destination OF the two riders,
and had been disappointed when no sign Of
her materiallsed about the camp.
Baynes was restless, pacing back and
forth beneath the trees when he should
have been resting against the forced
marches of the coming fight. Hanson lay
in his hammock and smoked. They spoke
but little. Korak lay stretched upon a
branch among the dense foliage above them.
Thus passed the remainder of the after.