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Then the chief grunted, and ait was al and uncertain like that of the others, but firht at ht at possibly one hundred and forty pounds Even at that juncture, his scientific istered these data, with the others

"Here, you, get back there!" shouted Stern, as the girl rose again fro the pail

The cry was instinctive, for even as he uttered it, he knew it could not be understood A thousand years of rapid degeneration had long wiped all traces of English speech froibberish Yet the warning echoed loudly through Madison Forest; and the obeah hesitated

The tone, perhaps, conveyed so forehead Perhaps soered in that anism which, by some freak of atavis aniain

However that may have been, the creature-chief halted in his advance Undecided he stood aat the rudeseen Consul, the trained chimpanzee, s filled him at his mockery of the dead, buried past

"Let ot to hurry--hurry--or it may be too late!"

"No, no--I'll keep the water!" she answered, panting "You need both hands clear! Colance behind, started back for the tower again

But the obeah, with a whining plaint, spat away his tobacco-leaf They heard a shuffle of feet And, looking round again, both saw that he had crossed the little brook

There he stood now, his right hand out, palhastly i, a sight to freeze the blood with horror Yet through it all, thewas most clearly evident

Beatrice, laden as she ith the heavy water-bucket, more precious now to them than all the wealth of the dead world, would still have retreated, but with a word of stern command he bade her wait He stopped short in his tracks

"Not a step!" coods--that's a million times better every way! Hold on--wait, no--this is his ripped the repeating rifle, his right the autoht never for a second left its aim at the chief's heart