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Show 711 . , . ' , , . Ass , -- . - . SECTION POUR , -L 4 ' s TrrE- DESMIEriCEWS:SATURDAY7AUGUST-24:19- . I cr - ,N.Q.T:--TQ.,EVETY- MAN . OR hours they had bees ' fol- - hand, and the in their ire'n. lowing the trail. In the map. places. The e orating ntanner of elephant trail s blipped noiselessly from the to another. effacing himself It hadwound aimlessly up arid down the mountain sides. through from the scene. For & moment grasslands and down into river,. Breck hung uncertain, staring at and out again. through swamps the shrouding green; then he saw and clay wallows. Into denser and a bulging forehead vaguely outlinoenser jungle.. It was the track of ed through 'a blur of bushee, and a very large elephant. a lone bull a long trunk lifted, like the , - 2 ,. , , -- - - - - .s - ! ., , , . .11T- IIH- I t - --- , MENNE.. y Mary 0, 0 - , - - I1 Bradley . .. . ,. s 4 , - 4 . , , lioJLA. At5L7 -.... , , . .. ,,,. I ... - A -,,T . ., 7 - ,. g'''''' .. 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Bedded feet steal down the out when the rush . 4I t ' ing 14 'r.'''''''' ''''. ' ' through the water beside him end' trails; lithe forms slink through ) agony bitei ttie bushes; unseen eyes stare sec- be felt a I 1 , i ,L.....,, hiss houlder awthe crocoi!! retly. ...a...0' ; , through ,, 1.4,.. ;IA; ., In a little clearing he collected rising dile's jaws closed on- him. I ' ' ' periscope of. a submarine. testing undoubtedly , from the spoor. ' wretchedly ' slow The horror of the thing that WWI bruebwooda .. J :1 d'.', There were five men on the the air. ' ' 1 business ! with but aotnethaerraTmanodt over hint closed a"" 4'.441" ......., ' '' a )4.) I. bikev,t.h,:i happening ' :''' His ' two heart lumped. It was white men and their trail. the ,, made a small fire , ' , s' l'i ,...,..., ai A 4 A 1 t 41 i, water above his bea, as s. . native and the native since he had seen such Ivory.- long ' ' AnI a tree. ,., Luekily his matchet were helplessly downward. - :, .. 8 dragged ' , , other eye, leu experienced . might ' 4, , . .1, ,tracker in his goat-ski''' water-tg; He l'il , ..,,x .1; , 1 . al . ciblvul e' ' 11 .' ir Hotter and hotter the sun beat have missed the sight of those anesehille el:Pe"' , l' '' Cr t f''' ,, blamed gr ,,,,.,1 '4,, I , 1 " .." k. dar Inner down. The hettpressed on them tusks. stained and dark as' 1 ' la,',able his teeth A. wet, cold, i a - . remained. outer ,, u'udlidyl.:oraelike a heavy weight; their should- - were. against the dimness of they ' with chill. the l a . , St ors sagged. their legs ached with Jungle, but Breck saw them with i ening smell was in his nostrils. -. , I, I ,' '''Ir,,,,--tide Be s p. nt the night f I ) 'A 141i unutterable weariness., The gun- - incredulous joy. They were long as I! , waTshesAgtorlyiwntasoleinrabhil;swhoituhldesit.a.b. , , embers of his fire. now ,.......a;"I'', .1 , tinhge. . ''''' ' ' .0.,LN k boys stolidly shifted . the heavy lances, and amazingly heavywell '' ' with with fever. now ' ,., , f a... "I a bin thrusts of deeper pain. That 4eS,, 1.0 P--- -7 lex ); 'NI guns from one shoulder to another Over a hundred . t' . pounds each. a st ,A007-'), I. dteelfinong was where the beset had ttioeiztrIedI . Al '',...I te ourancdkedHelikkeepat as they followed in the white mans thing rare in those hunting day& 7 : i;,, t lk' ' 41a him.. It was lpeaftt brnuearing. tracks. hwi'mself This was something like a trophy! 4 .okk ..,,,'Ickil , Sii: V. 4do i ,,,'. A-.'' that he must not sleep. The 4, , a s t to move that tt:' , ' ' I Ittihours Breck had been re- - They might even rival the pair Nik' .4441 . darimpes abut him was alive. - ' I ,,,,,iIsJP:i the ' lie' moved ' he? was ' Where 8. ' ever . that had t, underthey ' ' '- '.. Margery had So admired in Nairobi vetting .lic k 7 ' 1 :Watchful el, eyes gave back the glow . taken this hunt. He loathed this government house. ,' 4, right arm cautiously. He was soakI f',,, firelight,. Through ,the., , --, 0,,, , ,i,,o, ed and sodden, lying in about twoi.!!.,b.niag enforced c,omparanship with Mur- i tOir 1,1 ,vi..111,,t.y1., Ile had his gun at his shoulder. , , it,1?A' of insects thatirriake night inches of water on a flat, z,,,,,: , ray. Of all men in the world they watching tensely. through the in1 tv,,,,,,,...:.,.....4. ,,,,...t,,14,i, 1,1 ,,,i.,,,. ,,, .....: ; t,;0 ry' ,,, .11,,,,, in Africa he heard the far- ---were the last to enjoy shelf: He could tocarcely breat.11:i vocal screams a days terminable seeming seconds. for ,..4,1 or ::,...14,71!:' $ I, pa liorile ....y, i bunt togetherat is, since Mar- - the chance he wanted, the air was awful. The earth wa si jungle enemy-spra- ng monkeys . uport them: , through the eery Lang hilt come between them.11 just above his face. into the brain. and 11 ..t nearer he at hand and caught the A faint graynesa, not light but a! The young fool,. then as the head moved and the U;'i,Il14,. 