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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTER On the night, before his death M, te Maret wag on ba: iiejeu he" 'Strona abd. Beau ul fei ani, om that 16 bly, handsome youth, wheroas Holly iTtavisted for he ugiioees.” When thé. tre 48 opened at thie imted thine tte then bs, Vincey, disclowam the fact that he took ‘Sum fe, “Vo tells of having gone to @ hitheruy unexplored region of Africa ‘in an ate Lampe to trace the extraordinary antiqnity of his nd of learaing (rom ® native that far in caves “sirrminded by, meamiratess Syne he called Kaltikrates, E24 enttrste to i my or i Muhere the tuple were filed bye beat te woman with jower over all’ things Blt purehinenta, atmone ‘hia the toutclaton “ot a rehimer fe traiuslation “of otahenl. Lew ie left to decide for himaolt aa ‘ Whether he will carry ont the quest begun by ‘ater, CHAPTER IV. (Continued), A Strange History. ERFECTLY bewildered, 1 turned the rélic over, It was , covered from top to bottom with notes and signatures in Greek, Latin and Bnglish, ‘The first in uncial Greek was by Ts! wthenes, the son to whom the writing” Was addressed, It wai T cannot 0. To thee, my son Kallikrates.” This Kallikrates (probably, in the Greek fashion, so named after his wrandfather) evidently made some attempt to start on tho quest, for his ‘entry, written in very faint and al- most illegible uncial, is: “I started to seek, but the gods were against me. To theo, my son.” Between these two ancient writ- ings, the second of which was in- scribed upside down, was the bold, modern signature of one Lionel Vincey, “Aetate suo 17," which was written thereon, I think, by Leo's grandfather. To the right of this ‘Were the initials "J. B. V.," and be- low came a variety of Greek signa- tures. The last entry, apparently, to judge by the style of writing, was made by some representative of the family in the middie of the eighteenth century, It was the well known quotation by Hamlet, “There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio.” ‘Well,’ I said, when I had read these paragraphs out, at least those of them that were still legible, “that ds the conclusion of the whole matter, Leo, and now you can form Your own opinion of it. I have already formed mine.” - “And what is it?" he asked, in his quick way, “it is thi I believe that potsherd to be perfectly genuine, and that wonderful as it may seem, it has come down in your,family since the fourth century before Christ. The entries absolutely prove it, and there- fore, however improbable it may seein, it must be accepted. But there I stop. That your remote ancestress, the Egyptian Princess, or some scribe under her direction, wrote that which we see on the tile I have no doubt, nor have I the slightest doubt but that her sufferings and the loss of her husband had turned her head, and that she was not right in her mind when she did write it.” “How do you account for what father saw und heard there?” a Leo, Coincidence. No doubt there Pienty of bluffs on the coast of Africa that look something like a ma ead, and plenty of people who speak bas' Arabic. Also, I believe that Mere are lots of swamps. Another ching ta, Leo, and I am sorry to say 4%, but I do not believe that your yoor father was quite right when he wrote that letter. He had met ovith @ great trouble, and also he had lowed his story to prey on his ‘magination, and he was a very im- ‘aginative man. Anyway, I believe that the whole thing ta the most un- mitigated rubbish. T know that there ere curious things and forces in na- ture which we rarely meet with, and when we do meet them, can not understand: But until I see it with tay own eyes, which I am not likely to, I never will believe that there is any means of avoiding death, even or a time, or that there is or w white sorceress living in the hear of an African s' np. It is bosh, iy @oy, all bosh.” “Perhaps you are right,” said Leo, in p quiet voice. “I express no opinion, Wut f say this, 1am going to set this matter at rost at once and for all, and if you won't come with me, I will go by myself.” That day three months we were on ‘the ocean, bound for Zanzibar, CHAPTER V. The Squall. JOW different 1s the soene that T have now to tell from that which has just been told. A gentle breeze fills the huge sail of our dhow, and draws us through the water that ripples against our sides, Most of the men are sleeping forward, for it is near midnight, but a stout, swarthy Arab, Mahomed by name, stands at the tiller, lazily steering by the stars, Three miles or more to our starboard a low dim line, It is the eastern shore of