Show TT JJ Wl n D T Zi ID By IE fir lIf ICS I n no o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Il o o 92 IE drom from from- yesterday heard the men approaching To be apprehended as the slay slayer r of Mohammed would be equivalent equivalent lent to a sentence of immediate death The fierce and brutal brutal raiders would I tear to pieces a Christian who hadI had I dared spill the blood of their leader lie Ile must find some excuse to to delay deJay the finding of Mohammed dead body Returning his revolver to Its holster holster holster hol hol- ster he walked quickly kly to the en entrance entrance en- en trance of the tent Parting the flaps he stepped out and confronted the themen themen themen men who were rapidly approaching Somehow he found within him the I I necess necessary ry bravado to force a smile I to his lips as as he 11 held field ld up his hand h nd i iI I to bar their further progress I The woman woman resisted he said and Mohammed was forced to shoot her She is not dead only dead only slightly i wounded You may go so back to your your blankets Mohammed and I will look after atter the prisoner Then he turned and reentered the tent and the raiders satisfied by this explanation explanation explanation ex ex- gladly returned to their broken slumbers As he he again faced Jane Clayton found himself animated by quite different intentions than those which had lured him from his blankets blankets blan blan- but a few minutes before The of his encounter with Mohammed as well vell as the dangers which he now faced at the hands of the raiders when morning I must inevitably reveal the truth of what occurred in the tent of the pris prisoner ner that night had naturally cooled the hot passion which had hadI dominated him when he entered the tho tent I I B But t another and stronger force was exerting Itself In t the e girls girl's favor However low a man may may sink honor and chivalry has he lie ever possessed I them are never never entirely eradicated from his character and though Albert Verper had long since ceased to evince the slightest claim to either the one or or the other the sp spontaneous acknowledgment of them which the girls girl's speech had presumed had reawakened re reawakened reawakened re- re awakened them both within him For the first time he realized the frightful and almost h hopeless p less position post post- I tion of the fair fall captive and the I depths of Ignominy Jg to which he had sunk that had made It possible for him him a well born European gentleman to have entertained even for a moment moment moment mo mo- ment the part that h he had taken inthe in inthe n the ruin of her home her happiness and herself much of baseness baseness' already lay layat layat layat at the threshold of ot his conscience for him ever to hope entirely to re ref reI redeem re- re I f deem himself but In the first sudden burst of contrition the man conceived I an honest intention to undo in in so far faras faras faras as lay within his power the evil that his criminal avarice had brought upon this sweet and unoffending unoffending- woman I A As s he stood apparently listening to the retreating footsteps of the Arabs though actually en engrossed In thought Jane Clayton approached him I What are we to do now she asked Morning will bring discovery I ery of ot this and she pointed to the still body of ot Mohammed They will twill kill you when they find him For a time Werner did not reply then 11 he turned suddenly toward the woman oman T lOt have a plan he cried It Will require requite nerve and courage on your part but you have ha already shown that you Oll possess both Can I Iou you you ou endure still more more I I lor can endure anything she replied re- re re- re I plied piled with a brave smile that may y offer of tel us even a slight chance for esca escape pe You must simulate death he explained ex- ex ex explained x- x while I l' l carry you from the camp I 1 will explain to the tle sentries that Mohammed has ordered me meto meto meto to take your body Into the jungle This seemingly unnecessary act act I Ishall Ishall Ishall shall explain upon the grounds that Mohammed had conceived a violent passion for you and that he heso heso heso so regretted re retted the act by bv which he pe had become your sla slayer er that he could not endure the the silent reproach of your lifeless body The girl held up her hand to stop him A smile touch touched d her lips lins Are you quite mad m she asked Do you imagine that the sentries will credit any such ridiculous tale You do not know them he re re- re plied Beneath their rough ext exteriors exteriors ex ex- t despite their calloused and criminal natures there exists in each a well d defined strain of romantic emotionalism you emotionalism you ou will find it amon among I such lIuch as th these Be throughout hout the world Tt It is romance which lures men to load lead wild lives of outlawry and crime The ruse rus will succeed succeed never never fear Jane Tane Clayton shrugged We Ve can but try it and it-and and then what I T sh shall ll hide you in th the jungle continued the Belgian comin coming for you von alone and with two horses In Inthe Inthe inthe the morning But how will you vou explain Mohammed Mohammed 1 med death s she I asked It ft will be discovered before ever you youcan youcan youcan can escape the escape the camp in the mornin morning I shall not explain It it replied Werner Mohammed shall explain explain explain ex ex- plain It himself we himself we must l leave ave that thatto to him Are you ready Y Yes PR Rut But welt I t must ret pet you vou a weapon and n. n and V d erper walked walked kly from the tent Very shortly he returned with an extra revolver and ammunition belt strapped about his waist Are you ready he asked unite Onite Ite ready she replied Then come and throw lf f I lm lv nf rn my mv my left eft shoulder and We tre r ner er r knelt to receive her There Thera he said a as s he rose to his I f feet t Now let lt your arms your legs and your head hang limply Remember b ber r that you are read A moment later walk walked d out Into the with with- Jane Tane Clayton ly lying lying ly- ly In ing as If dead ded across his shoulder A Athorn Athorn Athorn thorn boma homa hf had d b been n thrown up about thE he camp to discourage our ge the holder bolder of th the hungry A couple of sentries sentries sen sen- tries pa paced l' l to to and fro In tn the light of ofa a fire which they l kept ept burning bright bright- ly The nearer of these looked ed up In surprise as he saw approaching Who are you he cried What have you there raised the hood of his burI burnoose bur bur- I t noose nOMe that the fellow might see his fare his Is the of the till woman he I I explained Mf l hammed has hns asked mp me me to take it Into the Jungle le for he he cannot bear to look 1001 upon the I i I far rt face A nf of h. h her whom he h. loved and whom whom- nt necessity it compelled pe on him to slay He suffers he greatly he Is Inconsolable It Jt was with difficulty t f r prevented him taking his own life r I rAre Are re you going alone or do you wish me mt to tl awaken some one to accompany yon yon he a asked III pd and his tone tont denoted not the l least ast that Mohammed had suddenly discovered such r re- re sensitive char characteristics I shall go FO alone replied d W rp r and he passed d on and an out through the narrow opening in fn the boma over which the sentry stood guard A moment later he had fonter entered d dAmon among Amon the boles boll of or the trees with his burden anI and whan when hl hidden from the sentry's sentrY view lowered lore the girl Irl to her feet with a low Sh Sh sh when she would have P Then he hI ld led her a little farther into the forest h halted d beneath th a la large r e tree tre with spreading branches bucl buckled a cartridge belt and revolver about her waist and a aasi l ted red her to clamber Into I the lower branches I Tomorrow he 11 whispered as ss soon loon us as T i c can cari tI elude them T 1 will return 1 for fm you vou Be Re br p ve I Lady Jady adv we Cre we mar mav yet vet plIn U you vou I she h replied In a II low lowI tone You have p been kind and very verv brave I To be be- be continued ed tom tomorrow |