The evening world. Newspaper, April 20, 1916, Page 19

bse i a | «. # (WF , - The Evening World Daily Magazine, Thursday: April 20, 1916 | JF you are one of the countless readers who were. a I thrilled by “North of Fifty-Three” and “The Lair of the Sun Dogs” and other Sinclair novels pub- ag lished in this paper you will be tremendously in- HAND PAINTED ag terested in HATS ~ THE LATEST FAD EXT WEEK'S COMPLETE NOVEL : : IN THE EVENING WORLD : ; r = — bd = ; nS a pe tat eed Under the Great Bear :- painful process. Then he gave it back ik A A H um "Yrom” kein He Kadata, tie une Te 14 emphatt a x4 H “No, Misa ne,"” said emphat!- Saore ins Tun ee Reta ws “ines: cally. “I'm far too candid an ass to A SEASHORE Forign Office wade Warden be laden with state secrets. Now, if HAT ‘a you wouldn't mind just pickin’ out the bits that refer to Mra, Laing, an’ skippin’ all the political part, be ble to bounce old Baumgartner for s By Bertrand Ww. Sinclair sigue Teaatot. It to the political PAINTIN THE PAINTING Stop Fotowng ) ) He Pantin. | deen . AnA dventure Story of the Frozen North IE PAINTING oN Seeueuus ssene ae : part which proves that my letter was ON YouR HAT 1S A ME! You Nasuer! 9 / ‘Your HAT. IT" of i, stole FACE AND HAT EAUTIFUL yah S ! A LD Art aR mec e. Fany| | iN tt and the deputy Governor ox possession, “Same thing! Change the name To je CE LIAM] | amined the two curion with manifest — She had been nearly two months in AINTING ON YouR ENTRANCED || Interest. Kadana, as the group of houses and CHAPTER IV. ia gall toe Weaperae Lord Romners: “It In not native work,” he sald. “I hute in’ the clearing by the side of e (Continned.) he Kenperor” sala iovelyn, gab havo never seen anything Just Ike St the yellow Benue waa called, when an Evelyn Enters the Fray. prined at Fairhoime's chance shot, Moved by an impules which she placid rostine of the missien One HE financier looked it, De- 9, He's in tt, I guose, He hag bis coukl novar afterward explain, Eve- evening, just before unset, @ Sache spite hie magisterial att hi8 Wave bean Jolly h , lyn asked if both the gourd and the man, fearsomely bedaubed, and 'y hot. Now, go ahead. m Duffy face wae drawn and if it's at all awkward, leave me to Parchment might be given to her, decked with an amazing headdress 4 hh t M . “They are really mine,” she @x- and skirt of scarlet feathers, haggard, and he had the fill in @ bit about the Ditch Mile an’ lained endl “Capt. Warden asked Into th y aspect of a man who needed reat and the Epsom gradients that will bam- Leal heh neal Aaa Lh ksh it Into the native section of the boosie Baumgartnar. f me to a the cary wul, as it pound, He out off the head of an was L who discovered it, But I was unhappy fowl that he carried with I tdeop. Bvolyn did her best. Fairholme was ald OF te te Now f should’ ne ft . “You will accompany us, of course, delighted with Warden's description pleased to have it in my pOSSeMMlOn. Citi ee the’ pee ae ae we : Lesa a8 to have b elre on ne id, chanted Mise Dano,” ho went on, apoaking of the baccarat and roulette incidents, It brought us together in the frat In- hoarse incantation and vanisned tareat slowly, as though he were groping for jog Rosamond's allusions to him- stance. Derhaps it may do the sam® the bush. “I g the best way out of a difculty. “Your seit, Once, Evelyn forgot his stipula- Enine @ Beoond tery The white people saw him from a” | quarrel with Mrs. Laing can be much tion, and’ spoke of the “men of Bie hd Lem oe ae ght apt distance, They happened to be stand. more easily adjusted in England than Okt. aid theofficial gravely. “Take ity by ‘0k 00 the Serance of an oid Sesame j here. I hope, therefore, we shall be MY Boy PainTeD ARTISTIC Cook HATS ARTISTICALLY |[/all means, Mins Dane, but let’ no ana. sir, ‘Hume waa greatly annepeans | spared further bickering during oUF | “it js a savage native state in Weat| | 10 iat PARTE: 5 PAINTINGr HER HAT REPAINTED WHILE |} notoriety iat {am mure_you would PY,,the witeh-doctor's viet. x | brief stay in the Canarie: Africa, That one name you Ks < Waitke th all telegraph . “This will unsettle evory native for { “Ba r in bis Must not remember, Lord Fair-| | A GREAT ARTIST YouR. SHOES ARE While, 1 shall telegraph « week oF two.” he sald, eying im | it, father dear,” put ” alabar asking for news, by . i a 4 holme.’ inly should have he man's antics with evident disfavor. * , daughter, “you said we were soins ize aid not interrupt again till she i had turned up already.” “Those fellows area far more endure | home on the yacht, and calling at had finishod reading. Then she told 1 afternoon the deputy !%8 Curse to Africa than the «in ¢rmug- { .” he re- her the ring and the letter; and, \~ Sait d er OUt Of existence, but they canes: “3 bave changed my ing him sympathetic, she explained d her to come and atay at ner toon’ ga gu. a torted ourtly, and that was all ho i him sympathetic, she explained house, “urging that she would And foyer oe een eey crite miareots Warden's capture by « Mohammedan itraila to the hotel In walch eho rection here,” Said Evelyne gtamsing Brolya lett the table at the earliest fanatic at Rabat, | i |had passed the previous night, For over her shoulder ot the” Gree i moment. When too late, she re- “funny, thing!” he pty | tully three weeks she lived with this woolly-headed litte black figures imei? gretted the impulse that led her to nr) . curd most friendly and hospitable lady, the classroom. declare open war against Mrs. Laing. bons hidao bed deemed | Hy degrees, as they became more in- “Yes, we are educating the ohtte But it was done now. Those words | “He ts not here?" cried | Byelyn, | ered tho threads of the Unusual Story Sint Tit Ghat’ ene eat tne to inely startled, for she geld Be Rad aged c “theft” and “steal” were irrevocable. Biers. " in which the girl theure yy since our return. Look at Bambuk.’ « She had retreated to a nook in tho Yes, he fe, I fancy he's on board nently, Similart A kained He has mixed with Europeans during | garden where a dense clump of the Suns Soucl I didnt apoak to| | PUT YOUR PORTRAIT ON YOUR WHY NoT FRAME 5) moro knowlndge of African affairs, the pst ten yearm, yet he is white ™ tropical trees and shrubs gave shelter Dim; I have @ potion that he anne HAT AS A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION YOUR PAINTINGS Z fr wacle be pote ‘eke than a mir. With torror.” recognize under my new name. We i HIDE. . \| BM ras % | It was an odd phrase to use with from the gun, and was trying to dis- gisy pick ‘a number of German| | /P YOUR MAT S ‘Your FACE NEXT. DS 7 iA the Mutneu a A vali regard to @ negro, but tt was quite” cover if she had imperililed the suc- officom at the same port, but they Music BOX é IDE expedition on the srt accurate, Bambuk, interpreter, head ovgs of Wardon's mission by any un- left us at Funchal, where another INSIDE OF foute were oo great that all b vervant and factotiim-tn-chiet to the guarded phrase, when Lord Faire 10 ee aan West Africa, isn’t most enthusiastic explorers shrank ™Misston, who was peering through the hes ‘ fi them, How, then, could one doorway at the proceedings of the ju- “iMag 1 at reowny bare a few min. !t? white man, ‘accomy nied by a solitary Ju man, showed every sin of utes?” be asked. “I want to try to pees iene ot this a ce ike woe Hausa, hope to over them? when ah may the poe Killing cere. understand things. jowledge o' e The deputy Governor scouted mony. is ebony face, usually shin- Ess ur lord. i8 of the vagus it dates chtetly le at Warden could ry ing and Jovtal looking, became Mvid anip’a capacity 20 greatiye” ane said, from Inst mgt. y q ivan ‘at Hol Abbas, He wan dubious afd drawn. His eyen’ gstened moe She had not yet forgiven him for | “When the naval Johnny was show- about. the incidents reported from those of a frightened animal. not taking her part. She was young; [2 you the map, I suppose?” lektawa, but he made no secret of — Turning for a second to make sure her world was tumbling about her . “Hut how do you know that?" she he improbability that, Warden that the children were not listening, vars; she