Central Afric: Just then J came up, looking very stout and lish in his shoot- suit of brown flannel , ald, “as we have got all those guns and things in ' Whaleboat astern, to say nothing of the provisions in the lockers, [ think {t would be best if 1 got down and slept in her, I don't like the looks’ here he dropped his voice to a por- tentous whisper—"of these black Ken= try; they have such a wonderful thi¢vish way ubout them. Supposing, How, that somo of them were to slip fmio the boat at night and eut the cable and make off with her? It would be a pretty go, that would.” The whaleboat, [may explain, was that we had 1 bullt at Dundee nd brought with us, as we knew that this coast was a net-work of creeks and that wa *requirs something to navigate them with, “Well, Job,” T said, “perhaps would be as well, Accordingly, we hauled up the boat by the tow rope till it was right der the stern of the dhow, and bundled into ber about as grace im ( f it PAILS ERR AL AAR RARARR AR RAT) TALE OF A STRANGE, WONDERFUL WOMAN AND MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES < By H. RIDER HAGGARD 4 Ne tea ceil fully as a sack of potatoes, Then we) returned and dozed off. | I remember no more, (il suddenty | 4 frightful roar of wind, a shrick of! terror from the awakening crew and | & Whip-like sting of water in our faces. Some of the men ran to let go the halyards and lower the sail, but the parre! jammed and the yard would not come down, I aprang to my feet and hung on to a rope. The) sky aft wa® dark as pitch, but the) moon still shone brightly ahead of us. Heneath its sheen a huge white | topped breaker, twenty feet high or more, was rushing on to us, It was| on the break-—the moon shone on its crest, and tipped its foam with ight. On it rushed beneath the inky «ky, driven by the awful squall be- hind it. SudMenly, in the twinkling of an eye, T saw the black shape of the whaleboat cast high into the air) cn the breaking wave. Then—a shock | of water, a wild rush of boiling foam and I was clinging for my life to the shroud—aye, swept straight out from it like a flag in a gale, The wave passed, It deemed to me that I was under water for minutes— really It_ was seconds. I looked for- ward. The blast had torn out the great sail, and high in the alr it was fluttering away to leeward like a huge wounded bird. Then for a mo- ment there was comparative calm, and in it I heard Job's voice yelling wildly, “Come here to the boat.” Hewildered and half drowned as T was, I had the sense to rush aft. 1 felt the dhow sinking under me—she was full of water. Under her counter the whaleboat was tossing furiously, and I saw the Arab Ma- homed, who had been steering, leap into her. I gave one desperate pull at the tow rope to bring the boat alons- side, Wildly I sprang also, and Job caught me with one arm, and I rolled | into the bottom of the boat. Down went the dhow bodily, and as she did 80 Mahomed drew his curved knife and severed the fibre rope by which we were fast to her, and in another second we were driving before the storm over the place where the dhow had been, “Great God!" I shriexed. “Where! is Leo? Leo! Leo!” | “He's gone, sit, God help him!") roared Job into my ear, and such was | the fury of the squall that his voice | sounded like a whisper | 1 wrung my hands in agony. Leo was drowned, and I was left alive to) mourn him, “Look out “Hero FREE SPEECH | FREE TAL PEOPLE RULE THis 1s A FREE LAND! 'S! THe a ROMANCE LOVE JEALOUSY HATE Prompt young lady, who was called Ustane, had done to Leo. If he kissed her kK it was a token that he ted her, and the arrangement con. ad till one of them wearted of it tin 5 yelled Job. comes another. | 1 turned; a second huge wave was overtaking us. I hoped it would drown me. With a curious fascina-— tion I watched its awful advent, The | moon was nearly hidden now by the) wreaths of the rushing storm, but a of little Light still caught the crest the devouring breaker, Ther something dark in it—a ple wreckage, It was on us now the boat was nearly full of water, | But she was built in air-tight com- partments—heaven bless the man who invented them!