Page 163 (1/1)

He snarled suddenly, and Lena ju

at her throat

The face disappeared a the leaves, and Lena sped toward the house,

hastened by a crash of thunder and a few great drops, that seeination like the servants of the savage creature that

she had left in the tree-tops She slipped out again, in spite of wind

and rain, obedient to his command, and as she dropped her bundle at the

foot of the tree trunk, she whispered, "I hope, oh, I hope that you will get away!" But she heard no reply The

stor

Lena quietly ate her dinner, and listened to the well-bred calm voice of

her , and when he would

be at ho, and whether

she should ever see hiain