Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-04
CHAPTER XIII Continued

.,ose two DAYS had his cunnNlS 'E
noo,.od ereedily from benea'h 'ne
hood of his burnoosc TO gloa' 'p0
the beauties of the girl . y,
Sor WAS this hidden infatuatoii =.
any recent origin. He hao 'p s,,sh.
~ when first the wife OF the ss ~
n,on had fallen into the n'n
.a.ro, zek: but while that aus.u
oh,.f,ain lived. Mohammed beyu .,ion ion
ch.ei'h'n ,..oa hone for a realiza''on
of his imaginings' ,,.,,-o,t--only
Now, though, 1t was di1e'e" stood
a. despised dog of a Chr'st'' % the
hstween himself and possessio' .,o, the
IT,, How easy 1t would be 10 7,aS ,o,h
n..,,oyer and take unto himset ,na
sar,an and the Jewels! WIN Wv
80 IN his possession, the oo,.
which might be ootaiheu ,.srcement
,,ve would form no great COCO Of
=. nor REIMBURSEMENT in the 49,. q,
,ha measures of sole owner '''
her. ,,-or,er retain
.o,,,o,s and keep the Enghsh
Wo turned his eyes upon her as sne '
rode. along at his side, no" 49, a.
.,<,I sbe was, His fingers open.N
and olosed-skinny brown taIo'''
,ng n feel the soft flesh of the ''''''"
in their remorseless Gluten
"Do YOU know" he ASKED oe''u'', '',,
,oward her. where this man "ou'
take your ..i,,ol,,
lane clayton hooded atfirmau'e'S'
"Apd are YOU willing to peco'i'e
the plaything of black sultan ,,,r
The girl drew herself up to her ''' l""
height and turned her head a""S
h,,t she did not reply. She reareu
Loaf her knowledge of the ruse nc
NJ Freco,ilt was playing upon '''
All might cause her to betray her'
self through an insuihcien'
of terror and aversion.
"You can escape this fate col'i',
ned the Arab: "Mohammed beEu wa
save YOU" and he reached out pro"N
hand and seized the fingers OF hel
right hand in a grasp so sudden anu
fierce that his brutal passion was
vealed as clearly in the act as thous"
his lips had confessed 1t in "oruS'
lane CLAYTON wrenched herself from
his grasp.
uyou beast," she cried. Leave me-
or shall call NJ. Frecoult,'
Mohammed Beyd drew back with
scowI His thin upper lip curled up
ward revealing his even, white teeth
"'M Frecoult?'" he jeercd. lHere
is M such person. The mans name
is werper. He is liar, thiel' anu
n murderer. He killed his captain III
the Congo country and fed to the pro
+ection of Achmet Eek. He led Ach'
met Eek to the plunder of your hohle.
He followed your husband anu
,,annad 10 steal his gold from him.
"TIe has told me that you think
him YOUR protector, and he has playeu
upon this TO win your confidence that
u might be easier to carry you north
and sell YOU into some black sultan s
barem Nohammed Beyd is your only
hope" and with this assertion 10 pro-
vide the captive with food for thought
the Arab spurr ed forward toward the
head of the column.
lane Clayton could not know how
much of Mohammed Beyd's indict-
ment might be true, or how much
false: but, at least 1t had the effect
of dampening her hopes and causing
her to review with suspicion every
mast act of the man TO whom she
had been looking as her sole pro-
tector in the midst Of world OF enc
mics and dangers.
On the march a separate tent had
been provided for the captive, and at
night it was pitched between those Of
Mohammed Beyd and Werper. \ SEN
try was posted at the front and an
other at the back. and with these pre-.
cautions it had not been thought
necessary to confne the prisoner in
bonds
The evening following her interview
with Mohammed Beyd, Jane Clayton
sat for some time at the opening OF
her tent. watching the rough activi'
ties of the camp. She had eaten the
meal that had been brought her by
Mobammed Beyd's negro slave - a
meal Of cassava cakes and a monde
script stew in which a newly killed
monkey. a couple of squirrels and the
remains of zebra slain the previous
day. were impartially and unsavorily
combined; but the one.time Baltimore
belle had long since submerged, in
the stern battle for existence, an es
theticism which formerly revolted at
much lighter provocation.
As the girls eyes wandered across
the trampled jungle clearing, already
soualld from the presence of men, she
No longer apprehended either the near
or objects OF the foreground, the un
coutb men laughing or quarreling
among themselves, or the jungle be
vond which circumscribed the extreme
range of her material vision. Hei
gaze passed through all these. unsee
ing, TO center itself upon a distan
bungalow and scenes of happy secur
ttv which brought 10 her eyes tear
of mingled Joy and sorrow.
She saw a tall, broad-shouldered mar
riding in from distant fields; she saw