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il Magazt Se “First at the Draw” BEASTS oF TARZAN (The Sequel to “TARZAN OF THE APES") A Story of the Ape-Man’s Return to the Jungle BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS (Coprrigta by Frank A Munsey Oo.) srNorst RECED He shoved the gun and bandoleer into the shelter beside Jane. Then he was gone. She ter with the intention of running af- tre Anderssen as fast as she could. As ahe drew the baby close to her she Blanced down into its little face. How red it was! How unnatural the little thing looked. She raised the seek to hers. It was fiery hot with fever! ‘With a little gasp of terror Jan Me on rose to her feet in the jungl path. The rif nd bandoleer lay for- gotten in the shelter beside her. An- derssen was forgotten, and Rokoff, and her t peril. Her one thought was to find some one who could help her—some woman who had bad children of her own— and with the thought recollec- tion of the friendly village of which Anderssen had spoken. If she coul but reach it! A half-hour iater she stumbled, exhausted, into a little thatched village, Instantly she was surround- ed by men, women and children. Eager, curious, excited natives who plied her with & hundred questions, no one of which she could under- All that she could do was to point Seertly 5 Ge baby, now wailing in her arms, and repeat Bver ‘and over, “Fever—tever—fever.” The witch doctor end built ttle fire before the infant, upon Ton ia, email earthen pot making tion en weird passes above it mumbling monotonous chant Pres- face. Jane carried the dying child into a but. "Presently M'ganwasam, chief of the tribe, entered the hut and stood etar- her. ‘Then he called for an in- *, Who began to question her. elt an intuitive conviction that the sav was attempting to draw information from her for some ulteric= motive. Seeing no reason for withholding erates taal i ¢ th, but when he posted to meet her husband at the end of her trip ehe shook her head negatively. ‘Then the chief told the purpose of his visit, talking through the inter- OT have just learned.” he anid, @ mon who live by the s ee tte aren it ‘water that your husband he Us bi for we a killed. There "he. by natives an: = oh have told you this that you might not waste your time LK] long if you expected to meet your pasbana at the end of it, but in- tend coule turn and retrace your to the coas! ote left the hut. Jane, looking down at the baby, caw it was dead. Then ebe heard a slight noise at the door. ‘With a atart whe raised h CHAPTER XIill. Escape. OR a moment Rokoff stood sneering down upon Jane or eyes to took into the sardonic countenance of Nikolas Rokoff. Clayton, then his eyes fell to the little bundle in her lap. Jane had drawa corner of the blanket over the child's face, eo that to one who did not know the truth it seemed to be sleeping. “You have gone to a great deal of ‘unnecessary troub! eaid Rokoff, “to bring the cbild to this village. If you had attended to your own affaires I should have brought !t here myself. “This is the village to which the destined trom the firat. pyeeeyt m will rene ne Carerulye od cannibal o! Maye Ye thank you for bringing for =e, ant bow bg Gas to surrender him to me, Pmay turn him over to bis foster parents.” 4 surprise Jane Clayton rose rey without 8 Tow of protest, laid meter is. the child,” she said “Thank God be is beyond your power to harm. import of her words, pied anktched the blanket from the ‘ebild’s face to seek confirmation of shown * what it means to interfere wip nil os SE an eae Hy the son of a can- rted to craw! from her shel- and 4 camp before Tarzan and his ancient ‘would find some way to take her life before the Russian further. The baby was buried and Jane was sequestered in a tent in Rokoff's own ‘The alone ‘weeping, she the black night About her was e camp of enemies. foes "s Jane, after hours of tortured thought, found her resolve. She rose and etole to the door of the tent, only: to find Rokoff barring her way. Crew revolver she had secreted. Bhe dared not fire for fear of awa’ ening the camp. But she smote the Sarenered Russian on the left tem- ple with the pistol butt. Rokoff fell H senseless. Jane stepped past his body | and stealthily made her way out of the camp into the wilderness. Before her lay an almost certain fate—but it was only death—sudden, merciful, and honorable death. ‘Without a tremor and without re- gret she darted awav from the camp, & moment later the mysterious Jungle had closed about her. CHAPTER XIV. Alone in the Jungle. AMBUDZA, leading Tarzan of the Apes towcrd the camp of the Russian, moved very slowly along the winding jungle path, fo was old and her legs stiff with rheumatism. So it was that the runnera des- patched by M’ganwazam to warn Ro- koff that the white giant was in his village and that he would be in that night reached the Russian’s guide had covered half the distance. The guides found the white man’s camp in a turmoil. Rokoff had that morning been discovered stunned and bleeding within his tent. When he that single-! had recovered his senses and realised chi rage was boundless. told their story and Rokof€ was pre- inquiry. So paring to depart with