The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-10-18
THE LIONS CLAWS
tContinued from last week.


It Yves not the jaws w to- croc0
Hrlg that had drawn Beth under the
water. she had Owed to escape them
and She was successful. After sew
gFHI other narrow escapes she reach
WI tine other shore in safety. The
MOOn-men crossed the river on log,
and Beth being headed in the direc-
zion w their cavern, they thought IL
easier w Ivy her proceed Unmolested
than to try and capture her now.
BOgart and his men overlook Buck,
johnson and Musa at the entrance OF
W rocky canyon, and In the fight that
took place, the three men success
fully held orr Bogart and his Arabs.
Bur Rel Hari and his men came uEon
thg scene and BOgart and the king
refoined forces, Rel Hari taking his
mem ln circling path to- flank Buck,
Johnson and Musa.
Unknown to- all parties, they Were
Fighting near the village of tribe OF
native hunters. The king Of these
people, hearing the sound of distant
firing, sent out scouts to- investigate.
Muga climbed tree and when Rel
Hari and his men succeeded ln Hank
ing the little party, capturing them,
Mmsa escaped unnoticed, remaining
linn the tree.
Beth. utterly lost, ran into the
anuuts sent out from the native vii
laGe. and before she could retreat
she was captured and taken to their
king.
The Moon-men, suddenly losing
n trace of Beth, searched the jungle
carefully, and i'm a short time found
tine place where she struggled with
tho natives whose footprints they
knew right we'll They also knew
where their village was and started
in hhat direction
Bogart and Rel Hari tried to- force
the Captain and Buck to- tell OF
Baths whereabouts They refused,
and Bogart, knowing that she could
mot be- far away, sent all the men IT,
different directions to bring her 70,
leaving two on guard over Buck and
time Captain Beth was taken before
thu king of the hunters, and he i'm
mediately marked her for his Beth
tried 10 tell him that her friends
would raid the village, but the king
laughed at this, while the witch doc
tnr ordered her placed in prison to
H. held for sacrifice,
Beth, in her prison III the village,
heard BOgart and his men arrive tx
go village. They did not believe the
king when a. said H. had not seen a
white woman, and demanded to
search the village The king, think
inE this Is the party Of friends, had
Beth removed from the prison and
placed in a crude temple, where the
idol they wOrshipped was kept.
As Bogart and his men came near,
she hid the proclamation ID the
naOath of the idol But they did not
enter the temple The witch doctor
barred their way and the native
Arabs. respecting his emblem, fatty
refused to enter this house OF ,wor-
ship.
BOgart, Rel Hari and his men re-
turned w Buck and the Captain, and
knowing that II Beth was anywhere
close BY she would eventually search
FOR her father, they decided TO camp
Tor day or 10. Rel Harl sent one
W. his trusted lieutenants back 70
watch the village.
But Bogart had taken vengeance on
tine natives who had opposed him
and the natives blamed their loss ON
Beth. After weird ceremony OF
Burial the witch doctor went into o
frenzy, and announced that the god
decreed that Beth be destroyed. al
midnight, midst the most horrid din
Beth. with hope of rescue almost
dead inn her breast, was tied to Q
Stake Inn front of the temple.
ito be continued.)