believed that everybody Cg pes Move eas eda ef A Na | al have the means of buying he drew hear and whispered: ought to stand aghast at Rosamond’s Pris r face jor, | camels and hiring “Oku man make war ju-Ju. Him winkadanan: * eh quits Laing and 1 watched you for Conia SOR ReERUE Journey outlined japt, aay all black people lb for bush, oF hy severe, od Mortimer, nd, omiplete y dem ne ol un by tan’ "ic" grinned Fainiolme. “You bom rao Ay wae Pode LUAG ed WATER COLORS IN dlnmay, the Houthe Ineria admin tree wien he burn misono t make for the ruffled woul come aw 4 istration sent t host positive fambuk could apeak bett. fool's of 1 poor fellow who eeenuee S a et Wess ited a. eae CASE OR RAIN | surancen that Warden had not bee Eneitah than that. ‘The fn one ped : tered*—— serve, Miss e, 8 heard of in the upper river distric'#. had reverted so thoro' be Ag oon ase tell me what you the goat all through the proceedin' “She learned incidentally that Mea. jargon of the krooboy Ants the ae 5 ‘a can hardly say tha’ Laing had gon tent of his fear. Sy ines about? 1 “No, you wouldnt, But it’s true. alread Baumgartner was v “Not on to-day’a steamer?” she pro. Coast, was the capital of an admin- safety, he can follow the course of [ain had wne to lokula tn a Pita umanted bs i FEh—beg pardon, I meant {dol y y that Baumga: 9 very f " es affected to mnke light of the shattered. Silly mistake, eh, what?" Tho only bit of luck I've had ts that much annoyed with him for failing tested, for it seemed that an unkind istration quite separate f of tho Upper Niger, through what ri Rosamond had found out the witch doctor and his threnta Evelyn's lips relaxed ‘in ‘a amile, | am saved the painful necessity of to remember what Warden had writ- fate was conspiring against her. | North and South Niseria. ch known as the Dahomey hinterland, eoee need i one deentures, WG: And tall Blmneee cote h ie) eon 3 There was no resisting “Billy" when bein’ refused as a husband by Tore. ten, and it was now beyond doubt “Sure thing! Heard her tellin’ Old Calabar, the he: ‘4 of until he arrives at Ilo, the first als cherished a faint » that even sense," he said “Say T have a bale ” (in his own phrase) he was goin’ Laing. 1 came here to ask her to that the Sans Souci's voyage to Fun- Beryl an hour age Warden's service, they take a in the British sphere of influence I io might forest onmall of cotton here which I brought ea iy marry me. chal was a blind for nome ulterior | Though Evelyn wished heartily that long journey down the coast and that direction, ‘Thence to the sea, at Mi" ieht for é : so far pecially from Lagos as a present for ; TT fobs you all thought mie very “Oh, | am a0 sorry“—— bewse Me chiect her rival had chosen any other route penetrate #ume forty miles into the thls season, the river in navigabie, (Onsldyratioy yas the King M'Wanga,” Foy ; de," she said, with a pathetic Httle elyn, but Fairholme’s oackling laugh In her dilemma yhe thought of Mor- of the many which lead from Las Niger delta, Capt, Mortimer, in all Hf he makes for Lagos—having boon JM) (he Mtrion couecliily ie) But before Rambuk could descend j gesture of helplessness. “But what checked her, timer, When Baumgartner went almas, her resolution remained un- probability, thought she was aware of ordered hore in the rae ! atance ev MBut that need not trouble you at the breed Might cP atone leactne pects j Usten in silonco to fresh Why sorry? You've done me a away she hurried out of the hotel aiiered. Hut there was another thrili this vital distinction, but, at the out- might strike overiand from Jeb! all, my dear,” said her outspoken the veranda, the fet P ene good turn, "Titoe over, an’ if I can and drove straight to the harbor, A !n store for her. set, Evelyn almost felt that she had the rallhead at Ibadan, but !f he friend.” “If Capt. Warden liven you wna at an ond ced Joh performanes 5 a . a ” . ‘ i d goer to rien ( vi end and its chief act +s *1 think you did the only possible do you une, Just ask. In the first boat brought her to the Valiant: the ,, ‘Tell you what, Mise Dane.” eald undertaken a useless task. atlcke to Se Aver and” woot $e: BIG) Ue reat, aasurell’ that My RUAN Pushed Ooh Reine ite renee emt « thing.” she would probably have sald commander himeelf met her at the Fairholme. jonit think you ought hier manifest distress at an un- ° a) if infor. Will hear of him long before Mrs, velyn felt a chill run through her ‘tien why did you refuse to bear ‘No, and in the second, where should gangway, and. escorted: her to hie t0 tackle an expedition of this sort pleasing discovery won her the sym- YOU should obtain telographic Infor. Woy eee ay atrald that {f neuen en Why weer . bralcaa naga fas by | single-handed. You may want some apt mation of his arrival at a town called Laing bea ‘ hough the alr was hot and out my statement” . J have been if she said ‘Yes?’ In the cabin, . it vousutota dent ‘9. Pathy of the Deputy Governor of La- Lokoja, situated at the function of News comes at all tt will reach us In vapor-lnden. “There were reasons, May I ace soup, eh, what?” “Sorry 1 couldn't cail last evening er e Ay le pullereourt Tm 60% Ms chief having crossed from the the Niger ane ha hanna the form of a native runner that @ “I M'Wagna the name of the King that letter now? lwnt iairholme seemed to pride Miss Dane,” he said, “but 1 was de- 9 pretty useless sort of chap in most MAinland only the day before. But [UR ° paused. His brief review con- whit an died of fever AWAY UP of Oku?" she asked oe Senne of your own 4e- diniself on his narrow escape, and tained on board unexpectedly. Things things, but there ls no reason why I airaneiay could not apr Sloak & veyed no hint to hia hearer of the there beyond tho hills. i ‘a always T have been absen: cord?” she asked, ve Evelyn the credit of rescuing are happening, I hear.” he "t try to de country a good # Ree oe SOE. , tremendous diMeultios any man must fever—never a spenr thrust or a months, as you ar Evelyn fighting for the man she hid” She protested that if she had "Yes. Piguero is here, and wo {iouldn't try Coens Sith treme: He was fully acqualiled with Stamendoua aiMeuitica any man must (le eece fee ee mixed teen, gute haven't’ heard of an loved was @ very diferent irl from iowa he was really bent on mar- leave te yacht for Funchal to- you, and then you'll have no need the position of aff, parative civilization of the telegraph, with a man 1. ‘The natives ara change In the local dynasty,” the proud, disdaintnl yn who vying Mrs. Laing she would neither night te watne glee tate protectorate, he said ppreciated ing he Ainched from the task of en. loyal enough to each other In that | “Most improbable,” matd Hume twenty-four hours earler, would 1 attucked the lattor in hia pres- ie emiled. iceou ate Teally very kind,” she CPt Mortimer’s motives in wishing Wehtening her. respect. Even when they know the “To iv an absolute mavage, Thee endured almost any infiletion rathor don him to bear out “ly that ihe dodge?” he exclaimed. faltered, “but-—but"— to acquaint the Government of Ni« “wig tt quite certain,” he anked, “that truth tt tx almost Impossible to Ket meen him only once, and t should he than flout her adversary in a public ta But ho refused to “Of course, 1 was posted in the move- “you are afraid of M Laing Seria with certain curious oircum- Gaptain§ Warden went ashore at them to tell it." sorry to think that my life depended i dining room. She credited Rosamond Ber # she had conferred other ments of ‘the Portuguese and bis agains’ ‘he grinned. “Dont worry stunces which might or might not be jiabuts” So now ft wan death, and not Ifo, on his good. will. Bue why aides with the adoption of any perry devion AUN ron him, and repeated friends, but the trip to Madeira ts yoursolf about her, dear girl. Not Connected with tribal uncasiness in The astonishment in Evelyn's face that was talked of, and Evelyn lived Imagine he might have been in Eng fo gain her ends. ane tol ee claa tis desire to serve her if the op- clever.’ What has caused the change sven Mrs, Grundy ran aro! at me the Henue River districts, but the fact was almost muficiont answer in dryeeyed misery until Fairbolme land?" holme was just the man fy by used as portunity offered, It came quickly. of programme?" for bein’ your fellow senger, I'm remained that all wus quiet pow in “Trnless every one in some Govern- ited one day that she ought to re- “Hecause a native of that name atalking-horse. Har, Piat mht, when Evelyn was sound she told him, and he banged @ mixed up in this business, an’, by that region, ment department in London has gone turn home, at the climate was begins Came — there with two others last oe RO welly on. pashan: ye isivep, her room was entered and clencued fst emphatically on # tablo Jove, I mean to see it through. Look “Owing to Capt, Warden's unfor- mand, tt ts ane erted ning to affect her health Ni fa. Lain anxious to Koon | Wa letter taken. It lay with which a steward had just arranged jere, can't you adopt me as @ sort tunate disappearance,” he went on, a not an Nigeria &° phere were not lacking Indications | “We have been visited by ju-gr psig ery ct pour omar Of ng the ring and some other fede dg for tem of elder brother, an’ make !t ‘Pilly’ “another commissioner visited Olu, to meet him at ¢ ce Roeat 0 PSEA th) ry-souled Little peor had men bet Charles,” put in “Mrs g Rarer ante Sou ben Nat dressing-table, The door was locked “jor once, I can find it In my heart an’ ‘Evelyn,’ an’ that sort of thing~ Ho found matters there in a fairly 1# it not avident that he went to Tas. 1) ingle Ninselt tothe ions Ue the evidence, | Don't you see Ne tae Oi iod, but the window was wide to wish you were a man,” he cried. eh, what settled state. The people were cul- san's Tower to obtain the ruby | have Spot ee te wan te a eae Generally they come begs" bal eye Here yr ¢ open to admit (he sea breese, and, al- “A steamer etarts for Lagos within —— tivating their lands with greater as- told you of War man in Lagos, and he hardly ing for something they want—usy + “Well if Mrs Laing stole a lettor Uiough the room was on the third two hours, and it would be a fne CHAPTER V. widuity than such s#emi-canntb: The official amtled, He had effect ever visited Kvelyn when he did not ally drugy—which’ they Pretend tg eu nouse, sho-4ta a jolly hard floor, and therefure some forty feet or thing if the Nigeria administration Usually diaplay, and this ts a sure wign wily dintracted her thought from the jasurn her that la was “havin a gid~ concoct thenimelves out of a wnaken > te Bie boues, 6 is st bo warned nore above the ground level, it was heard your story from your own lip The Drums of Oku. of content in @ West African com- far more embarrasuing topic of dy time with the dear girls.” Yet sho Iver or the gizzard of @ bird, Dove id $9: GRP ONS Be tau impossible that the thief could have Of course, I can write, but it 1s diftt VELYN, ferried across the munity. Indeed, Capt. Forbes is now Warden's chances of reaching Nigeria joigw rat lie was only walting until lay too much stress on "Bacihatee : Baumgartner as @ guardian of entered tt except through the win- cult to put on paper one's guessen rece b: hoat's crew &bout to return to headquarters, A elive, the last hope of Warden's escapo fright. Hi a chicken-hearted fet morals was a new conception, Hvelyn dow. That the letter alone was the and 4 the trickery that is trom the warship, boarded ¢™ companies of Hausa constabu- “One learns fo distrust etreumstan= from tha denert must be abandoned. low at tho best. If there tn really 4 powerful foe thin objective was shown by the fact going on. ‘rom the warship, lary, who were moved to more conve- tial evidenc Pe ave you » that hour came, and she was any lMkellhood A native disturb: folk that fas in the field, Her un- the exceedingly valuable ring (win The words were scarcely utterod the Extremadura in almost nient centres in case @ strong columao f ssenwer on tho Wate red to take ship for England, ance I shall send him with you end teaoriem Femanee had , suddeniy leh vere he htor iy ee o 6 SAG poten rere Pals