—and lifted up through | it like a swan, Through the foam and turmoif I saw the black thing | the wave hurrying right at me. I out my right arm to ward it me, and my hand closed on anc arm, the wrist of which my fing gripped like a vise I am @ very strong man, and had something to hold to, but my arm was nearly torn from its socket by the strain end welght of the floating body. Had the rush lasted another two seconds must either have let go or gone with ft, But it passed, leaving us up to our knees in wator fail out! Bal out!" shouted Job, suiting the action to the word But I could not bail Just then, for fas the moon went out and left us in total darkness, one faint, flying ray of Nght lit upon the face of the man I had gripped, who Was now half lying half floating, in the bottom of th bon It was Leo. Leo bro: the wave-—back, dead or alive, the very Jaws of Death Just as we got the boat pretty clear for the second time Leo opened his eves and remarked that the clothe had tumbled off the bed and that he supposed it was time to get up for chapel, The sto had entirely pas nt back by from CHAPTER VI. The Head of the Ethiopian. 7 and royal length the heralds forerunners of th sun had done their work an searching out the shadows, had caused them to flee away, Isat there in the boat and watched the sun rise, till pres- entiy the slight drift of the boat brought the odd-shaped rock, or peak at the end of the promontory which we had weathered with so much peril, between me and the majestic sight, and blotted it from my view, I still continued to stare at the rock, how- ever, absently enough, till, presently it became edged with the fire of the glowing light behind it, and then I started, a# well 1 might, for I per- ceived that the top of the peak, which was abous 80 feet high by 150 feet thick at its base, was shaped like a aiegro’s head and face, on whieh was Tiped « most fiendish and terrify- expression, What do you think of that, Job?" 1 d of our retainer Lord, sir," answered Job, who now 9 ved the object for the first time, “I think that the old gentleman must have been sitting for his por- trait on them rocks. laughed and the laugh woke up Leo, “Hallo,” h me? dhow You may be thankful that you are not stiffer, my boy,” [ answered, “The dhow is sunk, and everybody on board her is drowned, with the ex. ption of us four, and your own lite » said, “what's the matter Tam all stiff, Where is was 0 saved by mn "; and whilst Job, mow that it was Heht searched about in a locker Drandy, for which Leo asked, im the history of our night's nture, Ly this ume the brandy was forth- coming, and we all had a good pull at tt "Why." sald Leo with a gasp as he t down the bottie, ere is id the writing talks of- ‘the ped like the of en Ethopin Yes." 1 wate here it ix.” Well, then," he answered, “the e thing is true.” Tdon't at all see that that follows," Tanwwered, “We isnew tis head wag . it is here; your father saw it. Very likely nt the same head that the writ- g talks of, of If it is, it proves nothing.” The river mouth which we were en- tering did not appear to be a very le one “I don't know what you are going to do,” said Leo, setting his mouth, “but Lam going up that river,” We sailed up the river for three or four hours, About midday the sun rew intensely hot, and the stench drawh up by {ft from the marshes which the river drains was something awful, and caused us instantly to swallow precautionary doses of qui- nine. Shortly afterward the breeze died away altogether, and as rowing ir heavy boat against stream in the leat was out of the question, we were thankful enough to get under the shade of a group of trees. Seeing what appeared fo be an open space of water dof us, we determined to row ere before settling what to do for the night. Just as we were about to loosen the boat, however, a teautitul water-buck, with great horns curving forward, and a white stripe across tie rump, came down to the river to drink, without perceiving us hidlen away within fifty yards under t) willows. Leo was the first to caten sight. IL handed him his express ride, 18 same tine taking my own, ow, then,” I whispered, “mind you don't miss.” Miss!” he whispered back, con. ously; “I could not miss it if I tem tried.” He lifted the rifle, and the roan. colored buck, having drunk his fill, raised his head and looked out across the river. Bang! Away he goes with a might bound. Leo hay missed him. Ban, right under him again, Now for a shot. I must have one, though he is going like an arrow, and a hun- dred yards away and more, By Jove! over and over and over. We got out of the boat and ran to the buck, which was shot through the spine, and stone dead. It took US 4 quarter of an hour or more to clean it and cut off as much of the best meat as we could carry, and having packed this away, we had barely light enogxh to row up into the lagoon-like sgace Into which, there being a hol! in the swamp, the river he xpanded, Just as the li Vanished we cast anchor about fifty yards from the edge of the lake,” We did not dare to go whore, not knowing if we should find dry ground to camp on, We were presently attacked