Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-12
CHAPTER xIy-(Continued)
Author OF Marie"

NND II any one Of these incredible supposi-
AA uons was correct. then how did she get
out again with two men watching her?
There are only two solutions to the prob
namely, that the whole occurrence
was nalIucination, or that. in fact. Ragnall
'Iu savage mad seen something unnatural
"nu uncahhy IL the latter were correct
ohly wished that had shared the expert
chce as have always lonEed TO see a ghost.
real. indisputable ghost would be a great
support to our doubling minds-that is, II
we knew its owner TO he dead,
but-thls was another thought-if by |
any chahce Lady Ragnal were still alive |
ana prisoner upon that mountain what |
'heE hau seen was no ghost but a shadow |
OF s'mulacrum of a living person projected
CONSCIOUSLY or unconscieusly by that person |
Tor some unknown purpose What could the !
purpose be- AS II chanCed, the answer was
not diitlcuit, and To Il the words she was re-
ported to have uttered gave a cue. Only Il
rev hours ago, just before We turned In
indeed as have said we had been discuss
ing matters. What | have not said IL that
in the end we arrived at the conclusion
that our quest here was wild and useless,
and that we should do well to try to escape
from the place before we became involved
IN a war OF determination between two
prahches OF an obscure tribe, one Of which
was quite and the other semisavage
Indeed. although Ragnall still hung back
= liitle. II had been arranged that ! should
| try to purchase camels in exchange 1r
| guns, unless | could get them for nothing
! Which might he less suspicious. and that we
| should attempt such an escape under cover
of an expedition to Kill the elephant Jana.
Supposng such vision to he possible.
! then might it not have come or been sent
| to deter us from this plan? 1t would
/ seem 50,
| with useless woudcrmeut. and did not wake
again TIL breakfast time That morning.
when we were alone together. Ragnall said
| to me-
| Il have been thinking over what hap
pehtd or seemed TO happen lasT night. ] am
| not at all .superstitous man, or one given
| tn vain imagiDings, but am sure that Saw
age and ! really did aud hear the spirit
or the shadow of my wife. Her body II
could not have been. AZ YOU will admit.
| though how she could utter or seem TO utter
audible speech without one is more than
can tell Also. | am sure that she IL cap
| tive upon NOnder mountain and came to
call me to rescue her. Under these circum-
| stances, feel that II is my duy as well as
my desire, to give up any idea of leaving
the country and to try to find out the
truth"
And how will you do that" | asked,
seeing that no one will tell us anything"
| by going to see for myself
| at is impossible RaEnall. | am too lame
at present to walk half a mile much less to
climb breCipices"
| 81 know, and that is one of the reasons
why ] did not suggest that you should ac-
company me. The other Is that there is no
object in all Of us rising our lives.
wished to face the thing alone. but that good
fellow Savage says that he will go where
go, leaving you and Hans here to make fur
ther attempts If we do not return. our plan
is TO slip out of the town during the night
wearing white dresses like the kendah, OF
which | have bought some for tobacco, and
make the best of our way up the slope by
starlight, that is very bright now Wher
dawn comes we will try to find the road
through that precipice or over it, and for
the rest trust TO Providence"
Dsmayed at this intelligence | did al
| could to dissuade him from such a mad
venture, but quite without avail for never
did | know more determined or NOR.
, fearless man that Lord Ragnal He haC
made up his mind and there was an enc
Of the matter. Afterward | talked will
Savage, pointing out to him all the peril,
involved In the attempt, but likewise with
out avail He was more depressed than
usual. apparently on the ground that "hav
ing seen the ghost of her ladyship" he wa
! sure he had not long to live Still, he de
clared that where his master went he woult
than alone.
SO | was obliged to give in and will
! a melancholy heart to do what ! could t.
help the simple preparations for this Graz,
undertaking. realizing all the while tina
the only real help must come from above
| since in such a case man was powerless
, | [ should add that after consultation. Rag
= nall gave up the idea of adopting Kendall
= ! disguise which was certain to be discov
cred, also of starting at night when tn
town was guarded. That very afternoon
, | they went, going out of the town quit
= ! oneuly on the pretext of shooting partridge
and small buck on the lower slopes of tn
maintain where both were numerous, a
0 IIarut had informed us we were quite a
l liberty to do.
7 I did my best to put better spirit Il
u hin, but without avail. lie only wrung m
: hand warmly, said that ii was a peasur
10 have known such real gentleman a
nvsalf and expressed a hope that | mlgh
aot ont of this hell and live to green oil
aga among Christians. Then ne wipe
r away a tear with the cum or ms Goa
X touched his hat in the orthodox iashio
y aud departed. Their outfit ! should ado
2, r,,as yerv simple: some food in bags, tias
4, ~ snirits two double le-barreled guns tina
,,o,,,d shoot either shot or ball bulrs-ey
lantern. matches and their pistols.
n Hans walked with them little way ant
a ,a,Iny them outside the town, returned.
% "Nhy do YOU look gloomy. Hans?'
" asked. , .,,,,,.,
< "Recause Baas" he answered, twiddlin
Lis bat 'I had grown to be FOND or IN
white man, Bena, who was always very KIN
:, ", ,,, and did not treat me like dirt, as low
j. horn white are apt to do ALSO he COOKE