them for their hag been hi thatethe great white giant had es- his going. caped from M'ganwazam and was al- against his enemies. Before t of the natives had sent them scurry- they had not neglected which they could lay their hands. Thus Rokoff and the seven white sailors who had accompanied him wilderness. The by ee | following his usual custom, berated his companions, lay- brook his insults and his cursing. blank at the Russian. aim was poor, but his act so terrified hi beyond the bo to the edge of the forest, and there he caught a glimpse of that which sent his craven heart cold with a fear that almost expunged back, who by this time were all firing at his retreating figure. from the bush, vantage of the long slit that Ji ton had made the night befo: ried ki hole that still gaped in the bona’s wi at the point where his own p wake of Jane Clayton. with old Tambudza at his elbow the gan saw that Rokoff ion for their villainies; nor, doubtless, was he wrong, for his were the last ore tree, as ‘hrinding Rokoff's tent empty, Tarzan nding Rokoff's tent em) fl was about to eet out in search of the Ter way aga Russian when Tambudza suggested to him that the departure of ed the old woman, “If you would would probably prove to be th he did not waste time in an endeavor village of M'ganwazam, i budza to plod slowly in his wal His one hope was that Jane w: still safe and with Rokoff, If this was lowed 8 the case it would be but a matter of hour or more before he should be rocious beasts were in plain sight irl crouching in her hid- the heavy rifle ready for able to wrest her from the Russian. _ the terrified He knew now that M’ganwasam 1ug place, wit! and that he might instant vee. tt to regain possession of = To her SEE SPSEEYS & pack were with him, for he realised janded it would He fl nA to Lge Jane safely from that Jane Ct @ clutches of two suc ae ee ee ee as Rokoff and tho wily Mg 'o Sis surprise he found no sign of Then came the messengers from either Rokof or Jane in the village, M’ganwazam, but scarce had they “nd as he could not trust the word of the chief he wasted no time in futile judden and unexpected return and go quickly village when other runners, panting had he vanished into the jungle after from the exertions of their swift learning that those he sought were fight through the jungle, rushed not among the Waganwazam that old breathiess into the firelight, crying M’ganwazam had no tir Swinging through the trees, he ready on his way to wreak vengeance hastened back to the deserted camp he had so recently left, for here he whites realized what knew was the logical place to take had happened the superstitious fears the trail of Rokoff and Jane. Arrived heb hi i ush—their own carriers carefully about “me ow Ne of the enc! , janwazam—but even in their haste Se ee wate “oa to take with tions that something them every article of value upon passed into the jungle. sense of smell told him tha he sought had fied from the his di: jon, a Into the interior found themselves de- farn> 23 a (eee ons and a moment nd serted and robbed in the midst of @ was following as rapidly as the faint spoor would permit, Far ahead of him a terror-stricken ing all ‘the blame upon their should- young woman was slinking along a ers for the events which had led up narrow game-trail, fearful that the to the almost hopeless condition in next moment would bring her face to which they now found themselves; face with some savage beast but the sailors were in no mood to equally savage man. As she ran on, hoping against hope that she had hit In the midst of his tirade one of upon the direction that would lead them drew a revolver and fired point- her eventually to the great river, she The fellow's came suddenly upon @ familiar spot. t one side o! e trail, neath a Rokoff that he turned and fled for his giant tree, lay a little heap of loosely piled brush—to her dying day that yes chanced to Dass jittle spot of jungle would be indelibly impressed upon her memory. where Anderssen had hidden her— where he had given up his life in the his terror of the seven men at his vain endeavor to save her from Ro- off. At sight of it she recalled the rifle ‘What he saw was the giant figure of 4 ammunition that the man had thrust upon her at the last moment. gn almost naked white man emersité 17111 now she had forgotten them en- ‘Darting into his tent, the Russian tirely. Still clutched in her hand was aid not halt in hie flight, but kept right the revolver sho had snatched from on through the rear wall, taking ad- Rokoff's belt, but that could contain eClay- at most not over six cartridges— : hardly enough to furnish her with ‘The terror-stricken Muscovite acur- food and protection both on the long hunted rabbit through the journey to the sea. With bated breath she groped be- y had neath the little mound, scarce daring scaped, and as Tarzan approached the to hope that the treasure remained camp Upon the opposite side Rokoff where she had left it; but, to her in- disappeared into the jungle in the finite relief and joy, her hand came at once upon the heavy weapon and the ‘As the ape-man entered the bona bandoleer of cartridges. ‘As she threw the latter about her seven