regal state, The vessel's was required for un expedition to tne y was known aw Mr, Alfred Will- iolme would ask her to marry @ down the river e domain hint of malictous he dis- brat y 6 | > going back to r origi- . we do not kno n © without you * wrcened out fate tne Molde quickly crimination. exerciead: An Ordinary She might be able tovclear cabin accommodation was poor, but Henue, are xuing back to thelr ortai= Ale EAU Ge laGh "Sh aithd Wecnta an ec: Uinlens both et Fon ent ot PP iido right. in that vital mo- criminal, though bribed to procure @ me of the doubts and mis- the Engliah girl was given of Ite best. MA here of identifying the bagwige tand- get away from It, to cut herself wholly Bvelyn, ment she realized that her postscript document of great importance to that) must have gathered Not every day does a amall West Af- pig omcial tone wan dlandly dis. @4 by the captain Of the Watne Wien wdrift from palnful assectations, she will both obey orders, 1 to the Lochmerig, letter might have somo other person, would certainly around Warden's name. Above all 00 OVCT) Oy Core at en ne iam Evelyn was aware that when he reported the Rabat In ‘ offered her help to an American Bap- hope," he std, but he did not urge sonaequences far beyond thelr effict havo male Away Tie In his Ine would’ surely “reach the’ cficials under the escort of a petr of the the Deputy Governor fooked on her Could You. recognize any of Captaln tist missionary nnd his wife who were the matter further at the moment > arden’s fortunes and her own, that was lying handy, In this in- wou surely reach oe officials : omewhat in the light of a runaway Warden's belongin - going up the Benue, They were enting thelr evening OB Sy on Fairholme” she said, turniug stance, there seemed to be an un- there jong before it became known !n realm and @ captain in the royal & beats Les a ade ae reason what- Pais ald Evelyn, blankly—"that » Evelyn mid good-by to the hos- meal when the distant tapping of 6 t she could wath the slightest spoken warning to the girl that she England, navy. It was an interesting moment SHORE, Who had ne reason what, Tf ni Pitable Beople wie eciatcainad han et Gruss salient re ar eae po thal ‘ea ; ever t b You mentioned a gourd, Ihave not P change in the expression, OF Ris Sach waa. poworlme i Whe Sole IRR mire Lone eee ae ee ay fusnage When Rosamond Laing, accompanied tho businese of @ prosperous and eek the thing myaelé, but one of my IAKoR, and inde the long voyage up t ray tbe ting of w tom-tom “does Mr. Baumsartner strike yo 1 “would yo ny my Di - cside, ‘The thriving colony os hat a moet remark river that perplexe he e ned bushma aman who would go out of hin way "VAL teat sie sumpected Rowsinond 2€ on that whip 4 by Figusr, came alongside, The tery outasin (6 imply that the Home Me nies ‘of that nature wan found Kind during #0 many centuries, E It much wwely resembled th to interfere in a dispute between two complicity in this new theft, but when = “Of course. You would be travelling Portuguese made off at onco, but the authorities acted in @ pantie,” #he i) °one of the missing mana boxes,” yet is Whole course has not been dot and 4 le of the Morse al i i kod herself who had most to on Government sarvice.” lady, when 1: was too Inte to retreat, AUIROTNIIE ected im, Pet rue M,one of the mining man's boxos.’ RG ' mportant tribu. phahet Vartant of it whler ot unless there was money in {t, p the peruaal of the letter, “Then I shall go. Please arrange svecieg a blank Indiffor to that Warden and the men be had and the shud t the rm ton p inknown Priv ag Atking, IN apaeny paid Fairholme cheerfully suspicion pointed, not to Rosamond, matters for me, and send some one é ‘ pees neen in London were laboring under oe the evil face Whose appearance had o with the main of 1, a “Umty-iddy “Then why is he showing such in- who could guess its contents with fair to take me on board, lyn's presence that showed how oon- Asen in 1a Naat aahieatieaot eh tue! Eheraly f Heard in th ness of the forest terest now ina matter he