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Show 7Ajjffl cOHN-BOGARDUS. BTCflglJfe ffl ?- HLrri&2E2222a2EE iM? Atidrr uddeniy looked tip, utmlelit Into ! Hluslnt; eyes. "You yourself nn ,KU,iii3," blio said In n clear . "I nui n voinun, we.il:, mlser-. mlser-. ilc never bo miserable as in this nvful night nut I'm not a coward. 1 eau forclve not you but wbat you jay, for ou irlcd out Just now from a hell Infinitely deeper than mine." The blfi7i of llpht In JfacCIoster'a e,uJ tiled to a brooding glow'. Thoro was somelhlnj; In Anrtmi's face, some llliiinlnatlou of the clean s.6ul within her, that spoke with u Aire voice, louder, more pereti.ialvely than word. "TJie Klfls that otnen may brim; I" their hands," lie said with a ulilspf. lng slpli, "love, ten-ltirnesa and Inc. .r, reMt tothe anchored soul I I, !ui? Closter, had tho world at my f. vi for u nliiKle nlKht. I)ninl with udumtlon, drtiult with nine, I went out to heck the Klftq th.it iomon brir.!; In their luind-." U In voice droppt' to u bitter, halMIIppunt lir.rv of -nlf-mocklnj;. 'Umallpox nnd (iih- I. a ultiRlo night. IIu ! 11a I Ha I" The laugh ranr out full-throated, thunderous, terrlb lor the freight of niKo tlut It carried, it rolled arid ; echoed acro! tue silent flight ill.e tho '' roar of u sti eken lion. Seurce'y had It died to a stlllueks when to jimlrau's earn came a clear command, calm us the voice of an executioner, "Lie down, Andrea." llefoie hIic could quite obey a rlHo i-rHikp, there was the "1'lintl" of a bullet bul-let as n patch of MacCliister'o Milrt leaped suddenly, welrdlj. from big Hhoulder lr.tj the . ir. Instantly bo leaned down and With ono baud picked up Andiea llglitb ami held her suspended sus-pended betv.eeti blinsolf ai.d the shore. "One more, 'iicvor! jou lousy bun-turn!" bun-turn!" he bellowed. "One more to Hive me the tioublu of twinning the ueck of your little thicken 1" As he finlidii'il spwikliiK, 'i'reinr shot apilli. A look of vacant MirprlNe 1 avOV i JT J f JL ft II i JmmMTL Ikffi 111 1 XMwfjllwilmWLti Mmw Avfcw V. r TrtVH'tbrt Aih. ' 4 ym,ntKA vrer Iht- ft. of llie fjwubat naU; U Anfjrm., ff wwjlfa uy, .Vs thoinri!,Utn lww tail nU-(tlcHly nU-(tlcHly oveKeil nti fdl, Ucn flwn, te tli iMttoni or tho tunt. HI fKte n lenM-d, Mid with tlft nwb!4 loto Ik vtrrJ 'Miit:iifr,t,.r pmiptl,f pltt Jbrr on (lir ie bHl4 him nnd ffSTt cmlni order In (lift retnnlnlur piiuft wltu hid paitxed In terror. He etoou vp, t(Hk the tiller between the tmneu 3ou4 oilvtM of lil. ii-,; and iiroceerw to till and IIkIiI UN plpr. "You xwr lin mid, uuletly. "lu won't '1111111 sgttln. How do 1 know? I'll tell you." He half "centeit 'himself, elbow ou .Mice, the tiller under the erook or Ilia ley. "A llllle bruin work," be ennlln. Tied uimwvniliiti.illy. 