4 faint snarls of prowling beasts sort--oini Breck hated his lithe, well filtered lessor darknese. i,', great ears Jutted forward. catching drinkMg-pac.J.e.lyiev i az beard the meetingwasat some body. the cocksure carriage of his at some alarm, and as hie from the ,..,,z.,,,,i. 4,m., , , finger laughter of , 4 his head. the thin bronzed face, tightened on the sounds of water lapping. and he There Hethewashideous , k ,. (1shot with tormented triggera rt. on the bright deviltry of was his dark boomed out. The trunk a he surmised that ' flat, . 4 lashed forbut he dared not stir to- the river si thirst, the , eyes, the scar on his high cheek. wardthe beast veered and crash- or shelf ,,,,t crack just at river. . ward ' bone. the lank dark hair 1 that ed away. ., 4 edge. Breck and Mar- -. ' showed beneath his helmet. Others kits moving hand. groping cau-- i e He,, thought of lblurray hal fired- -. .The next 1 and n though his eyes burned 1 might find Murray gay and emus- instant the elephant tore in sight the Ne-- , 1 at recolleA. tioutily right. did not in their sotketa they '1 .. ins; but if he had not come blund- - again, head on, either charging or tives had told him that crocOdileal red .. . , dose . . .. ..., ring in, with his likable young madly blundering upon them in eaves, , in their stored drotkned - , ...'..,7 prey at last ,1,1,,,F 1., Murray bad Bred . The elepluult tore In sight again, head on, - '. Morning ways. his own swiftly impression- - Its fury and fear. And then Brecit '1. realfor he -future ,c0sumpt1on and , SO? save All day he stumbled on. t either charging or madly blundering upon them Breck sent a shot Able nature, Breck might now be eent a shot sel s !zed that be was in such a, grisly straight through that the hottest hours of midday, when r!. secure.in his paradise. N , the trunk. storehouse. through that soft spot &bole 'srtight soft the the aboe spot trunic, ., be slept in heavy stupor. For pro-TCertainly she had liked him be- one frontal shot that must horror made him dizzy and tection be .1 against the sun he planter-sic. fore Murray came! He was twelve placed sure He over not dared roll , to the low : enough eel his head with mud and capped ' years her senior, but he had never MiEX the . ir,. ,,... v into the river, as his first it with etructure ths of bony edge a handkerchief packed with given that a thought until Murray's protecting frantic eagernem for freedom: . skull. The elephant the river fairly . He croseed youth had made the comparison; sank, not forty ,., the trom them. beast promptedundoubtedly the morning. but the that was happening to his hie tent lying face downward, on Allen was startled at the haggardnor, he could swear, hid she. He Its forefeet "Ws have to eat, you know." said was there, watching and :ountry great was utterly him about was the fitter man for her, strongother man was render- his cot. Then Alien came Into the ness of the others face. waiting.' Allen firinly. ''.No tiA0 cryhead And other beasts, too. by the iie.hThis ' of the and bereft "Ethel's getting out some bran- ing out In your tents. lou cant do er. aeler. with a 'stake of his own giant tusks wens.. ends were tent. etringe. and the dim shapes jungle-earthe at clawed dial up deep Deeperated h motintains rising over the With him out of the wayoh, if In the country, not a mere, govelbA quiet. likeable man. Allen. Not dy, Allen went on. "It think you'd II a boy any good ncw." over In the earth. head his his driven with one! was There moth-we'no d never comeenhenthelf! alur- a man to auepect due. better have a bit. If he has a nient attache, like Murray. In spite of hiniself Breck looked good 'arm. frwas wet and soft tot, .op gave him anything. was- a near ray was that heavens, no "My but native hisi no with life. in life before of back. a decent had a paths young, better Ile letter write sign living at Margery. Such a wte and strick- his touch and he scraped downs Allen looked tympathetically at sold Murray, startled out other girl 'might littV- his trails through the ranch that he had worked hard him.any face. lie thought he No use sending a cablebad news en little facea pitifully set mask. handfuls of it, working frail-til- t, the animal tch"fril , done for him later as well as Mar- - knewaverted He could only follow them. travels for throughout his Years of exile of all Pretenae fast They 113 was what was enoughwhat? His ()the? flinched the ,feeling. had better write for away. glance tically yet with an effort at quiet, branching from one to another.. in "Pembe rnzureeeL ne ivory:" his gay: 'but for himself. Breck knew, In this thankless country, Murra y relieved when the girl rose sudden- He bad no tool, no weapon. "Not a filing in the world you know what to j direction that he fan- bad nothing but .the crothes he gun boy was chatiting. "Penibe there could be no other woman. It could say better than a !), with an incoherea The man. I do,- - c4...1 chap," he evict word