deliberately accuracy, but to Baumgartner and his “Do you mean it?” he eried. eclous she was of It, She seldom ap- * lv" ‘They misread the motives of nie aventa Hiner vepant life Hshed trade route 4 with not na breath of atr stirring th > closed at luncheon sven fspociates, who were evidently more "Yes." poared on deck, ate each meal tn tho tne Nigeria administration in curtall- " “Well, have you any objection to bar and Asuhao and tdah to Lokoja; leaves of the tallest trees, and even *L gave you his explanation, Rven afraid of one man then of the armed “By Jove, Miss Dang you astonish peciusion of her cabin, and spoke NO ing Cant” Warden's fUrloUsl—tnat exer ieine tie dened nome trai ie the thenee & atoain launch took the amall the tawny river murmuring ino artner likes to associate with might of Britain, me mora each time I see yo Nut word, even to Lord Fairholme, On ri sub: ere rumors . res tcked up tn party of Europeans up the Henue to low a note that tt was inaudible Baume: , even is all, There undoubtedly were rumors undoubt artiole you pick p people of good character.” Ta the height of distress her em> how about the Haumgartuerst’ = = arriving at Lagos abe burried from of some border disturbances. ‘The the Hulont it goes ter to prove that il, and they completed the journey from ‘the onse, this trreg Ro, ‘that is not the reason. Mr. ployer came to ber. shall simply write a note resian- the phip, and Evelyn breathed a People in that region binted that the Captain Warden did really take paa- in a roofed bs f shallow draft ulor drum-heatir ad sini Baumgartner le engaged at thie mo- | “We havo decided to reture by the ing my aituation. It ls a mere ques- of relief ag abe watched ber euemy go Dict men were arranging what they mage on the Water Witoh.” manned by krooboys almost a sinister effect. Tt Jarred on ment in a plot against British do- portuguese mail from Madeira,” he tion of doing that to-day or thre O1'es term a Long Ju-ju. There was also "f cannot {maging how you can The girl aesmed now to have left the nerves, It suggested the unseen ton in West Africa, You see that said, “and tn order to catch the next weeks hence, But I shall not tell “Me walsiluaof Ateal Frere wae ate sik MLR ER TINS Anciaseat NOP mabind Ube berte And GF the and therefore the terrible, At all coste min: \ 5 She did not carry her du a tradipg activity on the part of our think othe n cruiser in the harbor? Well, #he {8 gtaamer wa @hall sail in the Sans them why I am leaving thelr servico ying ty tio pain: of imagining her %,tr@ipK activ! mauve Tika? tcl tite Golan ai ena tal cuter world. Busying with they must find out what it siznifed. here to watch the Sans So: You Souct to-night, Would tt be conveni- so, suddenly. <j Unters 0 be in active co-operat! ith the Pleasant suspicions, To be forewarned There is no harm in making eure," t fatly f the mission com Rambuk was muy 1! He was yourself heard to-day our party ent for you to go aboard the yacht “Baumgartner will find ow yorre, plotters againat British supremacy in fy'to he forearmed, and His Excel: he aust having already decided te in. pound—once & stockailed trading even more distraught than during the ip going to Burope by the nell this afternoon” {iam much mistaken, it will Worry that quarter of the world. It Waa f@F jency the Gavernor regarded Capt, reeecs Naving airendy decided to in, fron and noted centre for t fottah performance of two hours ear SORE NY en ie tell yon, 9 ut What action am I to take wich him. Now, you are sure you intend po i iols ‘that @ rich WOMAD Warten as the man who could b making known to thia charming «irl tribution of Kin, but now a pea lter de at our dispomal? Twi tcl tele reward to my stolen letter?” she de- to, take this trip?) who drow somo part of her revenues deal with and remove any causes of the almost certain fact that lier lover hive of simple tuition and Industry “Dem Oku dru Tho British authorities believe tht manded. "You heard what [aad to "Quite certain Ff ‘i yaelf the ffOM factories on the coast might