Show f I llRrTrCID JY ROBERT 0 Qo L A1IE1 BJNNJY t I tLUJTIA71fJlrf gYRAY Uf4LTlRJ Oprll CMF no ACIISlUIIC Co 8YNOP8I8 The story opens with the hlpwrock of Ihn Btrumur on which Miss Geneylevo Leallr an American helrmn lord Win thrope An IlngllBhmRn nnd Tom make i brusque American were passengers the three wire tended upon an unlnhnb Itcd Inland nnd were tho only ones not drowned Idaho recovered from a drunken drunk-en Htupor Blake shunned on the boat bccnunn of his roughness became a hero Fe preserver of tho helpless pair The 5ngllnhmnn l was BUlnn for the hand of MlM Leslie lilakn started to iwlm left lo 1 sthee iihlp to recover what wn left Blake returned nafely Wlnthrope wasted oo clWrethroper which remsnch hit lut match on a cljaretto for which ho wnii iscorod by Hlake Their flrot meal triolstart dtanten nee a dead by The trio started a ten mile hike for higher land Thirst attacked at-tacked them Blake was compelled to tarry Mini Lesllx on account of wearl mess Ho taunted Wlnthrope They entered en-tered the Jungle That night was parsed roontlriR high In a true The next morn Inr r they descended to the open again shielti All three constructed hats to shield them elves from the sun They then feasted on cocnannti the only procurable food Miss Leslie showed a liking for Blake hilt detested his roughness Led by Blake they established a home In some cliffs Blake found n fresh water spring Miss Leslie r faced an unpleasant situation They planned their campaign Blake re rovered his surveyors magnifying Klaus Thus Innurlng fire Ho started a Jungle nre killing a large leopard and moth rrlnir several cubs In the leopards cav rrn they built a small home They gained the rllffs by burning tho bottom of a tree until It fell against the heights Tile trio secured eggs from tho cliffs Miss Ix > sllR white skirt was decided upon as a signal Mss Leslie made a dress from the leopard skin Blakes ef fortfl to kill antelopes failed Overhearing Overhear-ing a conversation between Blako and Wlnthrope Miss Leslie became frightened fright-ened Wlnthropo became 111 with fever make was poisoned by a fish Jackali attacked the camp that night but were driven off by denevleve make returned after nearly dying Blako constructed an animal trnp dtI killed a hyena On a tour the trio discovered honey and oysters CHAPTER XVIContlnued Would It not be best for Mr Win thrope to rest during the noon hours Frail not Miss Jenny Were not on tother aide of Jordan yet and theres no rest for tho weary this side What odd expressions you use Mr Blake Just giving you the reverse application applica-tion of one of those songs they Jolly us with In tho mission churches Im sure Mr Blake Mo too Miss Jenny So as thats nettled well be moving Chuck some live coals In the pot and come on Ho started off weapons In hand Wlnthropo made a languid effort to lake possession of tho pot But Miss Leslie pushed him aside and wrapping wrap-ping all In tho antelope skin slung It upon her hack The bruto exclaimed WI nth rope To leave such a load for you when he know that I can do so little The girl met his outburst with n bravo attempt at a smile Please try to look at tho bright sldo Mr Win thropo Really I believe he thinks It Is best for us to exert ourselves Ho has other opinions with which we of tho cultured class would hardly agree Miss Leslie Consider his com nand that wo shall go thirsty until ho permits us to return to the cliffs The mans Impertinence Is Intolerable Intoler-able I shall go to the river and drink when I choose Oh but tho danger of malaria Nonsense Malaria like yellow fever comes only from tho bite of certain species of mosquitoes If wo have tho fever It will he entirely his fault Wo have been bitten repeatedly repeated-ly this morning and all because he must compel us to come with him to this Infected lowland Still I think we should do what Mr Blake says My dear Miss Genevieve for your sake I will endeavor not to break with tho fellow Only you know It Is deuced hard to keep ones temper when one considers what n bounder what in unmitigated cad = Stop I will not listen to another word exclaimed tho girl and she hurried after Blake leaving Wln thropo staring In astonishment My word he muttered can It be after all Ive done and him of all the low fellows = He stood for several moments In deep thought The look on his sallow taco was far from pleasant CHAPTER XVII The Serpent Strikes iEN Wlnthropo camo up n with tho others they were gathering green leaves to throw on the fire which was blazing close beside tho anthill Get n move on you called Hlake Youre slow Grab a bunch of leaves and got Into the smoke If you dont want to bo stung Wlnthropo neither gathered any leaves nor hurried himself until ho was visited by a highly I Irritated beo Tl on ho obeyed with alacrity Blake was far too Intent on other matters to heed the Englishman Leaping In and out of the thick of tho smoke he rounded the anthill with