and lie had no notion how high the the general was she or Mine other. mzuri;" e d to he. be beat stood up In the would drowned th, incams say bank might ;,e, alive the river- -- cie4 Lreck turned on the youegerHe could searcely force himself boys sly nu a!most went in after wouldn't it. Can't have a mother slipped away to her tent. fOreet he was.in.the the house that the non- Twice Ethers eyes wers him. Not a ZhIng in the world." "It's earth might be 40 feet tine",.1 midst of the mad to with near find rose rage. he for You etay herds. Murray: ernment gave him. the pay of his man,. ,he of that thinking elephant -said for all he knew. tre might not havei heard about him the What the devil u,d yuu mean; strolled to the edge uf the river. added: "I can.t realize it. of knowits too much.death. He rose and the awful suddeners cf it," she nevdeep gargling government positionand his in- -' even a fool's chance of escape. 'Thn '', noises that their stomachs helplessly. "Just to know he's of the walked out et the tent. Pryir chap--o- ne make by firing?' That was nay elephantl The bank hung sharp here over COTITS.. furiating youth. lonely he worked with his one -food-- in their unconcerned digestion. coming back" the water. Turgid 'and brown the best, young Murray. I know PonBut she was turning to Murray. that you- shot". Breek envied him the peace of a Eha too fin-herself. checked Allen g end his I hand, clawing him. "Oh. I'm sorrythought river lay below them, sonby had great .hopee for you tearing, his sincere sorrow. It seemed to Whether or not she knew it, her- Once there was a crash as some were in a Jam," elurray Jammer.: streaked with the lishted dun of Thought he'd go for....And you hint that it took the last ounce of seemed restrained In his espres.- - gere bleeding and split. As soon. self. be did. bettet bolted directly On the ' Heaven, It a his strength and will power to slows. as if something about Breck'si i as he had made a big enough space tbr'aTi ahead ot him. She wars the sister of a fellow- - led. "You'd waited so longhe was; sandbanks. As- he steed 'watching know Ponsonbv.. hie eauIt head. iiken cons.deratioll cilence he to die: death for drew Let's hope for himself a log. sicking there. a dark thing, compelled force himself out to join that subThere was nothing to eat, no renchman, a coffesoplanter. a lel,' making man one his On over his WAg up a was sad I Into a from the in of sandbar "You knees, tiously eutekly.'! jam?" low with an independent fortune dued and shaken little group about thought learingi berries, no roots that he know. feelingsthe feAngs corn. to Vganda for his health lone Brecks voice was nonteniptuous water. Another followed ao quieta! aat the table get out under the stars. s,ho had been obliced to Bee his down the handfuls of earth like- He'd have given e finger of tbat said Breck, some trapped and maddened anifiiend die. ly that it scarcely made a ripple ago, and so fallen' PIC, Jove with derneon. dangling left hand for food.Grimsinter. They snowed a gentleness and Mal. Africa that he would hire nowhere 'Thought your trigger had stuck in the running he plodded oth Night overtook "I'm glad we don't have to ford His l'i,art WWI hammering with ly Viet with him as if he were some- else. The wife was of a rank shove or, somethiegthat if I didn't, him in the forest. Useless to try to Oow more concerned. nearer to the horrible dread end hope; his stom- that" his, daughter of a baronet. but one fire we'd .lose him." swiss,. Be was heavy with The young man. bad followed dead man. more wounded in his ach knew th e physical eickniss orl ke,p "Of all the dashed of many daughters: and Margery unsports. f.iver and grateful for any oblivion Those fear. s Then ehinteouneasily anxious to be comgreat-lawwas the youngest of the lot.. She manlike things had knew le dol" he that Surely feelings. they might' from pain. panionable and appease this terse mit been at one with Murray; sure . any moment &etas him in the dark..1 bed come to live wittiTher sheer Breck checke4 himself. head cleared with the morn- His he man whose silent and Not '. a say-feeling 1113' was rats chance, i own hopes ni'm sorry,' Murray :y they knew how since the mother's- death. Was some.