'Trevor meant to kill a nigger, but uot that one not the. one next to you. lie was MiGotlug at the how-hoy ami he hit the stroke oar I How do 1 know J Well, It's what ny man would do, let alone one o( the beat Hhots that evor drew trlcRer. He would pick off tho cruw beglnnlur furthest from the point whom hu nenl-el nenl-el all hU nerve. Now the ISantain known wh1 he know well unough he- for", only hr knows It a 1 Mjht lHf.i-r, mid thnl l that no ni.111 living u Uioot In inimullght aod tell where I Imllrt will sK "lip won't kbo(t main," he fliiWjed, 11 IfM 1 ip mmmimm turning to her w.iij . ghastly smile, ".o jou're K.ife aaf ',1th me. 1 don't auk yoti to lovo 1111 ir my looks only for ivyieir I" 1 Andrea lookel ati)nbcro but at hla face, "You mm i know," she s.ild after ii pause, "tl..it I ntii quite safe with . the man you once were." I "Ilcrc," said MacCIo;ter, his eyes narrowli g. "Ifn too late to pull any of that stuff. Why didn't jou try It back there when I Was te.illy soft 5" I "When you were Klneetv," nuswered . drea. "1 v.na sincere. You knew It; mit jou wouldn't have known It It wouldn't Imi c been tru e If I had taken the chance to save my skin." I "That's so," conceded MarCloster thoughtfully, "nut If you're not going to be percuuded to lpe me, will yon pleaso tell mo where I get off? What are you good for, nnywny? Do jou realize that I gave up a cusu of gin t for you and that a uise of gin In these troubled tlmee Is worth all of three poutiils sterling?" Antfrea winced. "So I'm really not ! worth three pouuib," she Mild half to herself. MacClofter heard and took .quick 'lilty on the wlstfulne?" In her Voice. ("Well," he said, comforting!)-, "I wouldn't ny' that. Whete It was u question of sentiment or'a matter of huIng fcometlilug pietty around tho house 0 man might go rtirther. Why, even among the blacks " lie p.iued, looked calculatingly at her and then went on: "Old-timers will tell jou that there aro two qualities that don't exist In Africa at all; one la' gratitude and the other In affection. I think they're right about the first, but' about the eeoiid, T know better. There aro cases when 11 bWek like a particular partic-ular woman, and when thnt happaw his .ice Is marked by n peculiar look. f kilow It and every time 1 rafclt sight of it I'm two extta pounds In poekeL" "Why?" nk-ed Andrea. "What do you mean?" "Whj my dear? Don't yo know? nidn't Trevor tell you that I'm I'm in trade?" ."Hp said," answered Andrea, "that you nire engaged hi stttup horrible builnem,, but that he couldn't, conceive of any rraMin why ne nkoiild tell me what It wm. wa vpry earlnu the, l)Mt,uuw I leally'dox't oare.'1 "rinlcUug, cruwlus pnulrt" pc-'tjtind pc-'tjtind .MacC'lostpr, hU uilad, urn Tl-wr. Tl-wr. "Why. It's the most Ipxltiaiato liuiuirpd per eit llttlp baciaesk tint ercr cravrlrd uuf At hie )rl. it It wasn't for hip tlib whole liauk fry wuuld ran hrt t wlvf." 1 "Yuu menu y bay tai teal wM ea?" Mtfkpa Audrra. I "-S. aat exactlyr' 'mSwSH Uc7 CMwIrr. "I raisn tapai. vm tk legal WMr af a knadrert and Oajktr-twa. r v ar al, wtv. Om't -naabar." m IW1'" peJ Arnliea, ofaca.hiraU Vm tUi Irjal poinmir ta ( ma iw$ that., B wtaif tha"tns tufe' log. Voii'U a." Ail through (lit ulckt aufl wall lata tba twit day the boat traveled ataa tly apMraam. aUllotr yawaetl iw. dllou1y (Area ut 'fanr UnrM!, Wt aevei cave np th HUer tu a "V", . In lha erlj''mt,rnio tay ealer4 ton rplj.if, th(t.NrreiraIURltiiBi xh ldM by, t (llila.. MJicltrV Wa rtwt ad J.tt ate unwJe.rt CUtt tt firm ferlV..V' 1r,.,1.li..