The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-14

ais She Not Both Young and Goo,
Looking" Asked Kovudoo.
NOvuuOO SuIpuialeu Dul Il s,nSe cUlI
dition, and that was that the Euro
peans were to leave his village ant
! take the girl with them as early the
Eext morning as they could get start.
| ed. After the sale h. did not hesitat C
| 10 explain MS reasons for this demand
! He told them of strenuous attempts
| of the girls savage mate to rescue her
| and suggested that the sooner they goi
her out of the county the more likely
, they were to retain possession of her.
Meriem was again bound and placed
under guard, but this time in the tent
Of the Swedes. Malbihn talked to her,
trying to persuade her to accompany
them willingly. He told her that they
would return her TO her own village.
but when he discovered that she would
rather die than go back to the old
| sheik he assured her that they would
not take her there-nOr, as matter
of fact, had they any intention Of so
doing.
All that night Meriem lay listening
for a signal from Korak. All about
the jungle life moved through the
darkness. 70 her sensitive ears came
sounds that The others in the camp
could not hear. sounds that she inter-
preted as We might interpret the
speech of a friend, but not once came
q single note that betokened the pres
cnce of Korak. but she knew that he
would come. Nothing short Of death
itself could prevent her KOrak from
returning to her
What delayed him, though?
When morning came again and the
night had brought no succoring Korak
MeriNn's faith and loyalty We're still
mistaken, though misgivings began to-
assail her as to the safety Of her
friend. 1t seemed unbelievable that
serious mishap could have Overtakenl
her wonderful korak, who daily passed
unscathed through all the terrOrs Qfl
the jungle. Aet morning came, the
morning meal was eaten, the camp
broken, and the disreputable safari Of
the Swedes was again ON the move,
nOrthward with still no sign of the
rescue by kOrak the girl mOmentarilN
expected
All that day they marched and the
next and the next. Nor did Korak,
even so much as show himself to the
patient little waiter moving, silent and
stately, beside her hard captOrs.
1t was on the fourth day that Mer.
lem began definitely to give up hope
Something had happened to Korak.:
She knew it. He would never come
now, and these men would take he1,
away. Presently they would kill her:
She would never see her Korak again.
On this day the Swedes rested, for.
they had marched rapidly and their
men were tired. Malbihn and Jensen
had gone from camp to hunt, taking; /,
different directions. :
They had been gone about an hour
when the door Of Meriem's tent was
lifted and Malbihn entered. His look
portended no good to the girl. 4
Out in the jungle Jensen had
brought down two bucks. His hunting
had not carried him far afield, nor
was he prone to permit it to do so. He J
was suspicious Of Malbihn. The very
fact that his companion had refused to |
accompany him and elected instead to !
hunt alone in another direction would !
not, under ordinary circumstances,
have seemed fraught with sinister sug-
gestiOn, but Jensen knew Malbihn
well, and so, having secured meat, he
turned Immediately back toward camp
while his boys brought in his kill.
He had covered about half the re.
turn journey when scream came
family to his ears from the direction
Of camp. He halted to listen. 1t was
repeated twice. Then silence.
With a muttered curse Jensen
broke into a rapid run. What fool
Malbihn was, indeed, thus to chance
jeopardizing fortune!
Further away from camp than Jens,
sen and upon the opposite side an
other heard Meriem's screams-a
stranger who was not even aware OF
the proximity of white men other than
himself, hunter with q handful Of
sleek, black warriors.
BE. too. listened intently for a mo-
ment. That the voice was that Of {
woman In distress he could not doubt,
and 50 he also FASTENED at q run in
the direction Of the affrighted voice.
tsnt he Was mach ferth~- ~.---- 49,