Show EL M I 1 a pra 1 INN I 1 C IN HEAVEN W CLIVE ARDEN my va war COMO I 1 7 continued from last week surprised she the listened lae turned away laid one of 0 their coat coake just inside the door nta threw him self down flown upon tt it within a few ho lie was slee sleeping pinic the sleep of glie exhaustion but the sir girl sat tor for long under the little window lost in thought wondering over ills lits words and ever her mind rever reverted teil to one sentence A few word words of praise 1 from one who e opinion 3 ou have unconsciously learned to respect and what a world of courage do they bring in b ir train I 1 0 0 0 0 there are no pleasant hours of twi light in the tropics the aim sun beta sets and eoon soon the world la Is wrapped rapp oed in darkness it bad disappeared appeared Us behind the west 1114 till and already alre affy al few stars were showing in the swiftly darken 41 32 ak aby when crof croft came out of the 0 but to where barbara wo was collecting the remains of their supper he ue car ale atod d something in his hands bands do you understand a revolvers veri verr be he inquired bhe she turned round mingled fear and relief in her face llave you one NO I 1 have never fired one in my life I 1 woId rt dare darel wall I 1 want to how you bow to vise use this little beasa la case anything goes tow wrong and you am an left bho sho laughed miserably it they manage to kill yo you they will soon daish me off I 1 ue ile regarded her in silence for a moment rao ment they iral 1 you he be said sold quietly I do you understand my meaning T her face went very white F for a 0 few minutes she paced up and down bands clenched facing this new terror striving to control herself before thin this man whose very look took discouraged weakness the coolness of bis bear ing as an he be stood playing with the weapon in ills his hands calmed her bracing ter lier to a simulation of the same tor show me rhe said going to him quietly as if explaining the macli of a watch he lie explained bow how it worked 1 I will load it and fix it ready for use he concluded and the girl who in england bad shrunk froia from all firearms took the little weapon from him eagerly welcoming it as a valued friend bringing poi elbay the greatest succor of nil oil rt kill you 14 raid do you understand As they sat at in the darl dark hut huts upon their upturned suitcases near the window aperture the train strain upon bar barsos nerve nerves became become almost unbearable with every minute her faith in the electric ruse never strong grew weaker until it ebbed away leaving only a ghastly death or 0 worse creeping nearer with the rising of every tar star she faced the moment when her companion lain slain she woud would elie eize the revolver turn the dark raux ale le to her fluttering heart place her finger anter on the trigger she clasped and unclasped her clammy hands bands sitting upright then crouching back against the bamboo only fear of disgrace in her companions opinion restrained her wild impulse to rise and flee somewhere onie where anywhere to escape this fearful ordeal had croft touched her or spoken her con trot would have snapped altogether but he be sat perfectly stilt still his eaic gaze fixed upon the dark elope slope down malch their enemies would mould come hs DIs mind apparently oblivious to all else As she watched him her fevered continued on rge 3 it IN K continued from frola page 31 3 n seemed cra gradually dually to grow cat calm balth ath to in hia his eort am A m aa in ity to strengthen the strain aed 1 hope struggled d feebly with er heart she no longer toner felt the desire elre to scream or to escape her ki bands and she he sat at pith with a e sigh one e who from lack of imagination its sense 0 of feor fear face it terrible at with gallantry gall artry are justly called tint those who tortured by possession possessions foreseeing all with ing Z dread yet meet it with no rd much deseri the laurels of cit on some each such thoughts flitted h crofts mind an he eat sat wait ally fully conscious of the buffering suffering aly endured by hie his cOmP companion arilon en die she relaxed against his shoulder drew w a breath of relief hat it seemed like hours passed la in silence lence and darkness then ear suddenly ud denly raised her bead beal have ve I 1 beca been ehe she whim in astonishment e turned to answer whipping sady back to the per ture and cran crun forward arward A sound bad had reached intent ears the faint distant atton of snapping twigs ow 7 that the dreaded moment had ved d barbara was conscious of an r lack of agitation save that her ers i closed upon his arm she gare gave sign a her eyes followed hia his belr into to the starlit dusk without or several minutes nothing more mom card heard the girl girt was be beginning inning to k it had been a false alarm when at t ome a slight rubbing noise hed ed them as of something wrig g over rough ground at the same ant it a dark form was dimly dielie ible flitt flitting lag shadow like from a ant it tree to the shelter of a large there falling ti the earth pres from fi om behind rock wk issued a ae snaky 7 black fam three thres or r bodiel waddling along on their to their outline faintly distin afable able lancely sweeping the whole risible visible zon on with his keen eyes croft now ived