by tens of thou- sands of the most biood-thirsty and Uwe mosquitoes that 1 ever saw or read of, Suddenly roiling out Nke thunder through the silence came the deep roar of a Hon, and then of a second lon, moving among the reeds within ftty yards of us, Leo already had his rifte in his hand, T shouted to him to watt till they were nearer, and meanwhile grabbed my own, Some fifteen feet from us the water shallowed on a bank to 4 depth of about fifteen inches, and presently the first of them Wox the loness—got on to tt, shook "herself and roared, At t inoment Leo fired, and the bullet sht down her open mouth ek of her neck. and dropped, with a splash H second lion-a full-grown male—was some two paces behind her. At this second he gat his fore. bank, when a stranga was a rush water, such England pond takes @ little tie only when @ pike A “White Is thelr color?” “Slay not,” was the reply. “Hour suns since Was the word brought to me from She-who-must-be-obeyed, ‘White men come; If white men come, slay them not,’ Let them be brougat to the land of She-who-must-he- obeyed. Bring forth the men, and let that which they have wita them be brought also.” “Come,” «tid the m t halt dragging me and as he did so L pere @ thousand times flercer and larger, and suddenly the lion gave a most errifle snarling roar, and sprang for- ward on to the bank, dragging some- thing black with him, "Allah!" shouted Mahomed. crocodile has got him by the leg, And sure enough he had. And then followed « scene that ab- solutely baffles description. The lion managed to get well on to the bank, the crocodile, half standing and helf wimming, still nipping bis hind lex. Then all of a sudden the end came. doing the same <ind office to my The lion's head fell forward on the companions. crocodile's back, and with an awful On the bank wero gataered a com- groan he died, and the crocodile, after standing for a minute motion- less, slowly rolled over on to his side, his jaws still fixed across the carcass pany of some fifty men. In the light all T could make out was that they were armed with huge spears, were very tall, and stron@ly but, comp of ‘the Hon, which we afterward tively light in color, and nude, savo found he had bitten almost in half. for x leopard skin tled around the middle Men came running up, carrying on their shoulders palanquins—four bear- ers and two spare men to a palan- quin-and in these it was promply indicated we were experted to stow ourselves. Heurcely had I aettled myself when, reckon, about 135 to 140inties Accompanying thelr. steps with a mo- v notonous song, the bearers started at westward from tha cont, ete ee ntrot that the first event of any real im- "| CHAPTER Vil. An Early Christian Ceremony. T was on the fourth day of our journey, when wo had travelled, #o far as we could suppose J must have slept for portance occurred. We perceived seven or eight hours, for when [ woke that all hopes of getting further up the sun was high’ in the heavens the stream in the whaleboat were at Peeping out through the mist-like curtains of the litter, L perceived that we had passed out of the region of eternal swamp and were now travel- ling over swelling grassy plains to- an end, for not two hundred yards uoove where we had stopped was a succession of shallows and mud- banks, with not six inches of wave ward @ cup-shaped hill over them, It was a watery cul-d® Another litter came up alongside of mine. In it sat an old man cloth 4 whitish robe, made apparently from coarss linen, that hung loosely about him, who, fat once jumped to the con- lusion, was the shadowy figure that had stood on the bank and been ad- dressed as “Father.” He was a won- derful-looking old man, with a snowy beard so long thut the ends of it hung over the sides of the litter, and he had ® hooked nose, above which flashed out @ pair of eyes as keen as a snake's, while his whole countenance was tn- stinct with a look of wise and sar- donic humor impossible to describe. in Turning back we walked #ome way along the banks of the other: river, and soon came to the conclusion, from various indications, that it was notariveratall, but an ancient canal, On the third day of our journey up the canal we had sighted a round Will that loomed dimly through the vapors of the marsh, and on the evening of the fourth night when we cainped this hill seemed to be within five-and- twenty or thirty niles of us. I threw Myself down in the bout to sleep the sleep of utter exhaustion opens my eyes and shuddered at somet! that Was not @ dream, for two “Art thou awake, stranger?” he sald, eyes were gleaming down at ine ! 