The evening world. Newspaper, April 8, 1915, Page 21

—— Y- The Evening World Daily Magazine. Thursday. April 6. 1915 «By Robert Minor rye " Te CG Wms 1 HE MUCKER 2 —— ONY. Ring | 4 Story of Jungle and Pri |r orensnenrserromecrer= §¢Coming This Way?” oc The Nysry Ot Lice Done By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS By GUY OE TERANMONODO Author of “TARZAN OF THE ATES” be i . CRONTET POPE COTY CUNTOTT HTN : Meorrceveteress . ; ot nk Mane € " Wissen’ orem : ee we eer othe fest 4 hee et wre a . - * : . : fee “ ' ne t end, 4 'y poe (he G@emeer : P j j and with a litte, j and | CHAPTER VIN. eb bem a 7a % she cried = oM ner 4 tombe 9 can p . 1 weher halted apd ' Y The Little Brown Man, CHAPTER X, , -* 5 q brad in the direction of the Fremeb- than to Ther ore for eventaal rapeur Sn , d 4 tw whe had fateed bimaed Now here she Pound heverit in (ie ~ |e #LY pa t Oda Yorimote 5 j s jeiteow ane wis AO ak tlie asl vnn center of « savage island, surrounded ! | ” excep pe o ne, N the fithy den of her eaptor , be. y Jenemy tte dropped to * ane tel aiden gee wae bi | ( ) t and Bw crept Harbara Marding heard i 04 t only two A toward the little pile of exain ‘ nd of the : P * vats and @ brown bon } pupplies that were heaped half-bt . whe > * . 1 panione. from the sleeping WF ; j : w le toaciiead Wiis anvther swear Ni 7 Oa | rene (ooh (a the situs ; fifty of sixty feet from the sleepin 1 her arm ) 4 with @ erin empn men of ve faction THe What do you want of me?” cried y , oeening, Se. Saree u 4 ve “Ag € toes hallvo i| three left behind walked in silence {© tHe grightened girl in Japan , Hy upom the twas cr both the white men are } Barbura Harding's sheiter “tam the daimio, Oda Yorimoto,” a question w bobiny fret Here Divine scratched at th ne guid, “Tuese are my wives, Now Theriere b Ln clad ne eet . joaate below them came piece of sailcloth which served 44 4 5.4 are one uf the {ag Min how. the cylinder. Tull of. “We come, ‘Oda : “ eer ” 6 the « « © come, Ineka, Lord of door \intil he had succesded in awak Wait!” cried the girl, catching at ah gine (1 mucke Yoko fo * ” : ening siesper within, And from a straw. “if you du not harm me, my fren ete gee. aan one wae Your faithful Bamurai come! ; above Oda Yorimoto watched the father will reward you fabulously pon from the ground, Bred ¢ rapidly at the advancing CHAPTER XII. ; The Mucker Recetres a Trust. H tivity in the little cove with intent gen thousand koku he would gladly and unaverting © give to have mo returned to hi went down before The girl, roused from a fitful slum gafesy rt iy fuwiiiades but th ‘T the sow of the haray ber, came to the doorway of her prim- Silence!" growled the man, “What curred be bis breath b volees 90 close upon her Hare and larmed by this noc- @fe even a@ million kokhu to me, who hie two mines bare Hard wi . tive; amas): Bi if only know the word from the legend Hyrne's stand checked the browa ine, t wean eae tyPoal summons, of iny aucestors? We lave no n of wh only two were left, ‘ato instant action. tis t, Larry,” whispered the man, for koku here, and had we, my hil These two tad evidently bad enough, Springing to Byrne's side, full of the yellow metal which tires its value, you wre my ro you dressed!" “Yes,” replied the girl, stepping out mi into the moonlight. “What dy you wife want? What has happened?” fut watt! Lb wish “We are going to take you away you away from all th from Simma—Theriers and 1," r she turned her eye toward the dour tH man, “and establish.a safe camp at the opponite side of the chamber of our own where they cannot molest Oda Yorimoto shrugged his should |for they retreated at a tun. The she whipped Theriere's revolver trom yucker sped them with a couple of his belt Leta then. Lifted The UNGODMCIOUR pange a, Vnere It repused about the, [Frenchman to hig shoulder and bore fallen mucker's hips, and with it lhim back fo the forest turned like @ tigress upon the yout In the ahelter the Jungle they "Quick!" ahe cried. “Tell them to fait Wien freuctal ao back~ that L shall kill you if they speak with women,” anid "1 wirl tt thi ‘ Jou. Thertero and the others have ers That would be easle girl: We ener Nit de orera tates come