elved other black streams issuing m other temporary shelters scowl slowly y kling ing down the elope he be I 1 ned d back they hey are crawling along their bachs achs as I 1 predicted to aved den on he whispered bently resent recently sent ly two or three figures ded ed themselves from the moving as and wriggled forward with in dable ble swiftness leaving the reder reinder inder some ards behind L whispered croft abam caught her breath sharply IT wing ing back into the hut hul rom aft his eyes fixed upon the ad ing cing figures laid his hl hand upon the with forefinger out ched toward the little key upon ch h so much depended no sign alga of wire 1 encircling the hut was wait visible the e comparative ci gloom few tense moments momen tsi then SW fed the key keeping it down jag S ti the a spara u gap cap a slight adjust t 4 v 1 then ien from all around rose a deaf of howls and frenzied to partly of pain but more often of r as an the ad men came in act tact with the wire seeing the ked ed blue parks sparks hiss at their bare h feeling the sharp sting of the triciti those who escaped it were d ally lly terrified ter rifled and the whole order ke e up some rolled upon the and nd rubbing themselves still howl others fled tied screaming toward the th h A few braver tried agata again t to 0 eh h the goal and ogain retreated retreat f petrified with ten tea of the un ural ral r oft rolt waited until bur but a few straff ro 1 remained near the hut but low ow he cried we must show elves and complete the illusion oh h 14 I 1 remonstrated barbara Is that W essary u rl yes es it if its to be a success izing elbing her arm lie dragged upon door and whirled her round to the dward end iose natives who remained uttered d fearful chota at sight eight of the 0 white figures falling upon their e they stretched out arms of sup cation alon gabbling what seemed to abara unintelligible nonsense th those se 0 ing ng turned halted then likewise upon their faces terrified ter rifled at these arit ions in the starlight or a moment the girl girt thought her panion had lont lost his senses bicos her arm he sprang forward with a ad his amis arms wildly waving aping unnaturally tall his bin white shirt d bandaged head increasing the so an athral effect in eyes asod only to irk ark naked akin skin he went through a of weird gestures N now 0 w d then this was interspersed wa with t h ordinary ra utterances snarled from veen gleaming teeth and cruel wn back lips the ile wild awful fury ning ing to emanate from front every pore rifled her he be looked every inh in tn h a age himself his ills weird babble boy ing ng resemblance to that of lier ber purr r apparently the prostrate native natives erswood at leant least part of the tits arse for occasionally enger eager bands e alsed in supplication accod led by cries or re es nl a as if at some me command groveling wretches eq to ir feet with another torrent of d word i he wheeled round and to ment threw his amis ams around prea ring her cloe wb what a t med in the rit of the mn ma nt like a clond cloud of smoke together h a sharp explosion ily set ed lier her mense mensel L ire te felt herself lifted bodily whirled k again round the hut but and in n at tte the entrance htwe froin rose se 11 frh corth slon of trim with ath 11 the tread of running feet fleet its the warrior warriors terrified by aba marni tied effects of the reolder re olver shot in the duk f their jj o away up the elope lop on conw inside bo h 1 pd arian it the hain tion biani her r loup big hl breath firpi evera nerve hn tin gling primitiro man kroone primitive dimit I 1 TV etien after tho h i iva m fate tate into which be he had waked himself well donol arton rt on he tie minted innest n C wildly the mie revolver vor int in t then W wa a en inspiration in puff of moke the tho trick t barbara barham cusped too mh m h aston dished to realize that she wae was still till clasped in bli hl arm armi balac forg forgotten ottea the extence eili tence of the revolver luring during the last cene it eving from hr her hand etui still smoking ta little from ite its acci dental disch die chirse ime W what were wert you doing ehe she stammered again lie laughed wildly Ir telling piling them we were sent here by their coda rods and should blast the valand into a thou sand bits it if they showed ua us bostil ityl you saw the i 1 I did indeed I 1 their po vo athlon ehe she tried to tree free herself but hie bit anne time tightened among rat lyeV he be continued excitedly cit edly a wife la to tabu to her ber hue bus blind band toto mabb you doubly gate safe I 1 told them you were mv my wife tour your r worda words failed her more vehemently she struggled suddenly afraid of him of his savage grip and of the eyes which glittered strangely strange tr in the deml darkness but ordinary of ot restraint had fallen froia from croft for the moment since those wonderful hour hours of the night before the girl had assumed ansu raed a new prominence in his mind ile haf had become acutely aware of her as he hurt never yet been aware of any raman it was all strange et range bewildering lite life or death man and woman enrage primitive passions pensions pitted against aira latt inq age passions no we drawing room code of morals or manner manners was guiding their destinies oat out here lie