The evening world., 1920-06-23

an accursed German. Turn over with
your face down and cover your eyes.
Do not move or, make any sound"
The man did as he was bid and the
instant that his eyes were turned
away, TarZan slipped from the tent.
An hour later he was outside the
German camp and headed for the IL
tie hill town of Wilhelmstal the sum-
mer seat of government Of German
East Africa.
Fraulein Bertha Kircher was lost
She was Inundated, and angry-it
was long before she would admit it,
that she, who prided herself upon her
woodcraft, was lost in this little
patch Of country between tho Pan
gani and the Tanga railway. She
knew that Wilhelmstal lay southeast
of her about fifty miles; but, through
a combination Of untoward circum-
stances, she found herself unable to
determine which was southeast.
In the first place she had set out
from German headquarters on we'll
marked road that was being travelled
by troops and with every reason to
believe that she would follow that
road to Wilhelmstal. Later she
had been warned from this road by
word that a strong British patrol had
come down the west bank of the
Pangani, effected q crossing south OF
her, and was even then marching on
the railway at fonda.
After leaving the road she found
herself in thick bush and as the sky
was heavily overcast she presently
had recourse to her compass and 1t
was not until then that she discov-
cred to her dismay that she did not
d a. 4. H..
| of her woodcraft, however, that she
| continued on in the direction she
thought west until she had covered
sufficient distance to warrant her in
| feeling assured that by now turning
| south she could pass safely in rear
of the British patrol.
Nor did she commence to feel any
doubts until long after she had again
turned toward the east well south, as
she thought, OF the patrol. 1t waA
late afternoon-she should long since
have struck the road again south OF
fonda; but she had found no road
and now she began to feel real
anxiety.
Her horse had travelled all day
without food or water, night was APP
preaching and with IT a realization
that she was hopelessly lost in wild
and trackless country notorious prin-
cipally for its tsetse flies and savage
beasts. 1t was maddening to know
that she had absolutely no knowledge
of the direction she was travelling
that she might be forging steadily
d further from the railway, deeper into
the gloomy and forbidding country
toward the Pangani; yet II was i'm.
possible to stop-she must go on.
Bertha Kircher was no coward
| hot ala oh
but as night began to close dowI
around her she could not shut on
J from her mind entirely contemplation
} OF the terrors OF the long hours ahenC
before the rising sun should dissipat,
the Stygian gloom-the horrid jungle
night-that lures forth all the prowl
ing, preying creatures of destruction
. She found. just before dark. al
open meadow-like break in the al
most intermhnah lc bush. There wa
small clump of trees near the cen
tire and here she decided TO camp
, The grass was high and thick, af
+, fording feed for her horse and y be,
for herself and there was more thai
enough dead wood lying about tn
trees to furnish a good fire wei
through the night Removing III
saddle and bride from her mount
} she placed them at the foot Of 4 ire
and then picketed the animal &os
l by. Then she busled herself collect
r ing firewood, and by the time dark
ness had fallen she had good fir
l and enough wood TO last until morn
r ing.
From her saddlebags she took colt
3 food and from her canteen a swalloy
E of water. She could not afford NOR
\ than a small swallow, for she coul
4 not know how long a time IL Nigh
/ be before she should find more. ]
I filled her with sorrow that her poo
horse must go waterless. for eve
z German spies may have hearts, an
h this one was very young and yer
feminine.
:. 1t was now dark. There was nelthe
= moon nor stars and the light fror
her fire only accumulated the black
e ness beyond. She could see the gras
D about her and the boles OF the tree
4 which stood out In brilliant relic
o against the solid background Of i'm
r penetrable night, and beyond the flrC
light there was nothing
The jungle seemed ominously quie
= Far away Ia the distance she hsRf