closer gone for the supplies now, and as fht, he argued, and so he led th within a few moments: ‘The boy shrank back in terror bee goon as they return we shall com: through the doorw that she had in-| ne, apparentiy unmoved by the fore the Mery en anih menacing at- Be Sl Of Theriere's condition, ttude of the white girl aug ten a removed the man's cartridge beltand the terror that animated him ti dicated and into the room beyond. | scent of dhe cliffs. If y ee ee “Well?” be said, and took her by] have any further preparation) lease make hast shoulders, Ducted it hin own waist, re- plainly in his. vol sake, Bere Bway from here ag “Well?” answered the girl in « low,) — aa -— een ——— TT Hilal the alk empty shelta in the Rie henchmen to hae. - uickiy as possibl Should any of tense voice, and at the same instant revolver with six fresh ones Relieved for Tens'a peopl Oda Yorimoto, Lord of Yoka, feita When he was directly opposite the breast. Ho had read much ef the in the close, dark, evil warren of the Barbara Harding again knelt beside “Presently he noticed the bound and immediate da nave, Barbara tietee to be # aght. quick tug at his belt. Before he Watchers Theriero sprang suddenly Story at a glance, Daimiv: the man. nee: 4 Incka lying in the brush turned her attention toward the two /. The girl turned back into the shel. Kuessed what was to happen, his own Upon him, eb shot a side glance at the man hit you, Mr. Byrne,” #ho jet n where and Theriere wneonscious men at her feet. Froth ter to gather together a handful of short sword had pierced his throa’ ver the was wondertull The tire of bat- were struck by a spear had left him. The Samurai, encour- appearances it seemed that either A’heen saved from the | With @ gurgle that could not have whis had transformed bin, No longer aly wounded.” ved by reinforcements, were now might breathe his wraps that bad b been heard outside the room, the “We shall noth last at any moment. ing a sileneing hand “Cheer uj) y'a mouth. In Japanese he “WI wit od & command for sileace Theriere's out here, whis minute, an’ to help youse Labove bit pygmy antag- , Win wray @ es Kleaming, & huit Me Hyrne!" he ejaculated In dle- ant Tt hear youre chewin' de Brat golnisteres aie meee on fe the Tho girl shrank back into the dark. youth. “fam Oda [aeka, his son. | Theit bodies She cha the iki aeoed Whardea Lute one Oh tebs parancciineditissat? Cem MUCHOS GniliE Cir TING UGGanie Se. 1t6 ec Ber AAC RONMEGE: } WOUId be necemmary so cherlere sent Wess of the chamber she had Just "And the arse hut in the centre of All that kept the warriors out was qwkwardly in his unaccustomed — ‘The Rhee idly. understood 1 nt pow he faces Lee. hulk of the rattons, 0 en ere and auitted, Dawn was breaking. the village street is the palace, of the fear that possibly Odu Yorimoto pinda, bee hig unaccustomed = ‘Then he eat up. Blood wa mucker te summon 1} Sbe rose and moved quickly toward Oda Yorimonto?” 4 . P rm you if you if 1 can't do it alone he sullen, sulky, hulking brute — Hilly Byrne opened his eyen a little \heaking cautloumly toward their ref- Aa she looked at “Down by the salvage, Theriere, dalmio slumped gently to the Aor. | Keun ill he dail, “and anewer, our |The girl turned toward the door she had feat known uhon the Half: wider, twening them yall they tent oo compaaslon Swen eee tat ware. of | Byrno, Bony Sawyer, Red Sanders, She gripped the short sword which questions truthfully. What village is in. . 0 Instead, hu uscular, alert, on the beautiful face of the girl 90 A gudden inspifation came to the teara welled to ver ber al yn, per Wilson were welectingthe #he still held, and took 4 step Into that!” Wait to the Bamurai Far ped: oe ‘until by pu may the door vve the in ‘It is the chie wished to ca with (he darger roo One of the ty of Od@ Yorl- upon the other side feng that wey mand that two trips turoed and half aroused fi m 1 of Yoka," replied the dead 1m flowing ‘The irl, oddly, understood him, spring upon his te. She bathed the t not be dead after all, and that, edit beat down the weapons of bis from a wound in his chest, saturating nodded, wrists and washed his wounds, tear- eet guessed ‘Theriore 1 ! i foemen