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atoping down. lny before hits, / “30wa ins how the fakire got away: th: -f o, valpable offerings given Siva ’ d Ay , the gig upes,\ he murmured, |- , ti door behind him Ne stepped | T wto the passageway, 'A short distance | i ér on the tunnel broadéhed into: thi | a shallow cave, with broken walls and { boulders scattered about. * the | baited. Sealing nothing minim and ® ”14W g _M_iflno fitment! Atraw her - Morgan, fsttening ont pped the monk {d.\ As mint 'fell uncurling before log zed . It anti began: bottling | over hand, . ng hls “£32“ a m e 'him' njon: the limb like a pa . I ther above his victim, the traitor \M onder, | £4n. titted his ayes tpon the slowly“ it the great revol ond. J Hindu wit x\ er, regnining his | disagpkgmngwm the wake .of | his energies. the ddd the homing and mopnt dozier: necontie. poh | trntod © though carved from sto cendifig Agure. . | ened by the terrible: peat. oz; l. hihds> Hot | abd: dry,\ it requ! Q; p succumb to the hen back to his ieath. , & tw e bench and in: 5 O- d reach safety; Were d. him back Into thit vst act both quickly | with a cry of en-| mounted he |- the \ A# | the cave, not noticing tin:h | feet left more or leas dist! 860 apon the woft ground. ~ 'i ~Teft slone in his vigil beside the . now smoldering fire, the Spider sat fifm to F3 help!” § ll chin rm de to thp rom' \With. a ery of der the betrayed oge pl straight fj y a . 'of\ The kuife In its release twlaté hand, cutting &. goth It ii Regaining the branch by a d ‘ etiort. Morgan crawled 'Its length with rembling hen ath hm until a & which ‘ grinning seething pit below with a- to ] sent the sparks flying upward in 8 |<] spout of flame. . Morning mono the gm nd the mun 'Bitting beside- her 'with a fate rgd 6 * in pre give a#; '*Haw 4 | got upon 'his test and tin-list 'one hari and | Into his gont pogket, _>. de: It! out and & K nlé ”tin i's \ head Pu the dend Hindu iii-awn tipon Hils feet. | ; hen draping his body with the tunic [5m Tian | seeraed 'to strike him, for puiting his 208 | pipe aside he arose. Shinning tip the moY®: i treé he worked his way out on the limb . untH he came to where the remmant of wggied, there pausing . Fol lowed .. 100+; 'the: _ &§ tfirm pros ' a# | becoming aware that a subdued light. re:| was entering the place from the op e | posite side, he again stepped. YTorward. } Befare him was an ~entrance well scrééned By vines,. and parting 'these. 0 | he pevred out,\ At that instant from | behind hbfn \four. Hilndiin, ising from \ their had dr #] ing down the passageway,: throw them- 'relves upon him. Hearing their, swift» | ly mppronthing steps he. whirled to. meet this new danger, but .was. an In-. A club in the hand of plaées of concealment where thoy \aie they saw his light coin- stant too late, # herculenn orfental fell upon: his head with A crook and he fen senseless upon; s: Quickly he was hound” and this done he glant who 'had felled tilm, and: who & uddmpféd by 'his companions: os‘ here-Khan motioned with | hand. Instantly two of the smaller on | disappeared, returning a moment later with, the body.of Shelluim. .This they - Froma corger, of the cave a rude lit- {tet- 8s brought, and upon this. the ageless body of Dov was ninced Was tted u the' poin teq native shoes of ized the. Font of igt'fie‘fie ® ct imprints mnder a tree amolkag: lazily, Present. @Yyex and ns they 'did so a thought rope Stil d wear a. Jook in: do tion, whereof théragtfienifi ot Yope ayj J y & ohnmeogecl instrument. A; grossed his fa N \Hi A’ lower down than. even 1] binnif he motioned as he M the to e end. tan. , .NéeZt he Jooked down into the ruins of thetemple“The Blaze mandating At the: flame, ~ p i % | and the to |. was pJaint jown; aghin t: © c < Marveling over hi: ointment: he dw | 4 | saplings and began : Here John | ao bere n his er end, they left him and - , ef ottenti ns to their. for-| mer: ég ”it: (in who land perished: be-. fore