his club un tli ho had broken a gaping hole Into ho cavity The smoke pouring Into ho hive made short work of the bees that had not already been suffocated Although the antelope skin was drawn Into tho shape of a sack both It t and the pot were filled to overflow ng with honey and there wore still M W O J r h t aaGU r rY i V M M w I f e wp e d I q s e re d J o J4 re l v ds s r 4 cry f 11 d I r J J O v f Told You Sol See Him Wrigglel more combs left than the three could cat Blake caught Wlnthropo smiling I with satisfaction as he licked his fingers fin-gers Whats the matter with my expedition expe-dition now old man ho demanded Iahmust admit Blake we have had n most enjoyable change of food If you are sure It will agree with you remarked Miss Leslie But I am sure of that Miss Gone vleve I could digest anything today Im fairly ravenous All the more reason to be careful rejoined Blake I guess though what weve hadll do no harm Well let It settle a bit hero In the shade and then hit the home trail Could we not first go to the river Mr Blake My hands are dreadfully sticky stickyWin Win will take you Its only a little lit-tle way to tie bank here and theres not much underbrush If you think Its quite safe remarked re-marked Wlnthrope Its safe enough Go on Youll see the river In half l a minute Only thing joud bettor watch out for alligators alli-gators I believe thnterprllllerly speaking speak-ing those are crocodiles You dont say Heap of difference It will make If one gets you Miss Leslie caught WInthropoa eye Ho turned on his heel and led tho way for her through the first thicket Beyond this they came to a little glade which ran through to tho river When they reached the bank they stepped cautiously down tho muddy slope and bathed their hands In the clear water As Miss Leslie rose Wlnthrope bent over and began to drink Oh Mr Wlnthropo she exclaimed I ex-claimed please dont In your weak i condition Im so afraid Do not alarm yourself I am perfectly per-fectly well and I am quite as competent compe-tent to Judge what Is good for me as j our ah countryman Mr Wlnthropo I am thinking only of your own good Wlnthiope took another deep draught tinned his fingers fastidiously fastidious-ly and arose My dear Miss Genevieve ho observed ob-served a woman looks at these matters mat-ters In such a dlfiCrent light from a man But you should know that thero are some things a gentleman cannot tolerate You were welcome to all tho water In the flask Surely with that you could have waited If only to please ateAte Ah If you put it that way I must beg pardon Anything to please you Im sure Pray forgive me and forget for-get the incident It Is now past I hope sob sho murmured but her heart sank as sho glanced at his sallow sal-low face and sho recalled his languid feeble movements Piqued by her look Wlnthrope started back through the glade Miss Leslie was turning to follow when she caught sight of a gorgeous crimson crim-son blossom under the nearest tree It was the first flower she had seen since being shipwrecked Sho uttered a lit tie cry of delight and ran to pluck the blossom Wlnthrope glancing about at her exclamation saw her stoop over the flower and In the same Instant he saw a huge vivid call all black and green and yellow flash up out of the bedded leaves and strike against the girl She staggered back screaming with horror yet seemed unable to run Wlnthrope swung up his stick and dashed across tho glade toward her What Is Ita snake he cried The girl did not seem to hear him She had ceased screaming and stood rigid with fright glaring down at the ground before her In a moment Will thrope was near enough to make out the brilliant glistening body now extended ex-tended full length In the grass It was Pearly five feet long and thick as his thigh Another step and he saw the hideous triangular head lifted a few Inches on the thick neck The cold ryes were fixed upon the girl In a malignant deadly stare Snake snake he yelled and thrust his cane at the reptiles tall Again came a flashing leap of the beautiful ornate coil and the stick was struck from Wlnthropes hand He danced backward wild with excitement ex-citement SnakeIII Blake monster Hun Miss Leslie Ill hold himIll get another stick He darted aside to catch up n blanch and then ran in and struck boldly at the adder which reared hissing to meet him But the blow fell short and the rotten wood shat tered on the ground Again Win thrope ran aside for a stick There was none near and as he paused to glance about Blako came sprinting down the glade Whore he shouted ThereIll look out Youll be on himBlnke Blake stopped short barely beyond striking distance of the hissing tile rep Wow he yelled Puff addor jii fix him lie leaped back and thrust his bow at the snake The I challenge was met by a vicious lunge Even where he stood Wlnlhrope heard the thud of the rsptilcs head upon till ground Now onco more tootsie mocked Blake swimIng up his club