by the very ferocity of jis shirt, and running alowly to the couse savvy deir lingo, den, eh?" ing atrips from her sk: ‘On the second trip Divine and the ono window. By standing on tip- wally clap elt AON oan CARL AR OC hurtling attick. She saw it pass garth. Moor. There were two flesh “A little.” the horrid gaah upow he bee pe tonee } mheriere each carried a burden up toe and pulling herself up a tritie i ROGM WILLE His Par eRlOm) eo Oe ugh a man's shoulder, clearing wounds in hin head—one above tho | din gagimbat to wise hin pale effort to stanch the flow js fact dat I'll croak ‘im if dey welled forth with the man reas don't beac it an’ let ua make our get breath, and Swenson follow- With her hands upon the sill she was » questions and tein would sutter for the ine es see oo iarding, and as able to raive her eyes above the bot- Me the ricker Naturally none of them ry ty came Oda Yorimoto and his tom of the window frame, broke in: lowe Dut d for nothin temerity. [ine 4 keen to put the nm and muscle As if they bad been right eye and the other extending en- unul it stopped two-thirds tirely across the left cheek from be- cheese roposs its vietim's body, cutting him jow the eye to the lobe of the ear, away. Theriere says asthow he's kink And at last ahe was rewarded Beyond she saw the forest, not a “Wot's de chink 4 a iment that the girl spoke of the dead {Vhs ils hon } ; y by Bamural slunk back into the shadows, , [ievond and saw the forest. not a | 1 Wot's pay erat M8 conned iien,” they knew that Oda Yorimote #/hest in tw Those he had recelved earlier in tha When lin ol6 man croaks, an’ hie ole seeing the lite stream quelled aad, that thelr Prey might pass unob- bundred yards aw yi but when she Billy isyrne, Impatient af the oon He hall BA, She saw a Samural leap past her fracas. From crown to heel the man man was de guy y 0 bu toy meee sla of returning consciousness ap- pally } 0 6 = xation, pra of r As h ao veord they rushed the ©Munblon’s# xuard in an attempt to was a mane of blood. Phe . plaine oa 2 The men in advance pleked out 4 Sa a eter i Ie th SONG) smntiacm Seed IO GoaRE eee ivan upon hin with @ dagger, and ‘Through bla crimson mask be ji, Ree duatlys Bene ane Sierra cmaned hia arab. Copsey s Siys, E u , when she had shed forwar. 00 lane o - en ee their burdens. ‘Then they passage of her body, With the sword Theriere, with a grin, "that MissHar- ‘The girl threw all her weisht ae the follows. design she hie id oe the Wom and & broad eria Harbura Harding was quick to see Barbara Harding's face, On hie tore. face. On bis fore. swaited for Miller and Swenson to *N@ sought to enlarge the window. ding is ve, and in the back @g.unst her side, while the dead men, Myr wing his mighty left to Cracked the dried blood about bis the strength of the man's suge head he felt th 4 4 soothing strokes of ran hour she worked, and then room of that largest hut in the centre €ich to the extent of his own weight, ‘ ; Steppin to the edge of the c her cool, so " come up with Barbara. | hae AR INIARCUBNIGR At the debe, Ak Ce AnD Village aieot! Aided the woman who had killed then, He warriors face with a blow that mouth in full view of the advancing Vie ‘closed. his ey nBat Chey aid net oa ne ewe ants knocked. wot's de w Hehind the th Billy Byrne kicked '8/ent welt have. tase tao 'cieas “Wot we done, to dem chinks wan with (he mriGhbr at her aide red with the efter mee fenlisacios tae ' ‘Oda Yorimoto still sleeps,” whis- and tore at the mut wall about the a o clos sure @ plenty, kidd rn rked to in hand, she ealled te them in the he enje r ove bad disappeared! pered the girl. » away and do “The Jungle approac window In’w trantio effort to enlaruc Ua! and she saw Byrne at tho Mise Harding, and then he came to janguage of thelr forheare to. teneniee i aden 1 new cefien- not disturb hin He will be very most closely opporite the aperture suiliciently to permit hia Sine Instant bur his sword in the jis feet, seemingly as strong ag over, ty her mousage, Then she explained tered to by a gentie w : pial, CHAPTER IX. angry if you awaken him." the side in the rear of the chief's bulk to past throush inte the Pedy of a dark-vivaged devil, who