Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-07

THE STORY THUS FAR
LrEA HOLMES FAGNhL The Spgns Sssspe"rs ans
mXser.9gsly from her cabin In boat cb,G on wns Sns
dashed ss to death At her fset sinGG9 nat time
she "fsG ? sSnss1 SS sS and
Nppesr Mns sney yrSrTe o Is & P ;HTt no acS
Whereabouts, hut he refuses to believe that she
ALAN orATERMiIN, a famous At5IGrpqn tI5brqs
guest g"astr on ana his fg'H.f S to "f fnFSn
despair BqEnall turns to Gua,rman ,s5, f9T hGid Gd
isSgal with hls yale,; sayafs ls@Srr seSr, for
NiI2: AID iSi Su F'y yrapSss 'aSss sTG
Kendnn arrive to meet AllESna W4em Wy41eedcted % when
They they Sggsrsd ws S Soq9TTs @ srs at Ss
the white Kendall will he safe forever, my mu,
Is hf5S" held BY Harnt f and MaTut ana they agree to
the Arabs' terms In order to reach Vhe S"''e'
After fierce hFh, with the naeh oba kendHn; R;
Of the Black Kendall that the otners , iyrtS ,n1S
proceed unmpl stgd M9rut ihre2LSns n1t'i, few
days after their imprsgnmsnt hfrc' ere rraps and
hocks and killing thousands. This Is '"e "'''
Fearful lest the other two curses may come i,not ,f
pass Smba releases Allan and Mdrut W,r,hIcb
food or arms, at the edge ot me Allan hears
queer noises and imagincs he secs thlhES INV
ing Marut Is pantc-S-rGksh
CHAPTER XII--(Continued)
7 SHUT my eyes for a moment When l
/ opened them again it was to see POO.
Alarut higher in the air than ever ne new
before | thought that he would never come
down, but he did at last with an awcSome
thud Jana went to him and very seHt'G'
now that he was dead, picked MN UP III n''
trunk. l prayed that he mlgrt carry M
away to some hiding place and leave me u, u.
peaCe But not so. with slow ana statt'S
strides, rocking the deceased Marut up anu
down in his trunk, as a nurse might rock
baby he marched on TO the very stone Wlcie
| lay, behind. which | suppose he hau see"
or smelt me all the time. -
For quite n long WHILE II seehed % NOR Z
than a century, he stood over me, studying
me as though [ interested him very much'
the water of the lake triclling in II refreSh-
ing stream from his great ears on 10 my
back. ~ ,
Had it not been for that water ] think
should have tainted but as it was ana tne
next best thng-pretended 10 be dead
haps this monster would scorn to touch II
dead man Watching out Of the corner OF
my eve, I saw him lift one vast paw tnat
was of the size of the seat of an Armenian
and hold it over me.
Now good-by to the world, thought l.
Then the foot descended rs a steam hammer
does, but also az n steam hammer
sometimes does when used to crack nuts
stopped as it touched my back and present
lv came to earth again alongside OF me.
perhaps because Jana thought the 1ootholu
dangerous At any rate, he took another
and a better way DCpOsitng the remains
of Marut with the most tender care beside
me- ns though the nurse were putting the
child to bed he unwound his yards of trunk
and began to feel me all over with us Up,
commencing at the back Of my neck ON
the sensation of that Clammy, wriggling TIP
upon my spinal column:
Down it went till it reached the seat or
my trousers. There t ptnched, presumably
to ascertain whether or not | were ma
lingering u most agonizing pinch like to
that of n pair of blaCksmth's tong8, So
sharp was it that, although | did not stir
who was aware that the slightest movement
meant death, it tore piece out of the stout
cloth Of my breeches to say nothing OF a
portion Of the skin beneath. This seemed to
astonsh the beast, for it lifted the tip of its
trunk and shifted it's head, as though to eN-
anime the fragment by the light of the
moon.
Now indeed all was over, for when it
saw blood upon that cloth! ! put up one
short, piteous prayer to heaven to save me
from this terrible end, and To- it was an
swered
For just as Japa, the results of the in
Inspection being unsatisfactory, was cooking
| his ears and making ready to slay me. there
rang out the short sharp report of rifle
| fired within a few yards. Glancing up at
| the instant, ! saw blood spurt from the
monsters left eye, where evidently the
| bullet had found home.
| He felt at his eye with his trunk; then
| uttering scream of pain, wheeled round
| and rushed away.