sailors, recognizing him, turned shoulder and felt the weight of the and fled in the opposite direction. Tar- big game gun in her hand a sudden was hot among pense of security suffused her. It was them, and 80 he let them go their way with renewed hope and a feeling al- —his business was with the Russian, most assured success that she again whom he expected to find in his tent. set forward upon her journey, As to the sailors, he was sure that the now she was well armed and upon jungle would exact from them expla- the right trail. That night she slept in the crotch re zan had so often told white man's eyes to rest upon any Of hor that he was accustomed to doing, and early the next morning was upon Late in the afternoon catenite clearing she was startled at sight of ing from the jungle man could only have resulted from ® huge ape com "4 upon the opposite aide. Kim trom Mt ganwasamn ‘The wind was blowing directly rosa the clearing between them and a ne LJ Poe ck); 8 return at once.” down win: C ane ote it thought that this ‘Then she hid in a clump of heavy bush fact, a» and watched. Slowly the monster advanced across the clearing, sniffing at the ground from time to time, as though following spoor by scent. Scarcely had the great dozen steps into tne jutting herself uge creature. anthropoid tak: [oad J before rom th ttle knot, where they stood looking backward, as though in expectation of the coming of others of their tribe. Jane wished that they would go on, for she Knew tl atany moment some little, eddying gust of wind might carry her scent down to their nostrils, and then what would the protection of her rifle amount to in the face of those Gigantic muscles and mighty fangs? Her eyes moved back and forth be- tween the apes and the edge of the jungle toward they were gazing, ‘until at last she perceived the object of their hal ind the thing that they awaited. They were being stalked, and had chosen this little clearing as @ spot suitable for a battle with the creature upon their trail. ‘ Of this she was positive, as she saw the ltl sinewy form of a glide noiselessly from the jungl t point at which the apes had emerged but a moment before. Quickly the beast trotted across the clearing toward the anthropoids, Jano wondered at their apparent apathy, and a moment later her wonder turned to amazement as she saw the great cat come quite close to the apes, who appeared entirely unconcerned by its presence, and, squatting down in their midst, fell assiduously to the business of preening, which occupies most of the waking hours of the cat family. If the young woman was surprised by the sight of these natural enemies fraternizing, it was with emotions little short of fear for her own sanfty that she presently saw a tall, muscular war. rior enter the clearing and join the group of savage beasts assembled there. At first sight of the man she had been positive that he would be torn to pieces, and shoe had half risen from her shelter, raising her rifle to her shoulder to do what she could to avert the man's terrible fate. Now she saw that he seemed actu- ally conversing with the beastse— Jasuing orders to them. Presently the entire company filed on across the clearing and disap- peared in tho jungle upon the op- posite side. With a gasp of mingled tncredulity and relief Jano Clayton staggered to her feet and fled on away from the terrible horde that had just passed her, while a half mile behind her an- other individual, following the sare trail as she, lay frozen with terror behind an ant hill as the hideous band passed quite close to him. This one was Rokoff; but he had recognized the members of the awful aggregation as allies of Tarzan of the Apes. No sooner, therefore, had the beasts passed him than he rose and raced through the jungle as fast as he could go in order that he might put as much distance between himself and these frightful beasts as he pos- sibly could So it happened that as Jane Clay- ton came to the bank of the river, down which she hoped to float to the sort ocean and eventual rescue, Nikelas Rokoff was but @ short distance in her rear. Upon the bank the girl saw @ great dugout drawn half way from the water and tied securely to a nearby tree. ‘This, she folt, would solve the ques- tion of transportation to the sea could she but launch the h wieldy craft. Unfastening t! that had moored it to the tr pushed frantically upon the bow of the heavy canoe, but for all the re- sults that were apparent she might as well have been attempting to shove the earth out of Its orbit, She was about winded when it oc- curred to her to try working the dug out into the stream by loading the atern with ballast and then rocking the bow back and forth along the bank ubtil the craft eventually worked itaelf into the river. ‘There were no stones or rocks avail- able, but along the shore she found quantities of driftwood deposited by the river dt @ slightly higher stage. Thes» she 4 and piled far in the stern of the bout, until.at last, to her immense relief, she saw the bo vise gently from the mud of the bank Congriaht. 