ghuking himeelf lke a great bull. that they held the aon of Oda Yori. Ish the thought, by a cen tiee eae ‘he Daimio has ordered that there pointed out re We must roo IgOked 110) lay than Jap. As the «put 1 guess its luck youse butted mote prisoner, and that hia Hfe would With an HN By it 4 oman! Kidnapped Again. shall be a great hunt to-day for the ut mtil we can reach that Mmucker won to the girls side Sicken tm L whe saw the hilt of in when yeh did, cul," he added, turn he the price of any. further attack one eibow vitae en ee, Mee tes Harding, with "eds of the sel-vo-jin who have land- unseen then we may make first, and snatching Oda Yorimoto's the uc iid © Bete wrenched from his jng toward Therlere. “Dey Jest about anon them "Gwar oe i her, HEN Barbara Harding, "ed upon Yoka,” persisted the man, further plans from what we shall long sword from the floor, he threw lB by the be or ae ie had me down fer de long count.” 1e Simural conferred together for dude. Cut out de mush, Lemos boob 1 Miller before and lee “He will be angry indeed if we do sce.” his great weight against’ the door, 1h Samural w No te Closed UbGp Harbara Harding Ay looking at | moment, then one of them ealled Hurt more than she wouls haved ; gon behind her, had taken not call him in time to accomplisi: So the three set out through the parnanabit rirl to make for the | ip rr} ound ~ the man in wide-eyed amazement. A out that they did not believe her: caved fi , 4 h behind the the task to-day, Let me speak with jungl wine trall which Jed dow and eseape to the forest as (HY Unarmed, and with a howl of dé- moment before she had been expect- that Oda Ixeka, aon of Oda Yorimoto. Paras & . dealt Barbara Harding | : up the marc! Kes moter, MM, Woman. “T do not believe that around north of the villaw ckly as ahe could (cht he stuck full at the broad chest ing hin momentarily to breathe lis was safe in the village, Ungracious pannae tenet grateful w foot-laden party, seven dusky, nolse- Gq’ ‘Yorimoto still. sleeps, Why ‘Theriere w ahead with the boy Thoriere ia walting dere.” he waid, “iM Nis tong, thin dagger. last—now he was standing before her Wait! replied the girl. ¢ will istrations to the. Promenyuier leas shadows had emerged from the ghouid I believe one of the sei-yo-jin? arm in his grasp. Byrne followed yee youse de moment yeh tahed me lanation Wien ja do- talking as unconcernedly ax though «how him to y and ‘turning to tucker read it eer see iy The t to follow close behind. It may be that you have bewltched ciosely behind winder, and den youne ‘li b so casily. With his left fore- he had not received a scratch, Hivtne she asked him to fetch the thing of th prearion some- | fores gwen- the Daimio,” and with that he pushed — ‘They reached their destination in ‘ria struck up the hand that wielded “He seemed totally unaware of his yout) Micted Pe and his words had in- Suddenly, without were Dm | wens against the doo the rear of Oda Yorimoto's “palace ur oried the wink "What {Be menacing blade, and then, catchs wounds! At least, he was entirely — When the white man returned with Thattee fOr morae eieOKIRe Upon the } eon and Miller fell, pierced with 8aV- ihe corpse slipped back enough to wit! interruption or detection ne the fellow by the shoulder, swung indifferent to them. the hoy in his arms a wallof mingled deft, White Angers we “Tetchlnw her age epears, and at the same instant permit the entrance of the man's Tere they reconnoitered through thm Never youse mind me.” command. RUM around, xrasped him about the “you're pretty badly hurt, old anguish and rage rome from the 90+ ver the marca treat tin sey, Mor Ked i ainewy fingers gripped Barbara body, nd As he stunted nee thic ise fi y Youse jes do as tate am , {tier bits above hie man,” said Therlere. "Do you feel ne nativ ‘He saw ner wash the, are 1 and a silencing hand was room the long sword of the Lord o “Dere's a winder in de haek Mt Now, beat it” and . S iattneey aces Of able to make the attempt to get to “If you me us no further we frou th rt Slapped over her mouth. soe Nake felt ull “and keen acrosa tha of ie hoien Se ie frost whove toward tie (44. 