the ' big. gon. Placing q ~John's cot 'over ‘Shelium. they carried | . the corpse to a niche in the wan and T there loft it. - Returning . to the unconscious one;: he millet}: a Inspef tell; 6 At. Extending half way through it he | “I; . n gut. such as could only have Been munmmumwnu imation of astonisfiisent, . “Welidfhbetioudit wooden \%& the ground, cut down A for! 89 bridge which started upward from the ground and . ron: to the altar top, over | which the still hot debris was smoking. - This done, he began mounting It cap} tiougiy Guining the top the altag | | he kiw how a part of the arm of He! | god had wedged the pivot, and began | kicking into the ashes. at the some timo saying: = : \Well you were soup good otter all . old man. ** onl) 'Next he tested the pivot and tound | It ~ firm, ahd being satigfied' that . it | wouild. not close upon 'thim find make 'him a prisoner, he . Gmppet’i Into ; collar as John had (lone. The place was stin dimly lighted by the glow from above, and a ' short | search discovered to him' a fragment. | Ie, - of, candle. This he- lighted and pm?» #1 ceeded down the. posfingewnv. toljow- ing in the tricks of Davis. - He arrived at 'the cave and proceeded to search | the same, soon later wooing across the dead body of Qheilmn which wag cay. | \raj @eposited at the side of the fallen .one,. ened hy: John's cofit, . once recognized. ' LiOoking at the torn aru footprint-marked floor, he sawthe heavy imprints of Johau'g. shoes mitrgled | + with the tracks of the bare feet of the natives; further . exploration revealing where the Hindu's had cut\ poles and mado a litter, He began solfloquizing “Davis Tell through the altar an He was attacked by. the Hindus and put up a big fight, 'but they made him a prisonei. put some: or the dead man's clothes on him and: . him away. QNow 1 wonder why? ,Not being able to soive the ptopooi- i tion further, he rétraced his _stepy, | olimbed out of the altar and rode. . away. \ Meeting a man upon the road the Improvised | see n. r, two 'the rear. and, gravely 'left | it their bare | the Spider stopped him. ~*Scen any Hindus passing this: way partner?\ he asked 'As ho reined in hig - horke. 'The.man noddéd,* - \Yep. I seen four henthens carrying gnother man on some poles about a mile ahead where the big eluster of | © trees grows by the eross:roads.\ es was em! upward to:, the |- On rode the Spier to the Mackenzie | hotel, throwing open,: the\ door 'ot: the «partment and looking in. \ Ethel, still nearly prostituted 'by grief, was lying | on a' couch, with Morgan roughly try- ing. to console her and . sit- . ting silently in @\ corner. At 'the Spider's entrance all sturted to their | feet, the ght first of all; preached her with a smile \T've got good new$ for you, miss Belles op- . Davis 'didn't. die in the fire,\ he said.: She threw up her hands, sobbiog, ery» ing bystorigally, \On thank -God! Thank God i\ \What do you mean?\ demanded. Moigon, a devil of page In his heart at. tits nows. The Spider began explain- Yog, d the him, ashes covered, ft“ | \rovealed - A second fiance f Show him.\ the pivoted stone © moisten; 608, The coat he at I| knife concert | dend wnd #0. is Shellum, ° \H¥now. the fate: of, Joost:Singh, f* the shrine of Siva is burned. . 'A alydt we-do with the captive?\ | [he entered, closing it. -} to find that it haq no ock. .The next | | strength *. t' al weight. But them “limo\ that the $- j must. end. Already is been finaf y ziookoxl the. sea.; ~swung them but igk. | mock 'swib n An; momentum - might be ntteihed. then re- | : . rs} hurtied in their a - \fl: odor and annual“ C $ a wait fiotprinte in the 1 ce pricked up bis ears,. . low' him, was detained 'by the Hawk.} \You'd only . \embarrase him, and .we mutt hustle. \He will travel twice as | faut alone,! Knowing the latter state- | ment to be true, the . girl agein,oonkj ddto her.goat. | .;. #> Ghee outside the Indian quickly sg». cured a taxi and started for the scene | 'of the fire, ~ Arrived. there, he ' dig-\ misked the machine and. went to where the footprints were still visible in the mud.; - Standing. erect, he shnded his eyes with his hands and scanned the | country: nbout with the gaze of an} : eagle.