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ml till inal trap it lie acl 1 a 4 hyena on a tour tie t a tri arii bonev ilmi an I 1 ostern V it As ille was attach at fl by a it nake snake litake killet it ail tint savel vc 1 its pol pot non von to kill garne nr tie ehno Int trope wae max at tacket by ftc tv r lie nl il make din disagree 11 agree I 1 the wit r ina 1 I a strang it d ir r fr the of allas 1 11 I mile 8 cave I 1 ane CHAPTER continued mryr air nir blake pray do not nut get excited 1 I 1 I mean excuse luo me im I 1 on nure re coining down sick he said haiti no no I 1 have no f or then it tte a ho tho eun sun let ift you ought to keep up ill tin re where here the air Is freshest I 1 it mako make 3 ou oil a eh all ide she protested and withdrew some aliat hurr hilly to her tier tree in tho the morning make was gone drain again but instead of a note beside tho the ore stool th the an ar iiller ante antelope lopp akin skin converted into a ireat bamboo a ribbed sunshade she silent ho the day as a usual on the I 1 tilt ro re was wai no wind find and the anti etue as scorching hot but alth her tier big sur ishado to lir from the direct rays tho the held was as at lea IPA i it durable bhe bun found energy toworu at a basket which she alai attempting to weave out of long cears coars grass el of here there wen were fi fiquett quent intervale intervals wt atu n her tier hands sank idle in her ul lit and she gazed awn oer over the tile shimmering glas glass u of lie the ocean in the afternoon the hat lecain sultry and slid a long ilow swell began to roll from beyond tho the distant horizon showing no trace of white along its oily crests until the broke over the coral reef reefs there was not a breach breath of air stir and for alime n timo the nets so check d tha tin rollers that they hiked force to drive on in and break upon the beach steadily however ho eier tha the swill briw heavier though not so as a c cit it a s pi diw ruffled ruffied the tile dead dealt m of the watery hillocks H D sunset they mete rolling coiling hi hah over both bolt lines of reefa reefs and find racing short sh onward Aard to bulk upon ha the beach and the cliff foot in furious lurf surf the still dr re with ith he the booming of tho the breakers ut the tile girl inland brid and tin unversed versed in mother lore bit wit ln hiedi adhel tsi and anti indle erent ferent her tier eves ces fixed uon tilon the horl ion zon la in a vacant stale state her iter reveria waa aa nt at last dis disturb t by iho the lec tillar behavior of the tile seafowl those 8 la in ho tie nir air circled around in a manner strange lo 10 her while title their nates on tho ledas wad waddled dittl about 1 over and between tk li neath aher liepp hiis its a shriller note than usual in n their discordant clamor yet even when hen jibe he gave heed to tho the birds the girl fillod filled to realize tan lit ir alarin or to sense the impending dan ker ger it nis only that a feeling of dit di dl t quilt quitt hid hill listoken tin till spell of her tier ri nv erio erle it did not obtrude to lipon the fadd tit ill of her conscious thought thou glit slit sli alighi ghI and noeo to return to tile cleft idly adl wondering unit that the air seem soom norn tuoro than it tt the pe peculiar rullar aill enhance of the sun un and the I 1 eky sky coant nothing inor to i hr tier than an odd effert at of color and I 1 lucht she tal it with an in attempt nt at a sundet painted by I 1 an friend of lie tile impressionist clisol neither A In nor make was in irv when alie she rear reaf bed lied the tile baobab I 1 anti nd neither api ali cared learod though ithe d aved rl etl supper 1 until dark lark it wai was quite bl that thov the h id milt it boie e her tier aburn and lal hat gone off albair 1 the to it dose lose an tint I 1 make on an hunt 1 at last fired of uniting jibe he the clr firtl and into her I 1 the lle air in n the cleft var ft a till still more otI flInK than on the t midland sho slit caused with ith her hani hant upraised to lone 1080 be swinging door she had halt ciol poni pfd d it open airn hon she he came out in ho he rooming morning ia moment a heel heal sh h went on across the ih hollow le the floor door ild open 1 I will ret rest a and cloae it later she ho dished she eeling ia and 4 F an hour pad n b n still 11 8 1 lit the cleft hven the had hushed their shrill note h onla aund bound a U a 1 calio of the efte urt surf roa ro jai iwA L M A I 1 I 1 0 I 1 if low ass 1 11 q t 4 sr 01 4 1 V of 0 V 4 J all L 6 to U 4 to ir 40 VA it 4 ap no al A ito ar 41 11 know already I 1 know AV upon the seashore H B neath the giant spit id ill of 0 the baobab all as black noes