1n the narrow doorway, the'junglad, ‘The Japy will be back In | not haem hin.” cried Harbata, Chest, and ae he Warriag ae ie muaag epee ound herself in the hands of back of his brown neck he were cooped.® tr neue bs * @ moment.” hil when we leave yo and We what a worl ; aha ; what appeared to be a party of Jap- | Without @ sound be lunged to the ty mak for dat winder Arid the tween: tHe ‘cont UMN G sine cheniiia: lo Chelraaie orled Billy Byrne “Come shall set him fre; but renew your quite fore wonenae Sgt alg f nese warriors of the fifteenth or floor, dead. iiteavogues Roth men turned toward the vil- efforts of t amurat upon one Dao OF une the Ried eee aud he sprang for the wi ittack upon us and this white m: Jo gruesome work fed thin an amp to eixteenth century. She recognized | The women without hac caught a p, where a jabhering mob of half- and Billy Byrne, of Kelly's ORGAN na on dow. ‘“Pasy de kid up to me, Quick! who hold# him says that he will ec Never before would such ‘the medieval aria pnd armor, the an- fleeting glimpse of what 1 taken Tapanese 1 suddenly ap- upon the other the frait door burst inet p in face, AC ey'ra comin’ from in back,” out Win heart and feed (t to the fox!" have occurred Tae, *Neo A troughs chent nelinets, the bair-drensing of we plese, winis the ise te mber evel peared in the str 1 foward from its rattan ses and fell te one pin yy rhea Fauna Rey ine bead Theriere lifted Barbara Hardihg to This was rather a bloodthirsty he have cated at all tor tie aan we twe-nworded men of ol apan. pOLGTS BATOST® AMINE Cold ee the Oda Yo s : : ae 7 the mucker, who drew her through Statement for so gentle a character recent wordy t . is ¢ - to the door again, With shrieks of ©! : ; ; fat aped past her to stand across the ‘ ‘i 2 rdy to the girl wight ha the belts of two of her captrs dan- to the door again. W b pin doin, eh sald th first t smural into hoe ‘a fia the opening. ‘Then Hilly extended a us Karbara Harding; but she knew juficted, ¥e ad fied grisly trophies of the hunt, In rage and fright they rushed into the muck “Well, here gor jong? roam from crown Bree tle Calin aoe hand to the Frenchman, and & mo- hough of the auperatitions fears of and now anuthe the moonlight she saw that they were main street of the village, shouting And ho broke from the cover of the breast-bone by the keen « t sien genre Meutnd Of the shot & Bae sent later the three stood together wncient Japapere to feel confle tion took pimgene etTanes. Rew eino- the heads of Miller and Swenaon. at the tops of their voices that oe jungle and das’ nica eo clone caword of the Lord of Yoku, Ww Li hed son to ft floor dead. The outalde the hut dent that this threat would have pone ones than ea of him, [twas ‘On through the night marched the Yorimoto and Hawa Nisho had been ings toward the rear nf Ode York. by the mighty arm of the. muckes re nace ie ome to firearms, Hg Samurai were running to- considerable weight with the mubJecty nome Way for hie we to atone in Hetie brown men, grim and silent, un- slain by the woman of tho sel-yo-JID. motors jit unt with a left nD Sia ward them from around the etl of of the young Lord of Yoka derful ¢ ords! What won- d Hele oro they came tos small vile Instantly the village swarmed with ea that, AkaIn ‘Theriere fred polntblank into the “palnes. The sungio lay a hubs — AMAIN. the natives conferred Im dlace in the Woeetion wae taking 4 lage in a valley away from the coast Samurai, women, children and doses CHAPTER XI. the crowded room, and this time two dred yards acrosn the clearin wh 4 inally he who had acted yter he heart of the Kelly f vem valley. that lay nestled high They rushed toward the hut of Oda é ER XI. in nen fell, struck hy ¢he same bullet. “tiga was he time to be 16 . nan before tarned toward ~ osus' he brought r oto, ae the onte amber p ., Once 1 the warriors . \ ‘ > the bared d ie brouRht of ud Se aa erie latterad axcitedise tie weve The Mucker Plays Defender, IE WIth An eRaltant sell eee ede Yon go flea with Ming Harding, sa yeu he aalds 1c ee Harding. turned. question Here were ca 6 ‘ iH dure wi i fa « : mila: t t {DIN Be ent erie Theriere "EU cover our re hot harm yo eo amid. ing 0: lam. rowed half under ground, ‘The upper eral