-.W'lL- cmt f fim hOTjaoa; WA1m?VW mUI. "If h (void bavn btim"i t thin oar aaaiR nouid have beak u. el rte'ti Xivu p hi faTlt lltrla piittert lieu, KUi.'your'wIata and aay Aarea'a heart, U-pily luw, ank litt Infrer. Xo oat;e throiuM ttav nlfkt had sbo i-lo!.l her uyeH and alu, knew now tU'it rihn had trtpa noptoe ! lirayiut: tlut I lie llrsi ieaia of morning morn-ing would itnd Trevor, the Hnnger, on tlm ImiiL. She totild nut know, as did MaKJIostrr, that an liapaudip. forest of unbroken thorn stretebed for mllc-i between tint two camps. There was Just one open toad to MacOloater the.Uver and on that no oilier bott Could eipiiil the Hpeisl of hl.s own. ".Say," huIiI MacCIoster, moved hy a Midden thought, "la there anyone that would glw a lot of money for you?" Andrea's brows drew together In honest valuation of what -.s left of her old self, "t don'i know." nho said meekly, "I'erlups not now." "What would he give for you?" Mac-Closter Mac-Closter asked. Jerking Ids heard over bis Nhoulder, "Ho said he wouldn't give tlireo pounds," auswered Andrea lu a still, mll voice. She begau to cry. MacCloHer'8 eyrs grew rmmd wjtlt frlt-ht. "Oh, Mime now," he nitente4. "Hero you've brtt hours wlthotit evea lblnkln f that l -J trie. dUp it !" im rosrrrt Hddouly. "ty It w t'll innuk jutif betid to" 1 . - jJ ts ''', "' - -... l"1';;' -7y"iffi "I wish you would," robbed Andrea I and cried harder than ever. I MacCloster rolled his eyes heacn- D ward as though he Implored aid. "Ws- 1 ten," he said, talking Into the fky. 1 'Listen and I'll tell you what I'll do. Are jou llKtenlngi" I '"Ych," guspW Andrea. I "Well" said MacCIostcr. "Tou'va been n lot of trouble to mo and a big K loss. You can't expect n dry man te ffl forget n whole case of jschnapps. Now I n going toflet jou write him a nolt nnd If you can g. t him to give (lire 9 nes of gin for jou, WI17 ho can hav I jou, d n him." n Andiea stopped crying, sat up straight nnd tlajibcd her eyes with he , w-rj 'dirty llngurH, but thcio was a ffik Miiingk', set look In her face that made ff f JlacCloster doubt iter midden cure. . m "Will jou do It?" hi1 nskrtl. M "Xp'ver," said Andiea. fl "You'je queer, 11'sn all of them," lift Vm commented muslrplj-. "But somehow 9 the Mi'gest!ou l .iped jou crjltig." H "What on ear b Is that?" asked An- w drea, her cjes tttcd far ohead on an m enormous pale-yellow dome that V looked as If all the ha stacks In the 1 world had been 1 1 hered Into one. "That," said IlacCloster, his vn.st i best swelling In equally Immeamir-ubloi Immeamir-ubloi prldcv "la ihj cahi, my hut." "I'hlnk there i something the matter mat-ter with my eves," said Andrea. "What I hoe isn't possible." "Oh. yea It is," ald JlacCloster. ( '"That's my hut; eighty feet high, one hundred and twenty feet across and 3 'inon a hundred jard' dash jiround." 1 "Hut how did you build It?" asked Andrea, absotbed In spite of hex . niNerj-. "Well" replied Mut Cluster, "I'm ,i modest. I dou't uilud admit ting that n Ood did the bui'iUng; I Jast came along and put on the roof. Trevor over show jou nnj mafutn trees?" W "Ye, they are wonderful," said An- , 1 ttrca, uiuleialandiiig beginning to dawn ,4, In her eyes. ' X1. 