\ This done he storied o! on on Indian trot. | (0 _ nominee gone, Morgan turned to tile “Bolton and ¥ will haveito go to the depot and tell that bunch\ of miners: ; that we can't start today.\ < Leaving | her with the assurance that they would soon: return, < they - departed, - Out h- the corridor the Spider turned upon . the BRHawk. - \Did you cut that rope!“ started lmc'k \No-w The other laughed sneer- mgly. - Morgan {: “Funny. oin'i: it? First. there is a cut on your hand, thew another on the. d: limb where a knife twisted and .a. third on the' rope. Sey, Morkab, Til take 'off my 'bat. 'to you. fhere are somé | Athingg #o damn tow down that even I ain't: to 'thein, : However, that's alt over, and what next?\ | &.. \We wi put the girl In safety: and | then find 'out were he 194. Méanwhile! B6 and get 'old Doc Fuke and his pat: and to- them what we want. .| They'n do anything for the coin: Bet» | I tex rig yourself up as- 'chahffeur and. take them back to the hotel for the | | girl.\ Briefly he explained his plim on Spider listened + In her room Ethel started as a knock sounded at her door. © Opening it, she.} saw two- professlonal-looking men | standing at she entrance. The fore» w bowed: - I \leak . \You are Mina Corr?\ She nodded \I am sorry to say that: we have bad news for you. Mr. John Davis-\- The other hastened to reassure her. < \No it is not so, bad as that--at| least he was not when I left. But he | 4s at St, Luke's hospital and badly cut. ' up, As soon as he recovered consclous- ness he Asked for you. We had better hurry. - My car is outside.\. In an instant she had seized her lint 'and was hurrying after them. Gently, assisting her into the machine, Doctor: Fake turned to the disguised Spider - who sat at the wheel in front. . \St Luke's hospital~qnick James,\ he commanded *Pouching his cap re- AP smciiniiy the rasgcally driver switched: om the current. .> John Divis, bound and unconscious | rain-tied on the litter by the Hin: | - 'to his senges to find himself | 'a chair- in a formhoosii otlig a e- the farther. his son, two servants four other. Hindus who had . r here. Secing-that they wore orked away 'untlt be had freed one and. 'This done he slipped it behind. im; where heccnrried a small, sheath in the- waistband of hig: trousers, and drawing it forth, . quickly severed his remaining bonds. ; “M: the table : Shere-Khan was telling | the farmer what had happened.. *\The great master; Ram Chunder, {s Wa do -not Alsg, | What ''Let theforeign dog. die\ .- 'A slight movement on: John's ® port drew their attention to him,. and all | sprung to their feet. | As. they did #0 I & leaped from 'his chatr and darted |. \ st them, and seeing stairs leading & ward bounded up thorn. A door |. i‘conti'onteti him, and © throwing 1t open | hind him offly . second fits put-marl throw themselven' gainst the xii ef & he pitted bly sole | - their :~ .combjined for aged .to hold hem at bay \ho qual: contest bendingbeneath the terrific strain, and t wanld be but the n- : of. “omit in ‘ninnce the! toil sprawling upon\ manhood in“ . traterteoemis - \\Then me trail ub,\ he said as he the room. | Ethel, starting to fol | went up the ataire like an en: | «'Is he dead?\ ghe cried, falling back. |. { fitm, flying. Thto, a corner as though: atapdlt, then made a | eoply engrossed with their eating and | nying no attention: to him, he steadily - | enemy and also. kill the man whom he 4 spokes . \Bracing: Minnelli union a plete of. | h fnmitnre he = pinned \his © shoulder . forth two [dg gunuy bugs. and into: eralminutes. | flaming 'them u < four of , lodged them. . \| 'dizey phinge towa Vat-a.