b® discontent. Within the last two was long since dead aha soon expertenced a calm sense of ha explained, “Dem ¢ the yacht will, help, or fue her Mo. Laing. That letter 1s my evi- pl rere wei) al eal oe ea ats Combining business with the desira to jnont owever, all unfavorable The calabash wan brought and duty accomplished that had certainly | "Do you savvy what they are ay. @ome way, a native ri ss dence againat her.” Oh) L mn ” obtain news of Warden at first hand. cyan have vanished, and Oku {8 taken from its canvas wrapper, Odd- been denied her in the Baumgartner tng™ broke in Hume sharply. He Nigeria, Now, the letter In my pos: ““vit may have blown out of your o'clock ‘ 5 genaion, read by any one who could indow. There ts generally a atrong . Evelyn packed her boxes am mpeedily At any rate the girl fondly hoped quiet as Old Calabar, or Laxos iy enough, mildew had for hed on ite household, At Lago# she bad received not imagine that his wife had di ! ’ a they might never meet again, and ehe w t lacquer, and the aheen of the one letter from He who com- cussed the habits of native potentate ® extract ite inner meaning, Wwolll preeas Just before dawn. At any rat “ possible am oA trusted. to tha atrenetheof her own T am glad of It," she said earnest. beighs eyes wan dulled, It had loat plained bitterly of her “desertion with her youthful helper, ant even yield & valuable ce Maposal of the it ia batter lost, Such laputes are se found ahe hai % That pew story, supplemented by @ letter from ty, “It is far from iny wish to figura mone of ite artistic powers and wea A police patrol boat brought her @ she hereelf did not know the full eas Of information at the Alaponal of The | ategs.” Poem TLL rine ane Deiter coani Cape Mortimer fo the Governor, to ae a mensenaer of Arite. Bay Lore, tierce eine ihe rereeviiimaigallen letter from hone, in which her tont of tho excesses, the sheer lust of ee ae ae ared ME Raum But it was of the utmost tmpor- Bieta AP furthering the In- piace her beyond reach of mis 19 & more personal matter? If that scared her su badly when firat mother expressed the strongest « bloodshed, hidde 2 under a harmless i to fta contents, tance in other way a a? Capt Warden bas iceeeded in saw dt oon k of the Nanoy. approva her ne & sounding wor A te apeat mileain are." he gurgled with foreed laughter. jeng her fifty pounda on its secur eoume even mana av | reasona expect to hear thie crown is rea a J Ar a le links monkey | skin—-p’hape er kind of ; aohy a" exclaimed Fairholme Snit, tf tt really has gone you can AQ note brought him to her F oar at Gove B of vellun ; was th ound her with England were skin—en’ dem JuJu man say! Co s “You can easily assure yourself that hardly propowe to romala in Las Pal- she explained briefly that mie meant He Both ake and Tord rhe Mepity Gove ed hie hid ! eit neha Lagoa e@icial’ Loca deme ean (Comer dan, com Tam not exaggerating the facts, Here thas on the off chance Laat it may be to visit Lagos, ang ight noed mora uolme were @n y tanorant He was wend hearted m ye 4 rot i . RU OUH! Bk SAR MARDER SOAR BOR SAUL ADL COR G8b) esa: Read {t, and remember meovered.” funds than she had at her command conditions. er of then 1 circumstances had prepared Lim Warden kept the « warning, at nowed i f y Masbe Tiss, nee tt She felt that she wae trapped, but "Well, that beats the band.’ that Lagom, though the chief fr that queation The servant wi 4 brought the carved head to any ome, Not even Den dey nail some men to tree em’ “Fairhoime pursed his l!ps and bent for what purpose it was hanl to aid. “Mrs Laing 's going * African port, and practically ‘It {x Nard to say." he @nawered. calabash was sent back to aeurch for Mr. and Mre, Hume, the eee om: gina) ' Ra brows in deep mental effort, He imagine. Lord Faisholme hed cold her tea,” : ete Oe ORLY nade daxbor on Guinese “Aemiming be reeckes Timbuktu im che tatioved aia, He eogn returmed couple, anew that it wae _ (TaBe snl o. eneetaacemsiamnemntee —— 3a ee = - sare AY (ene 5 Mee ee eee ee need Semen ae cece aamesn a