-and his will sent him desperShe was 'a lovely creature. In a ing, "I'm deacedly eorry...I bon-- scarcely surmised. The fool, Breck wire centered on their .eisterthey thing 'dragging its Wow length Out int, atiiy on again. It was death to of the yeer? thought, turning aharply. Was he shring-lik- e must on April way. white kin- - estly thought" have surmised to die missomethipg never to have the comfort or his A hundred times he heard that stop. An Ironic business a dryad ned. dark,haired, with Breck scarcely heard him. H. OW11 hit; jealous anxietiee in the panels like a wounded erably Did bitter Murray thoughts? whimsical a not moment and that a to . . for did . sluggish believe ,.. green Foote! They would reptilian approach. her, ' I general uprising of voices to drown eonceetion of what was (Continued From Page Six.) He was en his feet now, Mei beast! sweet charm. the younger man was eincere. He have no within? ever know 1,"""-""e- dared! Well. the race was would No one, then, ihat when out I reached Ire the! pn point, ten-geing There was something in the And ho was strong. head and Shoulders enveloped in; thought Murray had seized no one would know he had au calling for a two Week 's camp Tonight he'd te telling' her about' i nterrupt me any more or I'll stop! der line of her cheek. in the curve chance to get the elephant away' that his one good art& eeped the crocodile. about it. I'm no sap! You on the banks of' old Banklick. near He was not going ot tctint now, to- had funnel the hunt. She'd be looking up in ot her dark brows. in the delicate from him. made into up wave the unto earth. rend hinirelf with in. Dirti met no way of hers. can't make fun out o' me. You --"Ai the haunted mill. softness of her mouth, that even He nee ,wittnyi ..rounen w fine' that eager. childliee Nt sweat covered him; his wound. milt awnerethnaltwithy in the paitizert brt was done and Dick banged the table with his aleiling remorse. "By George, the place Is alive fine me a nickel for talking, butt to think on now in the heat and pair of tusks." ed shoulder was In agony against' when was done. would and be By need '1 he by me them, a didn't Ion dollar attention to them." you wooden with hammer. and called for pay Murray's you ought tumult of this elephant business. This thing thar was weighing the. earth. ,,But It's your elephant."' he was wholly on the water new.' tellin' you this. ping silently through the greenery goin' to mean silence. When all voices had 'died set his heart hammering with a The soil watt heavier thickof was business now, our him ni on some you down, he slowly looked around at only the pressure of the er. clubfor Ilaw bendwhat? Look at the excitement for force greater than the sun's. It was so hard that his scrap-- 1 their own- - or lolling interminably shot downed him." de ,will 3.oun " were turned up hour. maybe the faces all that Harold, .. Vliiat times they had had to- - "Your anywayand counts." 'hiltiV but It's In the meantime it was like a !rig He was bending over. staring at ins will like to look into this mys-- ! to him from that long pine table. tether till Murray came. when she he ran into rockoh. God, God but ..I.,,,ok here" the the water below. Breck gave a tery" "Well.", he said, slowly, "looks I hysical to pain. He 'had a savage wee at the house of her sister and. li nownothingnothing, ele- came breath ch in s alien the iHis toward He sobs. walked thi feelof rnYa drunk. to gesreaches leok the stifle oking is Dickens wide, lonely get abouta brother-in-lalike we've got a new rnystery to longing the sharp, quick "What and he had ridden' In spite of himself he- had to rest! phanteapproached the great head! tire made before the thought it. tory?" I asked. ImPatient at Mk" solve on this old river bank, Down ir,g and remembrance He dared lonely reaches of this alien ever evenings on his motor-bikthat extended arm. The ineants , land, but death was before aelf had hardly touched him or land, and the tracks of the great . at Banklick Creek. sure. But not trust himself. Forever now he i were And then Murray had come out to cautiously. nanecessary words. He eternities. about for r lookee him. been taken. oi, 1 decision must signs tonscious the , his he! beasts that dwell in IL tongu,. Suppose trust 'ern to leave It to us to figguard Portal. and be too had ridden over his bullet's entrance and found it.-"How does the light move by And now his reaching. thrusting' His will drove him on. that in. tact the fever some day and babThe boys were out of sight, down self?" s answer. out on his motorbike; and somehow the tire Hawkins. holding asked Jerry, in hand not hit over a hill, the tracker with them.1 struck roots and fibers tol domitable will to live that was,fed "There's my shot, "That's the question you'll get this Job. What have you bled? they bad all become involved In brain; at all. .A glancing headi It he were a man now. with the hand to me.to answer. He left, the Aliens and walked oloselY twined that it seemed by the two deepest enrings of That's the! to say about it? Seems like we this plan of going on safari, to weund. you've got I on;y etung him," be in-- 1 force to act, to save his life's to force through; be was human effort. hate and love. lie possible about had the H. owe you a whole lot for what restlessly saw the show Margery a bit of wild Africa I me. t'amp, boys purple to t a mystery get nothing but happiness to rid himself. of this lir done for this club already. tt, sudden need to reaasure himself straining upward on his toes, his: meant to stand face to face with and have an elephant shoot for the sisted. "He'd . See for boy while there was time 'at move down the bank. Am 1.; you've headache from that be meant to claim, his' men. Don't seem right to unload another 'tat the boys were untuspicioue, head and body wedged,iu the ?" Roy was He's never .him. time For there Margery's! funnel that he had turn woman. got Yourself....I trig He had felt before,: In to to talk Mergeryr Lange the two Aliens been touched the earth. his chest labor-- 1 d ;heart has scaecely hope. that Margery and Murray and himself.' An en- - ,Ynurs." be absurd." Brecks I don't sayi 'Shucks! 