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"Ah, but did you offer me the chance?" she returned

"I never realized till now that a chap ht be too close lipped

soht for the first time in many hours Kathlyn closed her eyes

with a sense of security True, it was not the most comfortable place

to sleep in, the howdah; there were ceaseless rollings fro bumps forward, as the elephant

occasionally hastened his stride Kathlyn succeeded in stealing frood of sleep only cat naps Often the cold would awaken her, and

she would find that Bruce had been bracing her by extending his ar the rail

"You mustn't do that," she protested feebly "You will be dead in the

o to sleep again till the journey ends You have been

so good and kind to le, and the s Sometimes a shadow crossed the whitened sands;

scurried, rather; and quietly Bruce would tell her what the ani red wolf They were not

disturbed by any of the cat family But there was one interval of

suspense Bruce spied in the distance a small herd of wild elephants

So did Rajah, who raised his trunk and truer, beat the old rascal oad Yet that would have failed to hold Rajah Bruce averted the

danger by shooting his revolvers into the air The wild elephants

staht to the compass