The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-02-14

be able to have given you. * was l,
though, who should have remained. I
heard you call him Korak, and so /
know who he is"
As they stood there for the moment
of their conversation the sounds Of
tumult in the village subsidized.
They have killed him !" whispered
Meriem.
The statement brought Baynes to a
realization Of the cause of their return.
"Wait here" he said. II will go and
see. If he is dead we can do him no
good. If he lives | will do my best to
free him"
I'VE will 90 together" replied Mer-
lem. Come. :" And she led the way
back toward the tent in which they
last had seen korak.
As they went they were often forced
TO throw themselves to the ground in
the shadow of Il tent or hut, for people
We're passing hurriedly to and fro now.
The whole village Was aroused and
moving about. The return to the tent
of the sheik took much longer thar
had their swift flight to the palisade.
Cautiously they crept 10 the slit that
Korak's knife had made in the rear
wall. Meriem peered inside. The rear
apartment was empty. She crawled
through the aperture, Baynes at her
heels, and then silently crossed the
space to the rugs that partitioned the
tent into w rooms. Parting the
hangines, Meriem looked into the front
1t, too, was deserted.
She crossed To the door of the tent
and looked out. Then she gave n little
gasp of horror. Baynes at her shoulder
looked past her to the sight that had
startled her. and he, too, exclaimed,
but his was an oath Of anger.
\ hundred feet away they saw Ko-
rak bound To a stake, the brush piled
about him already alight. The Eng
lishman pushed Meriem to one side
man. What ne could do in the face Of
scores of hostile blacks and Arabs he
did not stop to consider.
At the same instant Tantor broke
through the palisLde and charged the
group. In the face of the maddened
beast the crowd turned and fled, carry.
ing BayneS backward with them.
Tantor wrapped his trunk about the
body Of Koruk and the stake to which
1t was bound and tore it from the
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his head, the giant beast wheeled and
raced for the breach he had just made
in the pajiNade. The sheik, rifle in
hand, rushed directly in the path Of
the maddrned brute. He raised his
weapon and fired once. The bullet
missed its mark, and Tantor was upon
him, crushing him beneath his gigantic
feet as he raced over him. And then,
bearing his burden carefully, Tantor,
the elephant, entered the blackness OF
the jungle.
In IA moment il was all over, and the
elephant had disappeared with his
prize, but pandomonium reigned
throughout the village. Men, women
and children ran heller SHELTER for
safety. Ours fled, yelping. The horses
and caulels and d~onEeyS, terrorizcd by
the trumpoting of the %pachyderm,
kicked and pulled ut their tetherS.
A dozen or more broke loose, and 1t
WAS the gallopIng of these past him
that brought a sudden idea into
Bayncs' head. He turned to search
for Meriein, only to find her at his
elbow.
The horses." he cried. IF We can
get n couple of themW
Filled with the idea, Meriem led him
to the far end Of the village.
Loosen two of them she said,
'and lead them back into the shadows
behind those huts. l know where there