4 deep and low voice through the misty darkness, I rece father,” I answered, strug pane y terror and courteously, Rrceeteg UB AER ny Were et ae AIHA tile! benutiful white again, so that the others sprang up beard and smiled faintly. too, reeling and drunken with sieey Fron Whatever country and fright. And then there was a camest,"” he sald, “and, by the way it must be from one where somewhat of our language is known, they teach thelr children courtesy ther my stranger son, And now, wherefu comest thou unto this land, whict scarce an alien foot has prey 4 from the time that man knoweth? Art thou and those with theo aweary of life We came to find new things,” [ answered, boldly. “We are tired of the old things; we have come up out of the aea to know that which js un- known, We are of a brave race who r not death, very much respected father—that ia, 1f we can got a little fresh Information before we die.” “Humph!" said the old gentleman; ‘that may be true. It Is rash to t, otherwise T would aay that st lying, my son. However, flash of cold steel, and a great spear was held against my throat, and be- hind it other spears gleamoed cruelly be « sald a voice, speaking Arabic, or rather some dialect into which Arabic entered very largely. “Who are ye who come hither «# Ming on the water? Speak or ye dis," and the steel pressed sharply against my throaty sending cold hill through me, “We are travellers and have come hither by chance," I answered in my best Arabic, which appeared to bo understood, for the man turned his head, and addressing a tall form that towered up in the background said “Father, shall we slay What is the color a deep voice in answ tthe men?” ala ¢ t TARE THE EVENING WORLD WITH YOU ON YOUR VACATION So that you will not miss any of the weekly novels and may continue to enjoy the daily magazine, comic and other special features. Include them in your summer reading Order the Evening World Mailed to Your Summer Address | WANT To MAKE NO on a. BTECNON CHAPTER VII. Ustane Sings. HEN the kissing operation Was fintahed—by the way, waren oF nono of the young ladies ROE R offered to pet me in this fashion, though I saw on hovering round Job, to that respects ble individual's evident alarm—the 4 man Billali advanced, and gra- clously waved um into the cave, whither wo went, followed by Mise who did not seem inclined to the hints 1 gave her that we privacy Hi said that tt was @ wonderful thing that had happened. No man had ever Known ov heard of white strangers arriving In the country of th Mle of the Roeks, He told us frankly that he had at once given orders for our destruction, seeing that it was unlawful for any stranger to enter here, when & Message had come from “She-who- imust-be-obeyed™ ying that our lives Were to be spared and that we were to be brought hither, ‘Pardon ine, my father,” T Inter- rupted at this point; “but tf, aw I understand, ‘She-who-must-be-obe ed’ lives yet further off, how have known of our approach? alt turned, and secing re ulone—for the youn Ustane, had withdrawn when he kan to speak—sald, with a curious little laugh: none in your land who hear with- questions; She Ask ‘no 1 shrugged my shoulders at this, and he wed to say that no further dn ions had been received on the subject of our disposal, ang this being #0, he was about to start to interview "She-who-must-b obeyed,” generally spoken of, for the sake of brevity, as “Hiva," or She simply, who he gave us to understand was the Queen of the Amahagger, and learn her wishes, 1 asked him how long he proposed | to be away, and he said that by trav- elling hard he might be back on th fifth day, but there were many miles of marsh to cross before he came to where She was, He then said that every arrangement would be made for 1 daresay that She-who-must-be- our comfort during lis absence, and obeyed will meet thy wishes in the that, ay he personally had taken matter.” fancy to us, he sincerely trusted that Who is She-who-must-be-obeyed?"” the answer he should bring from She 1 asked, curlously. would be one favorable to the con- The old man glanced at tho bear- tivation of our existence, but at the ers, and then anaweted, with a litte same tine he did not wish to conce smile that somehow sent my blood from us that he thought this doul to my heart, as every stran who | Surely, my stranger son, thou wilt come into the country duri rh soon enough, if it be he Krandmothpr's life, his mother's ure to see thee at all in the tle and his own life had been put to ‘In the flesh” 1 answered, “What death, and this had been done by the y my father wish to convey?” order of She hersetf, But the old man only laughedsa | "Why." LE said, “but