'Dick." I said with a them. Did they look at him c uri- through !lick tone! yet. She might be hurt for al "You bet toI'm right. was his own; but now he knew it. el,' "(Don't raging businees, seeing her and we's bear mYself talk. I! grin, You fellows been mighty vice cusly? Or was it only natural In MgHeforcould of difficult was and he for she but was while. just things It young: shert. no longer hear any, fiercely and longingly, and he knew talk. Anal to me, too. Ive always liked my iterest. One never knew where he niurray together, more and more era- man not to redden at it, Breck, would be at hand. He knew talk business when I smart sounds frum the river. He was un,i that he would force himself to unbutt hintedf They had had five days of it. guYli JO). here. writing-dow1.wits with natives.. am everything I of here man asking a for of yoi capable knew sernething e wamed of what might be ap-- ; endurable effort to win back 7to 'Das morning, when the native Murray tie had hardly spoken of the once what .it waswhat made that pur- - that goes on .and helping the club Yenning, and holding her, bad come into camp with news of : Breck was feeling. Proaching. If the beast should her. move down the bank? Hoy when it got In trouble. Well, were phant to Allen. Suppoee he came seize were goneattraction the Le all that count,' light stronger blood him now, drag him down , He lost track of time. He drank elephant-spoohand. r at 'First Pieta near this it out and said they'd words over He could hardly realize, that he and I stood watching it, scared to: not Pt trouble now. Leastwaya With all his 'night his fingers at muddy water-holehe knaceed he had welcomed the thought of Breck added. "You know that as had we've-goto IA And so. now, if was seem remorseful other he that each to on went when it done death. Murray holding talk tore at the roots above them and roots. lie sucked the pocket of Ws action. The three men had cut, for jI well as I. He's yours. Don't over the too tongue tied to speak. Water. Il another mystery to figure out- -1 think truer last woida had been hurtling edgeThe so about won. child it.", oid a had an like, , Nile shot and Breck thrust through. at last, into space.' coat. where lump of cho0- hoarse cry that broke out, An a said to myself, will stop IL...Wheal well, mysteries are my specialty. 1 There was no use protesting. voice this elephant was to be his. Dick. You're tbe captain. If you would- seem natural and His whole- hand was outhe wile! late had melted. will his That as knew he reaches creek. the it that hardly it He caught himself talking load: Ydurray had won second phot.lBreck wouldn't take the elephant Own, was much in horror at what and we will see what makes stOp.I say 'Got, I start. Apd believe me, honest. a decent avowal. Hear bet- - working hie wrist about in the blood was the first asin You Breck a giftand hole he was making. A warm taste and so had accompanied can't ''Steady on old chap! ter the row later frqrn the boys. Jerry Moore saw happened in his own soul as purple 1ht. But no! The 1ight whether ' of the country. A had ease any other elephants joined convention be far from camp now. Event It. fresh air stole down to him. creelt,-- light or Dot. I'll find It out sooner or would It put Ideas In their Of Those at what was taking place before moved right into vitanklick can the trailand to have an extra beast belonged, in hunters' Code.the up last demomenta you were pick thy's, a or gone, find And me. I'll believe later. :heads? moving fast, too, and bobbed acrossi man along in carte of danger, he to the man who first put a bul- his eyes.,, lirium of terror and - struge In trail. Keeping at It does it..,-..- . That splash ! Murray was under the water i3te a barrel that hail out why it moved, as. It did: rill N9 sleep f6f him that mirht. He 'which In it. . into let She'll he Breek.was pull you laughingly explained. d no w hewa at the surfate attir something shoving Itwe watchea find that out. and I'll find out 0111,,!was fought, and twieted like Margery's there'. and of e trtitte to resent even that pleas- Murray recognized the folly- in from his it till it got acrosswe saw It makel it went into the 91d millSteent- - bv. morning, and there wee more et a lunatic till he could wrigale his. through .., Something cool on this ing UP. shaking the water he thought that cut let them arm.... ruthlem new he Hont antra, but he had been glad enough i argument, but