ness something moved la in a bush a bittic va na down don the tho cleft A crouching figure appealed dimly in the at the figure siept stealthily across a into the il tit u aber night of the bao bau bab bat the tile darkness close I 1 about it like vice a 0 shroud 4 blinding flash of light pil aced blackness bl aAnes the figure hilled and douched loftur though the flash gash had gone again in a fraction of a second A dull rumbling mingled with the ceabe leso boom of the surf A I 1 nash flash lighted the cleft with its dazzling coruscation thia this time the creeping figure did not hilt gain and again the forkel light ning streaked hd across tho sav every stroke more vivid than lie the one before the rumble of the diskint thunder to a heavy rolling which litch dominated the dull roar of the break breal lra the storm was coining coming with the on onrush rush of a tor yet the tile leles hung lebs in the still air anil and there wag ails no sound other than the thunder and the booming of the suit the lightning flared one stroke upon tile other with mith a brilliancy that lit up the cave a interior brighter brigl lUr tr than at tit bild day da in the willbo albre the kirl girl siw mn NW douched beneath her tier a door ind tits face vas as the face of a bast CHAPTER the hurricane blast az oil olt a moment lint W t e i A moment ent of abe la on her bil stilluf into the blank tha storm vorm burdit ith 4 cri cushing shing uproar hit brought brouil it hei to hr feet with ith a a el rit rid I 1 her iter glint treo erskel and strained nd the tile impact of the tile ter rifle blate blasts that cami howling though the cloft like a rout of shrieking fiends ibe peal 1 of thunder merged into une one continuous roar beneath which aich the olid till ledges of rocas jarred jarrell an quil ered the eftig A 1 q n pall of blick bi tek iloine buds meshed with a dazzling net work ork of forkos light lichini nl g the girl tool stunned ly the by the tile blinding glare ot of the thunderbolts pl ot even nore more fearful of the tile figura which pery every bash shoud her tier still hlll lurking beneath th ohp door 1 I 1 r A gust borne bugh struck alth mth bing fore fiK RAta alnet her tier ui lul malsk d arm arni hut but took no heed she aia via unav vare of the swill of rain itt I 1 stick sticks and I 1 leima that voa was driving in through the till open enar ince on a sudden he the door eligo tiro from ite its props and avi girled folen tl aroun I 1 on its baline jar there was ix a that pierced above the shrill ng of the c alonea clonea clon e 91 eingle single humin the tirl girl sprang the ahe ah heavy door 11 wished bif up before ore tier and down agila ite I 1 ts loner eabe ill but kniffing her fate for a moment li it la in a vertical position anil aud hung quivering like a bast about to leap foal ulon its irey trey too excited to com ilic the danger dancer of the act the girl s ill ring forward ind shot one 0 of the thick bars into its bocket bucket A fierce gust leaped against the outer fice of the door and thrust in upon it striving to burst it bodily from its bearing bearings top and the he fue fite side of the bottom bowed in but dut the branches were ere still green and tough the bamboo like whalebone and the shauni in ln creepers held the lie frame together a as though the joint joints were lashed with wire mire lope F tiling filling to smash in the clastic structure tute or to snap he the crossbar it wire as if it the alist hung filing itself alternately against he the top and bottom in a fierce attempt to again hill the tile fiame flame about the white alire sti earning in through the interstices showed shoed thy the girl her site grasps anther an ther bar and i shot it into its bocket clet is the lower part of the door gave back willi tho tile shifting of the pressure to the 1 p it iti was as then a simple matter to slid tj 0 remaining bars into ill deep sunk holts holf s 1 athin half halt a minute she had made the door fast from the alist bar to the sixth X he iv spray m was as I 1 eating in upon her the chinks of the britne work ork bho she drew drea buk bilk and sought shelter sh elte in a niche a he aide side nar i low as win 18 he the olt above he the top op of hi dour door it let in 1 i I torrent of w water ater which A aich spouted elt char ar aar acoss ss and against the far wall nall cf ct the cave it gushed down upon her tier bed an I 1 was alread flooding the th cave floor bit piled higher HIP loco anuta stord sto cd in her niche and letche her tier sek ait upon the heap to keep above the tile water hut eean in lit her tier sh elfred cor nor the odd edding ing wind sh ouid her with spray she maled for her ann shade