how ean that dreadful laugh, and made no reply. You are an old man, and th “What is the name of my father's you talk of tnust reach ba people?” I asked. three ‘men's lives. How, therefo “The name of my people is Ama- Could She have ordered the death of anybody at the beginning of th of your grandmother, se herself would not have been born?" Again he siniled—that same faint, ruliar smile—and with a @ » bow verted, without making any answer, hagger” (the People of the Rooks) “And if a son might ask, what is the name ef my fath “My name is Billall nd whither go we “That shalt thou see ife ng that she ny father? nd ata sign from him the bearers started forward did we #ee him again for five at arun till they reached the litter tn days. which Job was reposting (with one leg | At dawn we were aroused a Hanging over tun side). loud trumpeting sound, produced, ay Apparently, however, he could not make much of Job, for’ pi tly I saw his bearers trot forward to Leo's litter And after that, aa nothing fresh occurred, T ytelded to the pleasant swaying motion of the litter, and went to sleap again. When | woke I found that woe Were passing through a rocky defile of lava formation with precipit- ous sides, in which grew many beautl- ful trees and flowering shrubs. On looking round we discovered that the place where we had halted Was a platform tn front of the mouth of a great cave, and piled upon this wa afterward discovered, by a young Amahagger blowing through a hole hored in ite side Into @ hollowed ele- phant tusk, which was kept for the purpose ‘Taking the hint went down to. the stream to wash, fter which the morning 1 was served. At breakfast one ¢ the women, no longer quite young, ad- vanced and publicly kissed Job, He sprang to bis feet, and pushed the ian, & buxom’ party of about from hii rien wo got up, and ho gaspe nd him again, where- platform were the entire ecntents of MiGhA ERA CAR ak Hard: ka che the whnieboat, even to the oars 1 go down the cave; and for and ail, Round the cave stood CURR ae THAT A IHAHA MRE NIAL PKG. groups of the men who had escorted for the woman, however, ahe did not us, and other men of a similar jaugh. On the contrary, sho seemed stamp. There wore also some women ¢,, 4) ath ae nong them, who, instend of the "at first wa wera much puazied as leopard skin, wore a tanned hide of ty the origin and constitution of & small red buck, this extraordinary race, We learned Their appearance was not quite sv something from Leo’a lady friend, terrifying as that of the me Ustane, ‘The place where She lived they sometimes, though rarely, was called Kor, No one, however, As soon #8 Wo had alighted they gu dared go near these great rub be rd round us, and examined us with cause they were haunted; they ‘only wwity but without excit ent. looked on them from a distance. ‘a tall, athletic form and clear-cut’ She was their queen, be ble was rian face, however lently ex- very rarely perhaps once in cited the: attention, and when he po- twp or three yea wh she came Iitely Nf his hat to th forth to pars tence on some of- showed his curling yellow ha fenders von seen Was mut. was a slight murmur of admiration. fled up cloak #0 that no+ Nor did it stop there; for, after re- body could look upon her face garding him critically from head to Thosa who uted upon her were foot, the handsomest of t young deaf and dumb and therefore could women -one wearing aT and with tell no ¢ but it was reported hair of a shad ween brown and that she was lovely ag chestnut tely advanced woran wos vely or ever him, and in a way thet would was ru red also that been winning had it not been so ¢ had p tert ty put arm rou ey his neck, bent forward and kissed rand him on the Lipa. m a female I gave @ gasp, expecting this husband was instantly speared; ond Job ejacula ted at huasy! Well, P never!’ As Ustan e sittin for Leo, ho y astonished, 1” just be Have you ever wondered how many puls: stories lie hidden behind hospital walls? “K’ By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART NEXT WEEK'S COMPLETE NOVEL IN THE EVENING WORLD Mystery adds to the absorbing interest of this story ofa : Great Doctor and Rival Nurses heman | Enter Into tuition, spoke Arable very prettily. “Nay, my chosen," she answered, with a little forced laugh; “TI did but sing unto thee after the fashion of my people. Surely I meant nothine How could T speak of that which : not yer?" “And what didst thou see, Ustans?” 