own .uti, And of 10alt his 1 haunt-way out zen's. call old mill. It, to bleeding considerateness blasted .1t1111the they Jerry I for Steentzen4 sincerity and face, striking to have him on the hunt And not virtue of his going to come a ll right. scraping along through tear, but had got his second wind Moulder. went itisidefor ma- - says" It - distress, and the clear ineffective- - was under agalnstruglingnat ed howbilVi, You're And Breck. in ratite and roots camp; and dirt.. Then his ..vrith Margery goint'l to to reappear That Nwssati thercehr a a ment' we could see. It shiningi "All In favor?" shouted Dick. by now, he told himself. He tried to '' ever. the very sight of Murray was fleas of his own oho; it would ed a white wake. Brecit'i They wero all In favor of it. But f"rce to accompany them ll14 eni then his body won stand face to face with the windowsa to pul) of , Breek through been generous have So it heeeeied that on the fourth Irksome., wert put. That'Eskeypir.e,...W9Allittll,.,Ttosati '1 IV !.4,1,4.4eice..111LaLthe vageay. allt through the hole lit the sod. and him-- I streak of crimson. In the Iroth eft glowand then itItoY?" And he knew his presence, too. intake the elephant and let last on top of it. da y after his escape from the men- sent votet-B1,- 1 foam? Darby. This WAS when they I e. if he himself were alL Am I right. on was Irksome to alurray.. Certainly self clean his hands ef the situa- dile. th a gauht skeleton of a yoeng as athe the Breck felt second he greea that had not gee() grass meeting lav, he stayed there the tion.-Th"Right:" announced Roy. beast waa Co dangeroas. id about man stumbled at dusk into the tir- tended. Dick reminded us fellws end elephant they were on each other's nerves. strangling for air. The wor the natives take them out to had thought never to sea again. let credited otkeet VI not 1 eororyml'e' be for-near had that esAaich aLornotronutot.e,,, them of ly The feeling between only s;Jduoswt the campfire that hae been a gray blur in He lay there panting. A curious ele hat Bill had not voice in this the rieer. of that him was i wee all about him. Sun- - twinkling like a beacon on its ItilL bade relaxation even in this bust- - l any man with the cp.:dress He n It woashe al streak of sinister water was us that you could see no that brightness came Allen and When was back. Lecu.:eoni3iall had they He misjudged. mese of Neither would wait did not knew how many ern? ,pereoni light! Incredible to think that it Out of the shadowe he camel a hia wife and that white-face- d a purple - lower his bunting. with the other. !,sorry and tracarnfortable. hurt by visnbe. Ile girl. was the tem of- the same day. He shadow himself, and precipitately minutes heel paseedthe boys were carrying and we had severa l games lereck had set the Orters to getting guard Jearbroyu.t.,f; bitinok confess weariness and sit down Breek"s air of cold, offepsive stie7. beside him. summoned by that puripledildanntternna,"Yanna felt es if- he had lived in that foul. the porters fled from the preseeci , up to Ploy. .out the tusks. of this dead with cries of tertor. . . The same day! and stretch his legs- - In grimmer- ple:011. on "He's Cry of his: and he must a hoarse 'racegone ..'"These are worth to them, borne- Iwuconnitdtthealti ykoinudolift.itallid9Onnt.'thiletnowitt ,1013, out probably stood Ile must.not lie here. Ttaa.Zer Even the tent-boIt wouldn't have mattered so have wild eomethingnatural-seeminand grimmer exasperation and essheet, of town." Said Johnny Mc- - Allen. said. 'Must he- a menething,rave bit goodish g such been this hadn't it followed if much haustion they had al ;thing: iatelligible, Larren. "It's not right for any tver two hundret pounds. Hell the bank. Thome beasts offen their dusky skins ashen gray with Mur- - enough was difficult I It them. of One terror. of whites the their he rear trophy. 'the wandered corking trail. waters in terror, club on to member a vacation hnve people borne. I suppose. who"il infuriating edge. go his discom- - ray's, gunboy went scrambling He rose and stumbled blindly Into bowing wildly. leil""i They were gaining. The elephant even in the Midst of. not giving us notice that he is 0 glad of this." etar k telh to feel down the bank at a slope to the Esuhtnet.dn.hjiontisl the "Be heaven, you've given rrie a then had taken no alarm; the air was: fort and down riontgtht14Ing bruM, would MI go So, I let lay again. say. a "Ile mayholte girl." said Brea; as a rag in the reaction walk:" mid Murray. with the ghort left. in an effort to reach the rivwindless. He was feeding leisurelY1 a thrill at sight of those ivories. ahead and make our . ricl brought au odd look from Al weak Wall jabbering. 