3 "That hut of nilae," said JacClQ- tcr, "Is nothing, but the blggebt, round- I est, widest mnfuia tree In the world, I trimmed a bit and thatched over." I Half an hour later' they made a I landing, "Wnnt me to carry ywi again," asked MitiCloster wlUi a loer, "or wll jou walk?" "I'll v.iu," oa.d Andrea, going suddenly sud-denly white wlth'Xlckenlng lfccollec-tlou. lfccollec-tlou. - , CHAPTER XI. I MaeCloster's craal wan a master- I piece of Ingenultj. Iji Its cvntor rc I ilio-ktupendous cala that had ti'.ton- 3 Ishril Atuliea eeti Horn a mile away. Around the inai'ster hut un 1111 hu-pns-able hoinii or barrier of thorns pierced' by a lnrle entrance; outaloV llir Iiohim. lu the form of a ring, caiman caim-an eponnous ben I en court which ou-braced ou-braced a !nii?e shade tree, Indispensable Indispensa-ble ui a nucleus for pow-wow uml men's gossip. Around (he beaten clrefc-were clrefc-were tjtree thickly M-rratcd tows mt huts and their dependent xttbounuK, Knr lolng the eatlre Jiuiiimh beeulft-rrif beeulft-rrif a stockade of glaut iui Ins wlTaat arched entrance at rack point 0' the compass, Ahldr fima tbr Ippalidvp fumlan.M-lal fumlan.M-lal Idea of tlirveaterurlie, MacO.oalpK Htahlishiiriit was asUulililujr moral. It wax trae that be hail -4. tructed for over a hundred uad olckar wives lu ktilct accrtlaure with nalMr law but It waa equally trae Uuu'fet- , allotted t tit anuy of itianorts. wlihawt V, uxcepUuurja . terlUWo hasbaaddi C" " his una oUrwiUnj. lite anly jtvkaX W dlTergeBoe from aattre cauata Km that ha demanded e aayaieat at ! , from tbeie druBe.i aid aa a vftor- aeace reUlaed r 1 r lawt. ,aft tiaMl fe, 'K pt their female, atoihW. --1 f I of.VfiafbWii'k4Jv-' r the giant e!ir,an'Byat8eaW ffapsgTaa: wiftaww th'ns tllllajf twa MhU rtth.-ne atn ;' 1? for the native wale aoraa'allj wartti. J' bijt nnce In h4 Ufa ami-thai lu Yu 'y''--J the sutu with wlitrh te acquire Mr ' "'-m aile wh',"w1H tvfltT thtacsotku af upfKitt Mai.twit eTpptaaitlj rn? & As K a reitirn of twu r ( teMiK B IbtPijramt. ' ' ' w ,M a lGaf saave. UafcOlottftr never tatiked tMMHMiyi. aatomita crit&, lor.v,biintewpTmrie.4tHauiraiyX fc aa well n arrty'VtHOBnOIWiK ,u, trtjtrte"ajVe. Hue-Waa apaiteti hruiil t the pirpa-mtloii AfftraU attii Wo.al Ad i watcrfptcWaE and ihea ttj Ihe ,OKi- " vatlou af the ,wriiiouii s tUxmic i which 'prodtu.ed nun nod millet tu great abundance for the luuby miiw ; bers of the ilose corporation. '! That there was a aubtle polwm at 1 work aompwhere In thl social en- g Biography was evidenced by the f'oet 4 that while them wii always a l0n- I waiting list of recruits for the wotsh- - llshmeut theie was also a tendency 01 I thn part of tiiany nutlves to faco star ffi ration rather than acrept the que- H tlonable iutruslon of the white man In & the Intlmato atructure of their faiala life. It waa further evidenced by to. l 1 abnormal apathy which seemed to ji possess MacCloster's people lu dlrwt . proportion to their Increasing well-fwl and luzy sleckucsk. (To I) Continued) |