Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-28

sate ms II ever would be, though re.
gnrdless OF how long she might occupy
II shc would keep on adding touches and
reiinements here and there.
she went further nfied now In search
OF food so far nothing but rodents had
Iaiien TO her spear-her ambition was
an antelope, since beside the flesh II
would give her. and the cut for her
bow. the. hide would prove Invaluable
during the colder weather that she
Knew would accompany the rainy sen
son. She had caught glimpses of these
wary animals and was sure TINT they
always crossed the stream at n certain
spot above her camp. II wae 10 this
place that she went to hunt them. with
the stealth and cunning II n panther she
crept through the forest, circling about
to get up wind from the ford. pausing
OFTEN to look and listen for auaht that
might menace her-hcrself the pcrsoni.
ncation OF a hunted deer. Now she
moved silently down upon the chosen
spot; What luck! A beautiful buck
woman wprmed her way closer. Now
she lay upon her belly behind small
push within throwing distance of the
quarry. She must rise to her full
nelght and throw her spear almost in
tne same instunt and she must throw II
s, with great force aud perfect accuracy.
one thrilled with the excitement of the
minute, vet cool and steady were her
swltt muscles as she rose md cast her
missile Scarce by the width of a finger
uia thc point strike from the spot ot
wn!ch , lt had been directed The buck
.tapcd nigh, landed upon the bank Of
t .ne stream, and fell dead. Jane Clay
Iii Iii Spr"hg quickly forward toward her
nravo! J! a mans voice spoke in
s mslish from the shrubbery upon the
ton halted in her tracks-stI,nned nj.
most, by surprise. And then a strange.
unEcmpt figure of man stepped into
view. AT first she did mot recognize
MN, but when she did.t instinctiyely
she stepped back. '''e''
"cohn Lieutenant ~ en- .0,bersatz!" she cried.
.., IT can. 1t is" replied the German.
am strange sight. no doubt: but
sstill 1t is l.. Erich Obergatz. And you?
lou have changed, too. is it not?"
he was looking at her naked limbs
uha her golden brcnstplates. the loin
cloth of jato hide, the harness and or.
naments that constitute the apnnrel of
Ho- don woman-thc things thdt LII.
aon had dressed her In rs his passion
tor her grew. Not Ko-tan's daughter,
even. had finer trappings.
but why are you here?" Jane in
sisted. II had thought you safely
still lived"
"Gott!" he exclaimed. II do not
know why l continue to live. have
prayed to die and yet / cling to life.
There is no hope. We are doomed TO
remain In this horrible land until we
die. The bog The frghtful bog. I
have searched it's shores for place to
cross until I have entirely circled the
hideous country. Easily enough we
entered, but the rains have come since
ana now no living man could pass that
slough of Shiny mud and hungry rep
tiles. Have / not tried it! And the
beasts that roam this accursed land !,
They, hunt me by day and by night"
she asked. "
II do not know" he replied gloom
ily. Il have fled and fed and fled.
nave remained hungry and thirsty in
tree tops for days au Il time. I have
fashioned wcapons-clubs and spears
and ! have learned to use them. have
slain lion with my club. So even will
a cornered rat fight. And we are no
better than rats in this land of stu
pendous dangers. you and /. But tell
me about yourself. If it is surprising
that ! live, how much more SO that you
still SURVIVE
Briefly she told him and all the while
she was wondering what she might do
to rid herself of him. She could not
conceive of Il prolonged existence with
him as her sole companion. Better, a
thousand times better, TO be alone.
Never had her hatrca and contempt for
him lessened through the long weeks
and months of their constant compan-
ionship. and now that he could be of
no service in returning her to civiliza-
ton, she shrank from the thought of
seeing him daily. And, too, she feared
him. Never had she trusted him;
but now there was strange light In
his eye that had not been there when
last she saw him. She could not In
terprct it-all she knew was that it gave
her a feeling of apprehension-a name
you lived long, then, in the city
of A-ur?" he said. speaking in the
language of Pal-ul-don.
You have learned this tongue?" she
asked. "tow?'
IL fell in with band of half
Breeds he replied, members of
prescribed race that dwells in the rock
bound gut through which the principal
river of the valley empties into the
morass. They are called Waz-h ho don
and their village is partly made up of
cave dwellings, and partly or houses
carved from the soft rock nt the foot
Of the rliif. They are very ignorant
and supcrStitious. and when they first
saw me and realized that had no tail
and that my hands and feet were not
pfp nf
They thought that | was either god
or demon. Being in a position where
/ could neither escape them nor defend
myself, ! made II bold front and sue
ccedea in impressing them to such an
extent that they conducted me to their
city, which they call -lur, and there
they fed mo and treated me with kind
hess. AS l learned their language
sought to impress them more and more
with the idea that | was Il god. and
succeeded, too, until an old fellow who
was something of n priest among them.
or medicine man, became jealous of my
growing power. That was the begin
ming Of the end and came near to be-
ing the end in fact. He told them that
IL I was a god ! would not bleed If \
knife was stuck into me--if I did bleed
It would prove concluSvely that ] was
rot a god Without my knowledge he
arranged to stage the ordeal before the
whole village upon certain night
it was upon one of those numerous
Jad ben Otho. their pagan deity.
Under the influence Of their vile liquor
they would be ripe for any blood
thirsty scheme the medicine man might
evolve. One of the women told me
nhout tho Dlnn-not with any intent to