Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-10
Z. DAUGHTER OF THE SUN

foor and out, Kendric with ii.
hand always on her arm. ns left
knife was hidden under his cea. ea,n tm
his fingers did not release IL ''"'' but
Quick" he said again. ,t
So Zoraida, obcdient in thi, .
new mood governing her, mnkina
enort e. shake off his hand. bav,n no
lnougnt TO gainsay him. hastensh no
perhaps hve minutes they werc un, 10
hing tne iasc door, and Kendric osk, hosk
IIeyohu Ie; the whining Of tho puma, IKyard Krd
aIic thic haa mad time for Thought drs;n Msn-
Ills, ILLS orlet interval which had soos .lns
usl "nto., 'onser Tor the present both tb,dsa I,a
Sai.,y Jay ana Betty,s would undonh,.,am,s' a,s
dhtpehd WI, upon his keeping Ioroido' nIyy
door, he carried IorniJa oinn. Opeh the
room. 't'hs into the
At first he did not see tho %, :.
G''se 10 the cage; he saw only pyias
y nttle color had come back irtoe tnetty.
fesS' bofesS ne saw the look IN her .u. n.f
% Rnttu ~ changed and knew that
ivy aivoSy nao come the time when bono .
st snI up ana when death Is faced Jps III Is
and rr,.Ina u oySoh9 tears and plcsdine
cop,o a. e. la Wnen the crisis baJ
come IL found in the girls haSu.a hos mad
courage TO sustain her. Ucr srt neart a
fct. her attitude was nu Ionudace tace was
ing. In such tender breasts .. ,erlhg'
Fave beat the steady hearts of n ,nays nettys
When she saw Jim Kcndric md ~
raa raada standing before her she starcd u Io' %
'nonSii srst .'o,i, sue was in dnze, III.
mrs. Wiz thought, rehecting itself ,,ef -.
hh,s.ahka3iy .hs.. IN her wide eyes. waD th.. aa,
LIZ sns hau come to taunt her. he md at'
hsae ,.e. py sue. Then her fnlterinv rS.s sue
tetI e.,,i Loralda and ignored her and wsns sa.s
face. Suddenly, at what shs ,a, w Jim's
the red blood of joyousnoss '"M rn mere
Betty's cheeks. At moment. IN it,. into
1t is with few words or non" -. nSe a this
perfect understanding comes "i .na'
nash his look had told her nil ,hnaa
would require many fumbliny "aI ."a, u
words 10 repeat cne-half so cl0ouUUUtaIean Uaen
The puma mad sprung to its foot h.,
$1,000 its ground The murdcroIv oya. W.
~ ~, everywhere at once. on Betty, on
h"' thn on motalda, most of all on Iietty.
ny guiVerlng nostrilS widcncd and
snI,iea sn.in Tue tawnyi throat shook with
sLn ieS y, low crows, Jim 4 foot stirred
snap. WIN
With little wish as Kcndric bad ;.
create disturbance just now, II wso ~
Deyond his power to withhold his b"aJ
as ne saw Betty draw back asainst tIia tho
wails OF her cage. In his pocket wov
bruce weapon. Kendrlc ierked !,
out and before Toraidu'S rry couII
burst from her lips and before her @ ban%
struck MS arm. he drove. a bullet into
ths puma s skull between the barS
evll eyes. The animal dropped in il,
trucks with never another whine.
AS the puma went down. Zoroid,
WINGED as though in bodily pajn, nc
though it had been her flesh instead Of
fer cats that had known the deem biir
OF hot lead. She locked iron, tbs
twitching animal to Kendric like ono
aghaSt. like one stupefied by what she
had seen, who could not altogether be.
lleVe that an accomplished act had in
reality tnken place. There was horror
in ner look; she recalled to him yIyidiv
though tiectingly South Sea island
priest whom he had seen long ago when
the savage's idol had been overthrown
and cast down into mud puddle under
the palm trees. At that moment 10.
raida might well have been sister to the
idolater of the South Seas OF some an.
cient Egyrtian priestess stricken dumb
at the sight of sacred cat violated.
But there was Betty. Jim ierked
open the door of the cage. Betty stun.
bled through and somehow found her.
self in his arms. They closed tigh,
about her. The two turned to 10.
raida. She. white frccd and silent.
watched them with smoldering eyes.
And into those eyes. rs Tor space
Betty's heart iiuttered against Jim
kcndric's breast, came for tho first time
since the knife had been Withdrawn
from her throat. n quickening of pur.
lose. n CLINT as of covered fire break.
ing through.
Come. Betty" said Jim quickly.
we are going to clear out of this, you
and I. Right now!"
TO be continued Monday