- —«ma~n~7———-—— w. C02 A% tberig | one dashed up | fat | npother fAlght of stairs to find himself |< h'flwmflmw ' mis ° ture.: Quick hou ded - the: Jaro t -and the next instant there war ®? at beave upon the 'dog. 'Again-be threw all his strength in.\ opposition to theirs, and so great was his effort, and | so greatly was. he . assisted by the | heavy turniture before hini, that aftér | a moment's futile struggle the 'onel -outside relaxed their eiforis and. the [pressure. ceased. ° Taking advan'2age | Of the opportunity, John wrenched n leg froin a table and laid it beside him | ule. .. « a Moment: he: sald, a ashi bfii‘ifiu it tor iniftant use. Finding themselves baffled in: this d- rection, the Hindus resorted to strat- agem. - Reécuring a Jadder, oné 'of their | puniber placed it against the outside of | the building and mounted to the roof, | Then, creeping along, until he was over | a window of the garret, he made a rope | - List to : chifuney and bean lowering himseif 'At the signal of Shere-Khan, | who was watching aif from: the ground, those in the hall again. attacked: the |. barricaded room. As the fone defend: er was-forced to pit His strength |. against the;assault; the Hindu on the] Fope sw on? Toom and liffed It. _._. Within the tgom the door was slow- i! giving way, before tlie combined etc L | tack. Flashing &. glance over, his shoul- | der; the. defender saw the mon motor- Ing the room behind him and - thui found himself confronted by two - evils) | - .EBither he must be Attacked from be | f end himse ts ofp C \Athd and be unable.to . or elise he must leave the barricade and confront this hew foe.\ Choosing | the chance which he thought most: ; promising, he abandoned his, shoving leaped to the window and sent the in- p cotner fying to the ground by a ter: |- rie blow. upon the Jaw. | As ire turned: - to again face the doo, r, lifes barricade ' etme tumbling down 'He braced himself to meet them.. ammonia-V and ont himself to a window of 'the |.. with 'a crash and:[*4 his assailants swarmed Into the room. |.\ tub no? \ he kT ' e and toll it to wolf ll“ o -:‘“Tht otw‘v gum qjal droning glitch! on <0 a Junie 4 . hunters - and. fivery - 'whocoptd. do mme M had his gun »uinshe hetero him abd -that ° 'pe was smiling at-me, and saying: \I Will lef yor do anythiny to me you like, but: T- WIll not harro: you.' .> 208. and then, the.. place mod to . c change and I was here in the 100 and - {the keeper woo building me & new : you # hours ° guilt you unbuild And. as 2600 as I fap iidl lintor C will p on bu ng idusesw for you.' . *watche m igin. to build and - the. foundal oi; of ithe houle was, of -. sizgnutic, nonhuman. beautiful, handsome. meat boner - *\Then . ty thé k r. 'Jt wat of\ raw mest, oh, #u6h - Morn”! will .* Don't be afraid to xiii“ ma it“- ble, Lutmhce. ime new]? nomad be saving. 4p. am. ii to t méat. house: for goth S *I will eat and\ outwith kindness, keeper.\ LI. loll! i” one polite growl,\ aP, a tomes good.'... the\ known e thoroughly All \Apd 1 (lower wont to {A rm wit E3 . Ratnface, stilt a considerable: tho-v~ R My *\ tonne away, saw the Hindi: jfanging | -| '} 'from the rope outside then caught a glimpse & John as Hie sent, the oriental. fying to the ground,} | Knowing that his friend was in. dire| ' ' ' 'he \redoubled. his efforts | Throwing open the door of the house, ahd guided by the. uproar mbove, he} raged collimation +o th. > Within 'the room . was putting up the fight of his life against hopeless. odds, As his foremost antagonist | leaped the barrlee which had helped hold the door the lone defender met] - yra. with a blow in the face that sent thrown from a jump for the table leg which he hid] tnid asfde for close work such as this. | But before he could r ach it a 1ithd} body wrapped Itself serpentliked about } - him, and from all sides blows felt 'him like wintery rain, . Protecting his| head as boegt he could, and using his | \ fists right an rt} left, for a moment le beat: them 0 But no mottal go could long have endured such an at tack 'single handed, and with a final heave thit gent anofher of his ftoes.f fiying against the side of-the bufiding: . he went down beneath the mass as a stag is dragged down by . wolves. Be- Meving that his ead bad come. and | <thilt further realstance was futile he btllt fought \doggedly on. Raiofoce. dashing into the rooto, ar- rived there Just as his friend was | pulled to the floor. Gun in hand le went leaping about them, but so- Swift iy 'did the struggling mass roll add. change that \he dared not shoot lést. the heavy bullet of his ~ghould pass through- the body of an.