1 asked, looking ber sharply in the fi Nay,” she answered again; "T saw naught. Ask me not what IT saw Why should T fright ye?" And then turning to Leo with @ look of th t utter tenderness that I eve y Upon the face of woman, civt ized or savage, she took his head be t n her hands and kissed him en the forehead as a mother might. CHAPTER IX. The Feast, and After! JIN the day following this re- markable scene It was an nounced to us that a feast woul® be held that evening in our honor Acordingly, Just before sundown, 1 was informed that everything w ready, and, accompanied by Job, went into the cave, where [ met Leo, who as usual followed by Ustane, These two bad been out walking somewhere and knew nothing of the projected festivity till that moment When Ustane heard of it I saw an ex pression of horor spring up upon her handsome features The fire in the eave was an un usually big one that night, and in a large cirele round it were gathere! nut thirty-five men and two wor Ustane and the woman to avoil whom Job had d the role of another Scriptural character. “What's up now, sir? said Job doubtfully, “Bless us and save us there's that woman again! Now sur ly she can’t be after me, seeing tha I have given her no encouragement Why, look, th asked Mahomed to dine too. T t Indy of mine is talking to and ctvil a WAY 28 posal! We looked up, and sure enous) t woman in question had risen and wi escorting the wretch Mahomed from the corner, where, overcome by some acute prescience of horror, he ha: been seated, shivering and calling o Allah, As soon as owe were seated an earthenware Jar was passed rouns) containing & fermented fluid of by nv means unple ant taste. With tie exception of the period! ral passing of the vase and the mave ment necessary to throw fuel onto the fire nothing happened for the best part of a whole hour, It was + curious sort of feast, for there was absolutely nothing to eat w p re, th in as n At last, just as fT was beginning * fecl as though L were being mesmer ized, a move was made. Without th lightest warning a man from other side of the circle called out in a loud vol “Whe is the flesh that we sha iereupon everybody in the etrele answered In a deep measured tony and stretching out the right arn toward the fire as they spoke: “The flesh will come. “Is it @ goat?” said the same man “It is a goat without horns, an more than a goat, and we shall ele it," they answered with one voice. “Ia it said tho man again “It Js an ox without horns, a © than an ox, and we shall ela * was the answer ‘Then came a pause, and I notice! that the woman next to Maho: began to fondle him, while her fler. eyes played up and down his trem bling form { saw Mahomed turn white under his brown skin, sickly white wit fear “Ig the meat ready to be cooked” asked the voice, mora apldly, “It In ready; dt is ready.” “Ts the pot hot to cook tt?” tt eon tinued, It ig hot; it is hot."* “Great heavens!" ro: me r the writing, "The put pots upon the head er 1 Leo, “re pe who of strang As he said the words two great ruf flans jumped up, and selzing lone pincers, plunged them into the heal . and the woman who had caressing Mahomed sudden! at a fibre noose from unde or moocha, and slipping {1 over his shoulders, ran it tight, wh the men next to him selzed him by the legs, Tho mon with ¢ pincers gave a heave, and scattert the fire this way and that upon th rocky flogr, d from {tt a large earthenware pot, heated to a wh In an instant, almost with a le movement, they had reached th Mahomed was strugglin aught like a flend, shrieking bandonment of his despair, and withstanding the noose aroun: efforts of the men wh the advancing wretches moment unable to @ purpose, which, hor as it seems, wa pot upon his head feet with a yell o K omy revolve t of Instinct stralg “1 woman who had Mahomed, and was m in hel ns, Th rin the buck and and to this day Tam glad He fu the ne hi ie suddenly the ee ee Ww been brooding tn erward tran lawad the ouRtoma of tha ears Chris {df her hands upon 1 hersclfof t thane, deliberately returned the em curls and chanted a rm us of the Aq brace. « the whole th nking that some er hand from Leo's head f the slight put upon her Mitta nia a the darkness. We ud, and as she did of the young uld Kea nothing: bu to my ¢t and dismay, Ma- M6 f vexation, thing, or thought named, Dy a 8 an effort, burat t ome Y that af. from his torm and springing ean Rut wa panio’ (a r, with. high into the nir, fell dying upon ber inde . of thin ex 1, down sho fell o The heavy bullet from my trae ery was ‘ ’ nad driven throurh the bodies ox} sow y took and @at up of y at once, striking down the w far om ‘ enified ar AVUlsive murderess and saving her viet'm from her by advar 1 1 death a hundred times: moi Kiss tue 1 1 vay Uist fat tie bandapme wad eacvedingly banks to youre of (To Be Continued)