minutes, the warriors attempting ARMANA HARDING heard 3 dup bis advantage by charg: { BRE aenigen totie ring lang ax you do not harm Oda the “oa ward Ia. In them wand Walia and thatched roof rose acarce- to obtain a ‘coherent, story from the ho Samurai in the room by upon them. ‘They stood for a treat Mitna vaya Isekus but we shail wateh you slW4y4 Chat had) marked hee rare aaaln Ty four feet above the ground level. moaning wemen the amigo’ yond her prison advancing yiament. (hen wavered, turned, and “rhe mucker cought the girl in bis you deave the island, and if him upon the Malta hr bib a aries on stilts were dotted here household, ‘ foward’ the door thet 4a ‘i {rem the hut swith ter acroas aboul- h befalld him then shall you never ¢p OUR th Granai 2 SFITAInETATOUGKEG 0 neato toward the door that sep Mean wianiete fring, throwing her across his abou u that made his hate of her | and there among the dwellings, PEMATR SIR rene ATRUOH ES A ARO tated them: from } She mili jeriere turned back toward der, The blood from his wounds », for we mall KIL you all flercely, It took the muckera ba Into one of the fifthy dens Barbara the door, Istening. She knew that the are ven mt Sh Harbora Harding he found her kneel gmeared her anda nd clothing Harburs translated the man's words away te ook the mucker's breath Fee vas dramged. She found a crucial moment was, at hand: that pressed he Dalmio's ie the mucker Feil hier Wanda wah Cet tier kar BUAY 10 i it, and it made the giggle room in Which several native there were at best but a few Mor sword to t he dead isked the French- gtarted at a brisk trot toward th "Do youre fall for that? he anked. fear ine had contemplat«d more dite tum half caste women were sleeping, ments {oF her tr rosetrom her parted A heavy knock fe » door foreat, L think they will be careful to ging, {8h e¥eF nay, almost impos lem stretched and curled and lent prayer rose from her parted | A hi Kk \ . Can we tft him togeth ib ; make no open assault upon us’? re AM ver | asl ig m uiey throng of dirty, yel- lips. She placed the sharp point of and at t n he girl was him through that windcwee, wnt Therlere kept close bebind the wel pled the girl: “but never for an in- gp, bid you speak?” asked Mise Hard- § low children, dogs, pigs, and chickens, Yorimoto's short sword agninat startled by a noise behind her--a a the only way,” re reserving his fire until It could be ef sant must we cease our watchfulnens, “"f,1 md The breast and waited—wa for the livered, With savage yells ‘oming of the men from the room be » palace of Daimin Oda MH owas the pala f Daimi 1 after their eseap- pportunity Lam gure Uy Byrne cleared his thy Yorimoto, Lord of Yoka, as his an- Qiurder us.” then there blurted froin jis noise at the Little window at the far for at the firs’ that they w ‘and we must try it," They seized upon at, and Ips, not tor ud ristened their new is- yond, snatehing a few ef seconds end of the room huge body tne quarr The natives all carried “prey turned hack to Thertere , the speech he had intended, canons Aad Ratan Brae from’ eternity ere she drove the ‘Turning to face this new danger ne ’ mite thete best emorts, (he long. sharp sneare of the abargls 4 jo Han GAL Inge Unogeeelaue: Wi sucnes, hateful rush of worda whieh LD ie ie: weapon into her heart she was electrified inio a ery of sur st able to htt the Tat headhunters, Their swords aWiN® noaniis where Hytne had deposited Mite emanate from another per When Therjere came to a reatigns * ¢ 8 a ee ae the toaacaie tialGk sui the cr , Bis to. lies ie tn thelr harnows, and thelr anclen| i mT mucker removed the gag eae hes oes one whom Billy Byrne: { hava Harding was gon riere plunged through the Jun- if faba veri to pt her pli i Ohe ia tt through the “rmor clanked as they ra rom Oda Iseka’s mouth nee hat ep: th Ae HALUTAy COnSIURION trun for several minutes be- the rame ats J brakes wide | Tie tucker tried 2 bush ee hrough mee, we fein haess ot the eau Which way is water? Aak him,” canbe dat boob croaked yet? be i that \V Ind Simms had discovered fore lie caught sight of the mucker, f the lalf-demoliohes f, What shall we doe cried ‘The. 1 wontrasted party prevented aa (hey