laughed again pressing her fiercely up against his chest cheat so while we are here you are mine I 1 dont forget you may belong to another in to england but here hem you you are miner his ills tone was exultant and he bent her backward so that her face was up turned unprotected beneath his own ufa ills breath came hot and fat fa t above her lips some primeval caged beast instinct seized her too sweeping away fear ear raising her free band hand she dealt him with sudden passion of rage a blow in the face struggling violently in to hta him grasp nis ills anna arms loosed ter t er so abruptly that she nearly fell fel for a moment bo be stood before her his hands groping at his bin head 1 looking kang dazed or as it if awakening after some vivid dream she confronted him with the fury of a little w wildcat you are me d I 1 mad I 1 I 1 ohi oh abate bate youl covering her face with both hands she strove to subdue the extraordinary tumult within her then looked up at the of the door being hastay hav hut with a crash of banbor canes with a gasp of relief she realized that she he was alone v alt r the natives attack a new phan hegan gan between the pair paradoxical though it may sound the hours chien I 1 them so near together widened the gulf between them had that eventful night ended with the accidental discharge of the revolver their dally daily life might have continued more or lees less placidly like the waters of some alv river r with but an occasional casl cas ional rock obstructing ita its eren course but crofts amazing lack of self control had bad been like a huge stone hurled violently into the center of the river causing ever widening circles to extend intensified a hundredfold all the fears of her first afternoon upon the island robed riotously back she became of him as an she had bad never been before not only of the force of his him will but of the strength of the passions lying dormant under a cold exterior I 1 nothing more had been said concern ing the episode half expecting some kind of apology she had decided next moraine mornIn ir to accept it frigidly drawing close the cloak of her own reserve and dignity but bat the apology never came ile did not appear at all until nearly midday when be he arrived with arms ams full of fresh fruit then it was he who seemed encased in a mantle of such icy ley reserve that her own attempts dwindled to mere foolishness she took refuge in silence A artone wall and ten iroles of land might have divided them he ile spent the after afternoon fet fetching eIng thinya things over from the reef reeta baving her severely alone this position endured for some gome day days he seemed to keep away as an much ai its poe eiMe and her loneliness lonell nees bo dm at times intolerable but she learned many practical thinht he ile taught her to create fire hy by friction with wood to anke breadfruit that substitute fr fir it cereal ceres 1 in the south ens sens in hot en ein bera hem then scoop ont the interior or present pre erp it ht br thin artice in the aim sun she won soon required red primitive dayi of with n and a few old native vex belm 1 the strange fish ahlm and the trolls he brought anen on iny hf he came linx lIns down the slope after belne bein absent tar nr couro looking rn neely round the with sudden near in brief sentences sen tencel he h de demanded mantled morr more thin suggested friendship friend hp between them TV we cant 0 on lifes unbearable 0 his 1111 kotc i WM ag cort crt the sentences were dla 1 jointed his neres ne res evidently wore worn thip 0 shi wast taken run wares hi at it milo ment bt of awo when ewy every thins thing seemed very darte dark not pausing to react ret ct on tim tile of similar hanic impelled this from wf one to baff she he shrank buck back her fears and suspicion crowding lit in I 1 im afraid I 1 cant trust your Mend ship I 1 batet forget ile looked at t hr her queerly with eye eyes that flashed in sudden o 0 anger it all allt t that was an exceptional highl cadt you understand bat but year years of f puritan surroundings are not wiped out la in less than a reek week tra im afraid not I 1 thea then baij must lump itt ile turned away with an expressive and disappeared up the hill that wae was the only overture he be ever made and the train strain between them increased barbara welcomed anything which made work to absorb her thoughts thon ht for the terrible feeling ct impotence the fleer the loneliness were ever below the surface ur face ready read all together or individually to aprin 1 I upon her at any moment A day arrived on which tho onsets came not 1 but in bat battalion tallone she had beca been alone for hours when croft arrived her spirits were below berro her nerves frayed her temper was not of the beet best ile glanced at her shrewdly but appeared to notice both noth ing coming to the hyt hut he be dropped a larye large coconut fate her mr 1 where the rhe cat sat outside the door there arc are my child t ge buey busy I 1 I 1 he be remarked casually uncontrollable irritation the result of solitary eoll tary retting fretting welled up within her impulsively vely she seized the cheo coeo coconut and hurled burled it down the beach dont call me that I 1 rm not your achild nor anything to do with you your there wae a morn eurs silence then than he eave gave a |