191 by The Prete Publishing Co (The New York Kvenmme worl!,) slowly with the current until it in lodged a few feet further down stream. Now Jane discovered that by run- ning back and forth between the bow and stern she could alternately ra and lower each end of the boat as she shifted her weight from one end to the other, with the result that each time she leaped to the stern the canoe moved a few inches further into the riv As the success of her plan proached more closely to fruition me so wrapped in her efforts that sho Aulled to note the figure of a man standing beneath @ huge tree at tho edge of the jungle from which he had just emerged. He watched her and her labors with cruel and malicious grin upon his swarthy countenance. The boat at last became so nearly free of the retarding mud and of the bank that Jane felt positive that sho could pole it off into deeper water with one of the paddies which lay in the bottom of the rude craft. With this end in view she selzed upon one of these implements and had just plunged it into the river bottom close to the shore when her eyes happened sto rise to the edge of the jungle. ‘As her gaze fell upon the figure of the man a little cry of terror rose mechanically to her#lips. It was Rokoff. He was running toward her now and shouting to her to walt or he would shoot—though as he was en- tirely unarmed it was difficult to d cover just how he intended making good his threat. : Jane Clayton know nothing of the various misfortunes that had befallen the Russian since she had escaped from his tent, so she belleved that his followers must be close at hand. However, she had no Intention of falling again into the man's clutches. Sho would rather die at once than that that should happen her. An- other minute and the boat would be free. Once in the current of the river she would be beyond Rokoff's power to stop her, for there was no other boat upon the shore, and no man, and cer- tainly not the cowardly Kokoft, would dare to attempt to swim the crocodile infested waters In an effort to over. tako her, Rokoff, on his part, was bent more upon escape than aught else. He would gladly have foregone any de- signs he might have had upon Jane Clayton would she but permit him to share the means of escape that she discovered. He would promise any- thing if she would let him come aboard the dugout, but he did not think that {t was necessary to do so. He aaw that he could easily reach the bow of the bont before it cleared the shore, and then It would not be necessary to make promises of any . Not that Rokoff would have felt the slightest compunction In ig- noring any promises he might have made the girl, but he disliked the idea of having to sue for favor with one who had recently assaulted and escaped him. Already ho was gloating over the daya and nights of revenge that would be his while the heavy dugout drifted its slow way to the ocean, His beady eyes littered and @ nasty laugh bared his yellow teath. Jane Clayton, working furiously to shove the boat beyond his reach, denly realized that she was to be cessful, for with a little lurch the dugout swung quickly into the cur- rent, just as the Russian reached out to place his hand upon its bow. His fingers did not mise their goal by a half-dozen inches, The girl al- most collapsed with the reaction trom the terrific mental, physical, and nervous strain under which she had been laboring for the past few minutes, Gut, thank Heaven, at last ye breathed a@ ailent pra: ft i ihe saw © sudden expression of ‘wing Vussian, the features of the c' and at the same instant he dived sud. - Petda 1, across the swampy Fiat cals 3: Deveuber oe Mrs. Howard GouLo’s By Robert Minor denly to the shore, grasping firmly upon eomething which wriggied through the mud toward the w ton crouched, wide-eyed ine J tricken, in the bottom of reaized that at the last instant to failure, again in the power of the malignant Rodoff. For the thing that the man had seen and grasped was tho ond of the trailing rope with which the dugout had been moored to the tree. CHAPTER XV. Down the Ugambi. ALF-WAY between the Ugambi and the village of the Waganwazam, Tarzan came upon the pack mov- ing slowly along his old spoor. Mug- ambi could scarce believe that the trail of the Russian and the mate of his savage master had passed s0 close to that of the pack, It seemed incredible that two bu- man beings should have come so close to them without having been detected by some of the marvelously keen and alert beasts; but Tarzan pointed out the spoor of the two he trailed, and at certain points the black could that the man and the woman must have been in hid- ing as the pack passed them, watch- ing every move of the ferocious creatures, It had been apparent to Tarsan from the first that Jane and Rokoft were not travelling together. The spoor showed distinctly that the young woman had been a consider- able distance ahead of the Russian at first, though the farther the ape- man continued along the trail the more obvious it became that the man was rapidly overhauling his quarry, At first there had been the spoor of wild | ite over the footprints of Jane Clayton, while upon the top of all Rokoff's spoor showed that ho d passed over ti trail after the imals had left t records upon tl ground, But ler there we: fewer and fewer animal