'rii.q. I would say, but all ti.rotind, "If they come like his. I hope er; the trailter of his old chaffing smile twitcbdrig es he went; sometimes thPy found front the He Moore. said "Surel'' sitrugele. spent lay 'I II( n. for you." he pointing downstream. the ring was a purple I s -- a' make the motion Jerry little moist balls of leaves he had- we get a 'better pairhest. we go exhatieted, bat in his veins rim at his lips. to "I think not," he raid with a and .. be nii,uld Breck caning" Haw with current," Seck as Somedo the my "rit said. in, go Out. glow me Be They the etecruthot chewed up and spat Second the motion!" shouted wayed a little as be ca;rrie caill cteaptumd. toorh ef wisterity. was saying. and Breck ran &Irma it and it It up the bushes get a better pair." then was forward. all to ani times they saw where be had stood l tell) you was well be It alive, straightened, very Johnny Metarren, Breck felt-thlust of destructise but after all. clout. He knew welt! the edge after Murray's atinhor- ,paased making everything Breck . "All in favor," droned our oaf.and rubbed his tusks .against the something more had hanging. He was- streaked With stpuersphd;II - contempt- - to stand in a slippery foothold of all again .within him; he longed to be done about its way. along he face was haggard, en-trees In on place the sap was enough. and thought It. Murray too. of that as In the he No lamp out stare be uously that Murray knew. and boy'e memory helplessness, not lantern. colic! clay. any Irurge to his feet the high cheekbones jutted like nErgla.erhrriliodhen:tmwema:eerlianidnlfols:I.norw. - atill minded himself. and got cll.running. They me-- 1 eome-- a I t g not h did Moss out Of the PuTPte wipedover lig the bey'a bodyelik, and 'tried to take Ilia- beafinge. He rocke above the taverns of '',Ii's Just a flush ItusKs ten minutes behind him. i soul, ing - swil t; y and steadily to the wa- loud thwack. had his deed done for him? man a way once ,in a decade. Hie thankful th his furry-sere- d cheeks. but a semblanee of the ield had tio notion how far down-riv'We start tomorren what They followed now with greater Un- He a w in the days ttit followed the Crocodile had for that helplessness! ter. And across the creek It went, i for eamp on Banklick care in the silent footsteps of the talk of help was cheap anti carried him. forl Jauntiness upheld him, - and The " Creek", . On out him: kits broke deed sweat saw A down what it had donthe great bobbing up end he could not have been btirning eyes-itheir deepest Melt, naked tracker. trying to be as availlng! 'Hold, everythinrri"r came a voice .its the n But he held himself in hand; he he found that he was lying exclaimed Haro ld , the from the woman he loved though noiseless as hea, difficult matter ,'ttatwin. "That's the door. We turned to see lie badeyeirof long in the water or he would have eta Were darkly bright with mcick- no more sign of his resent- - downward upon the grass panting smart toi the there place enthroned khaki gave Murray stiff and c,l been .04 Water, . standing on tip. door- - This sudden devastating griée. had completely drowned, the cur l heavy boots r n.nfl,e,,!,., meat. So he said crisply: - "gel as if he had run a great distance, Like light that case of his setVrt rent Was swat. clothes are forced through. jungle his hat in hie hands. 'Boys." cfealmlopoimBaÄrikhitticteCcrToeek like a ligmrting's flasn, i Evelently he was on the other the circle not It. The elephant is yours. You'll loath to stir or move. tanmined, of them. the Varied tehe' said. a with "I look. worried Do growth. But the elephant does was tusks. you those a in It be Proud felt we He of of dare." nnil..1 recesses nightmare. as stecret mill tte heart. her haunted ';Wde, . ures of Allen and his wife, the Cr!. of the river. It was no river wish you would postpone your take alarm, easily from to start unreal. impossible. But he had seen came want th!to tracker-chanow. IT eh! knew horses!" not he that-th',Hold your slashing and transfixed bad wtth wild. tinbelievaele .111Pt .ng crossed In. their doesn't seem it: own before. Murree had all of Snapping tw:gs them Out flow?" men die before In Africa. He knew pIan,It interrup:ing voice. branches are no natural omens of getting hunting. but a wider stream: He !Joy. and sought and feund the an-- v e!v6217.1 Poor little Bill Darby'' considered: 'What do the wars of Africa were swift and captain's "We Murray her. enthusiastic , vital the twins - i muet follow upstream till he found swering stare of the men Whe I danger to him. Scent is mire. YOU say our heads here. Haw. And Breck &midi notgo near her. a he where he could fordlittle i stood risrldirt matter. betere After a time he arose and made gkoittIttayolluse.i.0 "Depends.' said Breck. "I'd say trite Would it pass? tVotile he be again asplace e he relished the thought of be- - hine.'