hy said to Barbara. Be a op } that W Hie nes cea eee 0 8 SEA an ihe teeil 4 i iene raced @ Ne. ¢ wring poe The «iri put the question pretense nae ‘hat brutal question a the. rise to permit them to culled ta the man before hin peaidenae 4 come ug Se BOTs ene OPER ® MNO Oe BritR He sys that straight up this raving Proumnt Barbara Harding ty hor teat. 5 them and ‘Swenson with “*Sures* replied. fy? i awa a aie . rf ecm ; mi Pos ap when “the evening ant th® penind us th 4 little spring,” 1" horror she tc vked down at the ma | hes gil and v her back to the easy, ‘They must ‘a’ been a dozen of f wed hope i } y , han fought ORAS MAES S08) FAME Sie D translated the itl Wie Sarktoae iit ts en nreee Rie { maim camp. Buta trip te the camp ‘em, Even a mutt me couldn't could not forget 1 | who has fought #0 American girl of the highest aocil “'Hyrne lifted Theriere in bia arms, Noble comrade in the face of death } Bhowed its inmates still sleeping. miss it . rescues by th lke yhie a fight for me while a breath of caste borne in the ariny of tha after loosening Oda Iseka's feet and f Her eves blazed angrily, as f Then the mucker and Theriere, with — Another half-hour brought them when tine Haley wo mained: tn mt vicious of all soriat pariahs the erlm- tethering him to his own beit with the Uitter words rushed to her ‘ipa, i @iiders and Wilson, set out to Ins suddeniy in sight of a nasive village hie day before, nor, ¢ but oat b Fit gel ties ; i inal m: othe alums of U erent parie rama rope: then he motioned ad then of a sudden she thought +4 Caliders Chg the others to put Billy fiytne was for dashing straight from ner mind. Wf rs, wh yop 1" He ae Dut vou he hoe city; and di ling thon, with drawn the youth up the ravine. of Hyrne's self-sacrificing herolem: in \ waatlqace oe sas Atte: nisihe centr . t I an eaning lamaac te wat 1 NOT, ,aom on ite lite to ; ve yours h pu ; revolver. ne eunt apd soldi . ne sald to Bar- Ps ery | entra al ‘9 ong search they discovered the bodies wp." as he ; bur The put ment of Mallory sender his sacrifice of no avail of i i cen sek inven tan Ve advan mural: of the Rr Swenson, then the trail his foot down flemly on that proposi- And the question ar ‘ " . Streamed a yelling pack ra P® con! courage he had displayed aa he file brvwn men, and at 1agt saw tion, and finally Byrne saw that the as to whether sie nine Ko alone," she answered aste demons clothed in the ‘Thus, In silence, the party com. carried the unconscious man back to arbaro’s footprints ina bit of muddy other was right ter off in’ hb t nucker 1 1 know that vou w ft sixteent century menced the ascent of the trail’ whieh the jungle; of the devotion, almost xe Awiftly they gave chase For moment they crouched, clutches of th un x uke n bes no ve him, There is no other wielding the barbarous soon became rough and 1 superhuman, that had sustained him “What kind of men do you sup> breathless and expecta and then Dilly knock hind,‘ 1 long, way must stay," spears of the savage head-hunting while belind them, un over of as lie struggled, uncomplaining, up pore they wie?” asked Red Sanders lim figure of an almost nude hoy upon the Unequal wer the uid She sas) At thw Juneture the mucker opened aborigines, whose flerce blood coursed brush, sneaked four trailing Saruurai '@ steep mountain path with’ the 8 eMtalaysian headhunters, ungues- ie foliage clo side knelt. He had Pthe the nd with 1 yen in their veins with that of the dew After haif an hour of the most ar- burden of the Frenchman's body, the } tlonails” replied. Therier and eniered ‘the trail toward the vile dead iment ad . t 1 : rr Who bit me?” he marmyred, “Jea’ cendents f Taka-mi-muswbi-no- duous climbing, the. mucker com. While his own lifeblood left a erimson ¥ ey Bandara shuddered, The aps lage. Upon his head ho bore a tundle 1 the telltale position of the w ‘ white maa show me the big sift.” kami. menced to feel the effects of loss of (rail behind him, t pallaticn had a moat grucsome sound. uf Drewood, eword which the girl beld tu ber who battled lke we demigad of old Theriere could not repress a smile. Threa-quartera of the distance had blood from his many wounds, (To Be Continued.) , : oer |