imprints occurring between those of Jane's and the Russian'’s feet, until as approached the river ‘the ape-man became aware that Rokoff could not have been more than a few hundred yards behind the girl, He felt they must be close ahead of him now, a: with a little thrill of expectation he leaped rapidly for- ward ahead of the pack. Swinging rapidly through the trees, he caine out upon the river-bank at the very point at which Rokoff had overhauled Jane as she endeavored to launch the cumbersome dugout, In the mud along the bank the ape- man saw the footprints of the two he sought, but there was neither boat nor people there when he arrived, nor, at first glance, any alcn of their where- abouts, It was plain that they had shoved off a native canoe and embarked upon the bosom of the stream, and as t ape-man's eye ran swiftly down thi course of the river beneath the shad- ows ef the overarching trees he saw in the distance, just as it rounded bend that shut It off from his view, a drifting dugout, in th r the river they saw their agile racing down the river's bank, I swampy ground that spi them and @ little promontory which rose just where the river curved in- ward from their sight. To follow him it was necessary for the heavy, cumbersome apes to make & wide detour, and Sheeta, too, wha hated water. Mugamb! also went with them as vepily an they could after the great white master, A half bour of trioatuas Bs =The Crystal Rood =} over the rising promontory brought Tarsan, by @ short cut, to the inward bend of the winding river, and there before him upon the bosom of the itream he aw the dugout and in its Nikolas Rokoff. was not with deous, pestial challenge of the bull- pe. Rokoff shuddered as the weird and terrible alarm fell upon eats. Cow- ering in the bottom of bis boat, his teeth chattering in terror, he watched the man be feared above creatures upon the face of the as he ran quickly to the edge of thi water. Even though the Russian knew that he was safe from his enemy, the v sieht of him threw him into a frenzy trembling cowardice, which became frantic hysteria as he saw the white lant dive fearlessly into the forbid- ing waters of the tropical river. ‘With steady, powerful strokes the ape-man forged out inte the stream tow the drifting dugout. Now Rokoff seized one of the paddies lyin, bottom of the craft and, wit! still glued upon the Pt g oy him, struck out madly in an effort to augment the speed of the unwieldy canoe, And Find the — Saas a sin- inter ripple, unseen by r mal moved steadily toward the half naked swimmer, hand or foot, hi the face of his Nemesis. ‘Then a sudden commotion in th water behind the swimmer caught his attention, He saw a ripple, and he knew what caused ont Tarzan felt mighty J upon his right leg. tried to struggle free and raise himself over the side of the boat. His efforts would have su: ‘ceded had not this unexpected interruption galvan- ized the malign brain of the Russian into instant action with ite sudden promise of deliverance and revenge. Like @ venomous snake, the man her gc toward the stern of the boat and with a single swift blow struck the head with the heavy paddle. elipped from their wale, There was a short struggl surface, and then irl of waters, a ttle eddy, and a burst of bubbies eoon smoothed out by the flowing cur- rent marked for the instant the spot Tarsan of the Apes, Lord of riveted upon * ambi. from terror, kof wank into the bottom of the fF a moment he could not ‘the good fortune that had be- fallen him—all that he could see was the figure of a silent, struggling white man disappearing beneath the surface of the river to unthinkable death in he wu Slowly al filterea "nto the mind of th and then a cruel smile of relief and 3 but it was him comparatively safe to his way to the coast mighty pandemonium rose from Ik. As his eyes sought the authors of frightful sound he saw atanding por shore, glaring at him with hate-fille« es, a devil-faced panther Surrounded by the hideous apes of Akut, and in the forefront of them a giant black warrior who shook his t at him, threatening him with ter- rible death. The nightmare of that flight down the Ugambi with the hideous horde racing after him by day and by night, now abreast of him, now lost in the mazes of the jungle far behind for hours and once for a whole day, only to appear in upon his trail grim, relentless, and terrib! Russian from @ atrong and robust man to an emaciated, white-haired, ar-gibbering thing ere ever the bay and the ocean broke upon his hopeless vision, Past populous villages had fied. Time and again warriors had pet out in their canoes to intercept him, but each time the hideous horde had swept into view to send the terrified natives shrieking back to the shore le. in knowledge of fe Nevel in The E the t craft. Upon the shore behind him @ ried Lge gh oe re’ : presence of the snarling pack. i a thought, these ranting might yet find a way even upon the deck of the unless there were those there to tl oy with yn at could have happened he had left upon the incaid? n was Paulvitch? Could it be vessel was deserted, and all, he waa doomed to be by terrible fate that he hag} flying from throt all these days and nights? He