-- ' . The men took their guns into we for other look about while The toward Ma welt camp. i way silentiy do? we own at his would the pamlon and Mg again in those water. man, Reo-- but what arobut him. Docr' Your friendseildn't make a go their own hands. setting them out elephants. It seems a good Pilloe." boys and the tracker trailed behind for usWhit shall Is made 11 tower that. had ' motion a member up of get was impelled spring His shoulder it, Breck," he said. lie's down and out." answered in bad shape. Murray agreed; and him. and their voices now awe"Richto." ready, while the He stopPed.. The look that Wee only waiting to de- non, nodding la head. while a sad 3taila7 Or had he naircered.some- - and he made his way through the fresh cartridges for swift reloadcampingwere now rising excitedly. 'tut added. "What about a bit of struck. on the place,, before we take iiil look' overspreed his honest face. itu.ng more elusive than life itself. thickets till he found a spot at the answering him wile the unguarded cide ing. as he feel His legged approached . For three days rye been watch- - had, he made for. himeelf a deeper weters-edir' f where he could kneel look of a man delivered front a Brett went first as he was to It seemed more than Breck could lb"' camp. He found himself utterly vote on it." very special hell,. . . ;Not to every have first shot. and his blue eyes bear but he noW had to sit down unable to come in 'mouthing the In bed with a hall than I.am of the woman would and Wash' the- wound. mg himbut hes of fever andwell. I don't mind tell- - be7 In an inner' pocket he foetid' the man is it given tei tee Wen Quickened with eagerness; his and take lunch in this man's corn- - newel that he must tell. He went him. i He weeHe conscione of a dull tiny container of permanganate hie hands undone. chiefly !ha you. Hawkins, hes a sick bor. face reflected a single purPose on pan)'. There was a river close by. through it like amen in a dream. Creek." I said. similing.up.at well. Of none to desire P see newcomer he n "I know and ,Bill.-iDice. on retty a In advancing away He channel. and Jerry 'walked warily. slowly 'Thank would feel mighty had .1 in a queer, hoarse He went "freight to Allen and crystals which every monkey out of him: ,!f he knew you were g,ing camp- - them again. Be wished he could bring!' to Africa and umalty lose Heaven." sale Breck unexpectedly. the track. oesrching the dense the high. jutting bank. at a eherp1 in the fewest poweible words gave can't make a believe a gun to his head and- end it Ictig before the need arises. With He streichtenel himself' calf some what he haa: ing. and he could not go put It greenery with an experienced e'ye. bend. they found places .in the him the story. Murry' hadge leaned very easily. I along. Is. I believe that Jer-- : might hurt. I mean It might told intolerable weight had fallen from Mingled with his bunter's eager shade. and unwrepred the bundle too' far. pItched over the-edhurtt all. They waited a day in camp af-- '. a solution made in his drinking-u- p sass was the natural man's wish of tins of beans and biscuit and pulled under. Nothing they conld ry thinks "'Le saw a purple lilliti his chances of recoveryI know ter the tusks haa been brought in.' he waehed the lacerations, yelling him. Then him face tightened to a as then started ort the four dSe march like sardines. They ate ravenously." do.., In a moment Allene wife do just what he gays it did. If iti you understand that don't your" meet whatever Was to come. For at In to bring down the elephant agony. thaliery Ne the spur of that freeh, pain 'Tale and square." I said. nod-g- haek to'Bortah he an inetant lontrer the two men con dead of prowess In the eyes of the washing it down with great drinks and Margery had come running were deft to me ,I would say let's s answer to that the the Out the Swift from find gunand desired. ani has had looked and 'Aden disaster Irentillt be Meg my head. warted along the river,- keeping as fronted each other. away from outhe And Don went out. element of absolute unreality ar.eia' elr,Se to the bank as thickets and Then Murray. with an 'ode ges- Margery's face. 'taring steadily at mystery. You know me. I've got eit Ile would have welcomed a boy' had carried. This semblence of the shadows,,,st the edge of the nose for such thingsbut maybe 'e will postrone our comPint t it. even to the victim in its gripl.ithorn womb,' allow. dowse. a test of Me skill. Ho Wilk Ore, turned seraese He left it at a more more to shirk and hateful want un-not the wouldn't other II 'lardy man wbo did ! ship grew plane. for the time being." 'Aid Our The face that Murray mated clearing boys Darknees came on before he that. He had peen what be had each instant to the older man. Re broke away from the first take a thence"I ward from the river's swirl, I captain. th& (null crofts the elver. came with limn in Breck's-- faceThe Bell I got no farther there was a ...., face thathaunted Breck in his the swift onrueh of the tropics, and Syndicate. which we did., Suddenly big tracker hold up a This thing was a gymbol to him of Uhl of contusion and went into 11) tree-bol- , .;-- I set-U- p' - ,,,t) ii If . - e. -,. 'cit.-whe- . itts. 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