| so much desired to save. 'Then sud- (ioniy seeing his chance he raised his weapon. ' Shore-Khan, bursting into the: room ust at this. instant, took in the scene: ht a glance:. At the very instant the: Indian was in: the act of polling the trigger, \The . Tiger’ swung a heavy. do? upon the red man's head, and old |. Ru niece dropped ike a stunned og: 'going down aw had his ancestors, fAight- Ing bravely an John also had been beaten Into sense», lessness, and battered andtorn the uncofisclous pair were dragged to a Aowér room and' pinioned. Shere Khan: ~ Asl wooto no more tiime on them ”Milky dogs. : Get the sacks.\ . 000.0. [ From: a \gloiét tho farmer brought | A victim. were thrust, )n © \ their - shoulders, the 'Himmdus carried them to} e edge ut pha sit-qr biuff which over- r a moment they | there the ® at snflicientm End 'over . end the sea.. ~ (En» Or. ELEVENTH FPISODD.) ais - 'the . window;} nd to] h .gs a bath- k. Story on nonnéon J do not be i § Nurse}! quite at h ite, ~I shall, keeper, d ~ otliged: to you for “1:2 ‘ my leofiardia eyes and ouch a gun sible. fashion?\ ~ ~ \Ol sald Louls, \I went a air“ story, npt A dream.\ .~. © \al right,\ said Lawrence, \I a Jruo story to. tell you, If you Wi \Tell stagnation: wid, and hem” sald. Loulg, * _ l So Lawrence growled ghd b ir |_ ughih’ f 119 A%, ~\I wigs having a fine time in tha dian jungles, oh, such a time ## paving. ~ T bad bitte anilnnloifi breakfast,, little ones for: iunoh‘eonga Bttle ones for dinner-that tn'if I wh ”t ed to cat thot often I would havi-@1) ct-these' meals ofail thence good thiss to cat. _ on \I ate whenever H chose. ho or. and I had all I wanted_to eat., ah . every day. in the weft # T onion. - whoreag Here in the 200, even If I Want to gat on Sundays I am not allowi#d to na goo doy in the week they a res o \That is what thew coil it! If Ime © ply call it a day without a meal; It tan't that I mind it so much, but When ¥ was free I could eat when and who“ and what T wanted. C # . \Well. IT had been having fine texite, ~- 'or, such . good ' feasts ; when one. day somé hunters came. and\ \tried to eatch © aet Ob, P hag such a Hime. . I «Can't | know ‘whnt I would do, . Thatis, F wes | so afeatd I would be caught and that t was otmid I. would do the. mo: thing. = \Buf your brother Lawrence woo too . , amart to do the wrong thing.\ ‘nw- ~ rence was pacing up and down hits* © cage growling angrily as he thought of .. creatures who had tried to with \But: they didn't get. toe,\ . said hm [ - nine Gnar C0 C . \\Fine 1\ growled . noun. \mm V trout anti om\ ~ o'll Sly it It. They were having @ lesson iw “if \ural history and the teacher asked the |. class if - anyone knew what a momi- - hog was: ' Up wenta email hand. war» frantically | -’ fell, Johuny, tell on.\ © tole y ease ma'ain, it's a. non n- un Johnny ~ boos . The Adem C$ ). \How on earth can & woman drink . to me only with her eyeaP\ ~ |. [o, “lane-ash. douitvgithhorgiqni\ 'T m‘. too Ayame us \L Hm shoes Hurt Her Foch. Ai m -sgcnernt thing, when 704 Q“ g ‘kwomnn hobbling alofig the stt&it “fight m agonized expression It is a he's got note foot thin head. f ~f “no. 28k 13 . fap 16 . \(if 'and Lous was growling and: poc- sek, jving up and down 'with excitement. | in the :midst of battle.}: ; renee, \or J Bd =o cler aer Buch thick ; underbrush anatomy § . passed me by, they did! Won’t that |=
