Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-01

here he can lind YOU NJ my village.
l. il NOT so!'
Merieu thought that II was 50. but
She did NOT like the idea of not start
ing Immediately back 10 meet Korak.
On HE other hand the man had no
Intention of permitting This poor. IN
sane child 10 wander further amid the
dnn.ers ct he Jungle. Whence she
had come OF what She had undergone
he could not guess, bul HAT her korak
and heir life among the apes WAS but
II ligment of Il disordered mind he
could not doubt.
lie knew the Jungle we'll and he
knew that men had lived alone and
naked among the savage beasts for
years. hui II fruil and slender girl
No, II was not possible.
Together they wen, outside NAL
bll.n's boys We're striking camp in
preparation for n has,y departure. The
strangers blacks We're rou .crSlng with
uienl. Malhihn stood ut Il distance.
4.
\ :,iisry and gloWcring.
The stranger approached onc. of his
own men. -
Find out where they GOT This girl, y
he c9mmanded., Az mamamM
me negro thus addressed questioned
one Of Mablhns followers. Presently
.l ne rrlllrhpu % liiSp,its,Icr, !, M, -, I, :.
THEY bought .llcr from old Koyu-
doc he Said. THAT is all that this
fellow will tell ne. He prctends that
he knows nothing more, and | think
that he does not. These Two white
men were very bad men. They did
many things that their boys knew not
the meaning. Of. 1t would be we'll.
BWana. 10 xiii HE other"
Il wish that might. but new law
Is come into this part Of the jungle.
Ii l. not rs il was in the old day, Mu-
Niri replied the master.
The stranger remained until Malbihn
and his SaIari had disappeared into
the Jungle toward the north. Mclcm,
lruStlul nov, stood at his Side Gccka
clntched in one Slim, brown hand.
They talked together, the man Won
d"ring TT the 'laltcrns Arabic Of the
$irl, but attributine il finally to her
detective mentality. Could he lave
EnoWn that years had elapsed since
She had used it until she vas taken
bI the SWedes he would not have
wondered TINT She had half forgot
ten it.
There WAS Yet another reason NhN
he language of the Sheik had thus
readily eluded her, bat of that reason
she herself could not have guessed the
truth amy better than coud the man.
lie tired 10 persuade her 10 return
with hln' to his Village rs he called
II, or "donar' IN Arabic, bur She was
lhsislelt upon searching Immediately
for korak. AS n lass resort he deter
mined 10 take her with him BY force
rather than sacrifice her life Ia The III
sane Authorization which haunted her
But, being II wise man, he determined
10 liunor her first and then attempt IL
lead her rs he would have her 20.
SO when they took up their march
ii was in the direction Of the south,
though his own ranch lay almost due
east.
BY degrees he turned the direction
of their way more and more eastward,
and greatly was he pleased 90 note
that the girl failed to discover that
amy change was being made.
Little by little she became more
trusting. At first she had had but her
intuition to guide her belief that this
big Turnangani meant her no harm,
but as tile days passed and She saw
that his Kindness and consideration
never lallcrcd she came 10 compare
him with her korak and to be very
fond of him. but never did her loyalty
to her ape man Nag.
On the fifth day they came suddenly
upon Il great plain, ANA from The edge
Of the forest The gir saw IN the dis
lance fenced fields ana many build
ings. Al the sight she drew back ia
astonishmant.
Where are woy' She asked, point
ing.
I'VE could not find korak." rpplied
the man. "and as our way led near my
douar have brought YOU here 70 wait