Again tho udder struck at the how tip more viciously than before Wlth the flash of tho stroke IIIahs right foot thrust forward and bis cub canto down with all the drive of his sinewy arm behind it The blow eU 1 across the thickest part t of the adders outstretched body Told you so see him wiggle shouted Blake Broke his hack firs lick Whats the matter Miss Jen ny Ho cant do anything now Miss Leslie did not answer She o stood rigid her face dilated ashygray her eyes fixed upon the hissing adder wrfthln r I think tho snake struck her gasped Wlnthrope suddenly overcome with horror God cried Blake Ho dropped his club and rushed to the Girl In a mQ went ho had knelt before and Hung up her leopard skin skirt Her stockings stock-Ings ripped to shreds In his frantic grasp There a little below her right wound Blake knee was a tiny red put his lips to it nnd sucked with fierce energy Then tho girl found her voice Go away go away How dare you sho cried as her face flushed scarlet Blako turned spat and burst out with a loud demand of Wlnthrope Quick the little knife Ill have to lash It Ten times worse than a rattlesnake tlesnake Lord youre slowIll use line lineLet Let go of melet gal What do you mean sir cried tho girl struggling to freo herself Hold still you little fool he shouted Its death sure death If I dont get tho poison from that bite Im not bitten Let go I say It struck In the fold of my skirt For Gods sake Jenny dont Ho Its I Its certain death I flaw the mark Tint woe a thorn I drew It out n 00 n no nan n-an hour ago Blake looked up Into her hazel eyes They were blazing with Indignant scorn He freed her and rose with clumsy slowness Again he glanced at her quivering scarlet face only to look away with a sheepish expression I guess you think Im Just a damned meddlesome Idiot he mumbled mum-bled She did not answer He stood for a little rubbing a linger across his sun blistered lips Suddenly he stopped and looked at tho finger It was streaked with blood Whew he exclaimed Didnt stop to think of that Its Just as wall for me Miss Jenny that wasnt an adder ad-der bite A little poison on my sore lip would have done for me Ten to one wed both have turned up our toes at the same time Of course though thatd bo nothing to you Miss Leslie put her hands before her face and burst Into hysterical weeping Blako looked around far more alarmed than when facing the adder Here you blooming Iud he shouted shout-ed take the lady away and be quick about it Shell go dotty If she sees any more snake stunts Clear out with her while I smash the wriggler WI 11th rope who had been staring fixedly at the beautiful coloring and loathsome form of tho writhing adder started at Blakes harsh command as though struck Ierto be sure he stammered and darting around to the hysterical girl he took her arm and hurried her away up the glade They had gone several paces when Blake came running up behind them Wlnthiope looked back with a glance of inquiry Blake shook his head Not yet ho said Give me your cigarette case Ive thought of some thing Hold on take out the cIgarettes cigar-ettes Smoke em If you like Case In hand Blake returned the wounded adder and d picked up his club A second smashing blow would have ended tho matter at once but Blake did not strike Instead he feinted with his club until he managed to pin down the venomous head The club lay across the monsters neck and he held It fast with the pressure cf his foot When half an hour later he wiped his knife on a wisp of grass and stood up the cigarette case contained over a tablespoonful of a crystalline liquid lie peered in at it his heavy Jaw thrust out his eyes glowIng with say age elation Talk about your meat trusts and Inchesters he exulted heres a whole carload of beef In this little box enough dope to morgue a held of steers Good God though that was a close shave for her Ills face sobered and ho stood for several moment staring though Into thoughtfully space Then his gaze chanced to fall upon the great crimson wh T blossom which bad 1 so nearly lUred r0tl the gIrl to her death Hello he exclaimed thnts amaryllis WOlldel If she 111 K wasnt com Ing to pick It lie mapped shut till lid of the cigarette case thlust II carefully Into his sllllt pocket anti stepped forward to pluck the Howoi Makes a follow feel In hike a kId bur maybe Itll make her feel less sure Ito aT lIIeHo He stood gazing at the flower fo several momonts his eyes aglow n sort blue light will > Whew ho sighed if onh 1111 i whats the use Shes clasHn way ont ff 1111 rough brute like nlC 1ii 11 thl same Its up to the tu take t 0 II her She cant keep mo from her frlendalld being she sure to cant objec Illy picking flowers for her his AmarlIs bow alld In chub A gathered UI Thou D ho paUSCII to study the skin of the adder The Inspection decapitate shako of his head ended with t Better not Thomas It auld n dandy quiver make but then It on her nerves might ge t1O HE CONTINUED |