and find return d tt to huddin benc beric ith it in fit alio still mi mis cry pry and terror of it 0 that ins his crept wo aided into I 1 hole ole during ho the first hurricane there had been companions to whom sho she could look fook for help hell an ani comfort and sho she had been to a degree nn un iw ire of the tile of the danger but in tho the few hort short dieks since she had bad caught cit I 1 more thin one glimpse of primeval lature bhe she of the bloody ting blind remorseless remorse leee insensate destroying evir ctr destroying true his this was on solid land while before hero there ind irid hem be n the peril of the sea dut but now novi the girl was am atone alone out side the straining atril ning walls of her refuge tat hurricane belld and shrieked and roared a licad legs formless form lesa tr ouster furious to burst in upon livon her to over throw her standi old tree giant that in his fall hi hn shattered trunk might crush crus h anil and it agle her or at adv in stant a thunder bolt might rend open the ho great tower of living wood and hurl hurt her blackened black enid bod into the pool on the cave floor once she fancied that the sibe heard I 1 make shouting cuts outside idle the door but hen she creamed a shrill the blast mocked her with response echoing shrieks and she dared not venture to arte the door it if it aare illace he did not shot t again after a till tithe he hen h larl en 0 in o think that the bound sound ha luul t been no more than a freak of the hirling igind let tile thought of him ut tit in the full fur of the chlone gervel serel lo 10 lurn turn her tier thoughts liou slits from front her own oat dang i it pried alond ald for its a iafet lillig god that he be bad sta d bhe she sought sou fht to pray even cen for I 1 lili I 1 I 1 if rope ill aut t the of that face job up before her tier an and d bill coald cu lid not thin presently sin all became aware L of a ching 1 in th nu stol the ferri alc guts blew bleu with tt ct arlater ater violence the lie heavier lie the light lied filled the 1 air avith a lunae e of dIzz dazzling ling white title light hut bot the rain ro to longer pushed gushed across on the spot pot when hir hr bed fled had been it wie is n being at a diffin nt ariale and Us its forc fore mas woken by the be d in the talk wall all of the entrance after a line ime the delude dishta balant the en it t fenre luce pushing gushing down domn the door in a cataract of foin nother interval art the driving doun downpour pour no longer struck even the edge of the opening the wind was veering rapidly as the cyclone c clone center moved past on one side the area of 0 the hurricane was as little more than thrift that it of a tornado and it WAS along ite its course at great treat I 1 speed an hour more and the out armost rim of the huge whirl was passing Bin over er the aie cleft quickly the hurricane gusts fell aaa to a gale the gale became a breeze the brieze lulled and died away tided stifled by the torrential rain ithan the baobab all wae ivas again dark and silent utterly exhausted the sirl girl hal sunk bick hick against the friend ly wall of the tree and fallen asleep she was nas wakened by a hoarse call misa jenny miss jenny answer anser me met are uni ou ill she he started up tit barel barely saving her self from front a fall as the bis big nuts rolled beneath her fet fe t rhe morning sunlight 1 as streaming in conr her tier door sc s1 sprang down ankle deep into the mire of the cave floor and ran to loosen the bar bars ks a the tile door up tip she darted out iab with a cry of delight you are fafel oh I 1 A is so afraid for sou out nut but oure drenched I 1 ou on must build a tire ore dry youssif your sIf at once valt aft said wake blake 1 I ve got to tell you lie ile caught her outstretched handi hand and pushed them down with gentle force his ills face waa was grave almost eol 1301 dmn think you can stand bid dewse a shock 1 I 1 hat Is it yon ac sc strange it its a about N something very ery bad she tuned turied with a gasp and hid her face faco in her handa shuddering with horror and loathing oh ohl oh ohl she erld 1 I know I 1 read readi I 1 know all all aap demanded illace staring blankly yes all and and hi lif made me think I 1 it t wai you she gasp gaspad d and f t 11 silent alikes face went alle lie spoke in a clear florant voice tense as an 0 violin string 1 I am si 81 taking about lithnie under me tile he lie has hat been badly hurt the door hV down and struck him ahen he was capping in I 1 god tit roand blabe I 1 picked him hini ui like a sick baby the beast stead of grinding grind hs my I 1 eel in his 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