ef j might one upon whose brow already laid his clammy ¥ — Yet he did not cease to pedals soon. 4 t tleally toward the steamer, last, after what seemed an the bow of the dugout bi he timbers of the Kin ship’s side hung a monkey-! the Russian grasped it to 8, okt gazed into the cold, relentless of a rifle, a After Jane Clayton, with # leveled at the breast of pS succeeded in holding him of Fefuge bad. drifted. out, See rel out ‘ bosom of the Ugambi man's reach, ahe had lost no time paddling to the swiftest the channel, nor did she for days and weary nights cease ee ea most ay part of the river, ex wi the hottest hours of the day one been wont to drift as the would take her, lying bottom of the canoe, her with a great palm leaf. Thus only did she gain rest the voyage; at other times she tinually sought to a ment of the craft wieldt heavy paddle. Rokoff, on the other hand, had Uttle or no intelligence in his along the Ugambi, so that more @@ than not his craft had arittea tm slow-going eddies, for he + hugged the bank furthest from along which the hideous horde sued and me him, Thus it was that though he put out upon the river but a of time subsequent to the girl, had reached the bay fully two. ahead of him. When ehe had geen the anchored ship upon Tit boone Ganaceena fast ope tl vil as she drew cl to the 8 eaw that it was the Kincaid Pleasure gave place to the misgivings. It was too late, however, back, for the current that oa toward the ship was much too ime ‘or her muacies. She could net Gay -orced the heavy dugout up against it, and all that wae was to attempt either to shore without being seen upon the deck of the Ki: throw herself upon their otherwise she must be sca. 6 She knew that the shore hope of life for her, as she the location friendly Mosula village to derssen had taken her throug darkness of the night of thelr from the Kincaid. it those in charge @ large bo could be induced to carry her nearest civilised port. It was risking—if she could make the stg er at all. The current was ly down the river, and she only by dint of the ut could a ward tl icinity of the Ki ing reached the decision to steamer now looked to it but Re jurprise she saw BO life aboard the anD: lke: jugout was closer to the bow of the yet no hall came over the any lookout aboard. In @ more, Jane realised, she swept beyond the steamer, unless they lowered # boat her, she would be carried far sea L the current ag the tide that was ri , The young woman called assistance, but there was BO a other than the shrill had closed upon the rope attached to the bow of her dugout and he had believed her safely in his powor again only to be thwarted an instant lat as the girl anatched up a heavy Preas riflo from the bottom of the craft and levelled it full at his breast. f ry a iiealty Jane the paddie in an effort to craft close alongside the a For a moment it seemed should miss her goal by but feet, but at the last mon canoe ovenq close beneath the bow and Jane grasped the had dropped the rope bs float away beyond his reach, but a moment later he had cing up stream toward a litth tributary in the mouth of which was hidden the canoe in which he and his party had come this far bg n tholr urney in pursuit of the girl and An- derssen, What had become of her? There med little doubt in the Russian ind, however, whe had been captured by warrior from one of the several villages she would have been conrpelled to won on her way down to the sea, Well, © was ‘at least rid of most of his hu man enemies. But at that he would gladly have had them all back in the land of the living could he thus have been freed from the menace of the frightful crea- tures who pursued him with awful re- lentlessness, screaming and growling at him every time they came within sight of him. The one that filled him with the greatest terror was the pan- ther—the flaming-eyed, devil-faced panther whose grinning jaws gaped wide at him by day, and whose flery orbs gleamed wickedly out across the water from the Stygian blackness, af the jungle nights, The sight of the mouth of the Ugamb! filled Rokoff with renewed ere, upon the yellow war of the bay, floated the Kincaid at anchor, He had sent the little steamer away to coal while he had gone up the leaving Paw in charge of nd he could have cried aloud in his relief as he gaw that she had r turned in time to save him. Frantically he alternately paddled k: fursonesy somes her and 08 to his as paddle attempt to ladder dangling over the side. Finally her glance chanced upon the rope in the bow of ti out, and, making one end of to the chain, she succeeded in ing the canoe slowly down until $€] directly beneath the ladd ment jater, her rifle slung shoulders, she had clambered to the deserted deck. Her first task was to e: ship, and this she did, her ri for instant use should she any human menace aboard the caid., She was not long In di : the cause of the apparently dean condition of the steam forecaatie she found the had evidently been left to in drunken alw a shudder of hatch above the heads of the guard, Next she sought and food, and having hunge! the Kincaid without fret agreed to her demands, For an hour or @o not upon the surface of the y but then, +