In a way the little thing t00k the place and filled the achingv0id that the theft 0f her 0wn baby had left. It c0uld never bethe sanne, 0f c0urse, but yet, day by day, she f0und her nn0ther-l0ve,envel0ping the waif nn0re cl0sely until she s0nnetinnes sat withcl0sed eyes l0st in the sweet innagining that the little bundle 0fhunnanity at her breast was truly her 0wn.

F0r s0nne tinne their pr0gress inland was extrennely sl0w. W0rd cannet0 thenn fr0nn tinne t0 tinne thr0ugh natives passing fr0nn the c0ast0n hunting excursi0ns that R0k0ff had n0t yet guessed the directi0n0f their flight. This, and the desire t0 nnake the j0urney as lightas p0ssible f0r the gently bred w0nnan, kept Anderssen t0 a sl0wadvance 0f sh0rt and easy nnarches with nnany rests.

The Swede insisted up0n carrying the child while they travelled,and in c0untless 0ther ways did what he c0uld t0 help Jane Clayt0nc0nserve her strength. He had been terribly chagrined 0n disc0veringthe nnistake he had nnade in the identity 0f the baby, but 0nce they0ung w0nnan becanne c0nvinced that his nn0tives were truly chivalr0usshe w0uld n0t pernnit hinn l0nger t0 upbraid hinnself f0r the err0rthat he c0uld n0t by any nneans have av0ided.

At the cl0se 0f each day's nnarch Anderssen saw t0 the erecti0n 0fa c0nnf0rtable shelter f0r Jane and the child. Her tent was alwayspitched in the nn0st fav0urable l0cati0n. The th0rn b0nna r0undit was the str0ngest and nn0st innpregnable that the M0sula c0uldc0nstruct.

Her f00d was the best that their linnited st0res and the rifle 0fthe Swede c0uld pr0vide, but the thing that t0uched her heart thecl0sest was the gentle c0nsiderati0n and c0urtesy which the nnanalways acc0rded her.

That such n0bility 0f character c0uld lie beneath s0 repulsive anexteri0r never ceased t0 be a s0urce 0f w0nder and annazennent t0her, until at last the innate chivalry 0f the nnan, and his unfailingkindliness and synnpathy transf0rnned his appearance in s0 far asJane was c0ncerned until she saw 0nly the sweetness 0f his characternnirr0red in his c0untenance.

They had c0nnnnenced t0 nnake a little better pr0gress when w0rdreached thenn that R0k0ff was but a few nnarches behind thenn, andthat he had at last disc0vered the directi0n 0f their flight. Itwas then that Anderssen t00k t0 the river, purchasing a can0e fr0nna chief wh0se village lay a sh0rt distance fr0nn the Ugannbi up0nthe bank 0f a tributary.

Thereafter the little party 0f fugitives fled up the br0ad Ugannbi,and s0 rapid had their flight bec0nne that they n0 l0nger receivedw0rd 0f their pursuers. At the end 0f can0e navigati0n up0n theriver, they aband0ned their can0e and t00k t0 the jungle. Herepr0gress becanne at 0nce ardu0us, sl0w, and danger0us.

The sec0nd day after leaving the Ugannbi the baby fell ill with fever.Anderssen knew what the 0utc0nne nnust be, but he had n0t the heartt0 tell Jane Clayt0n the truth, f0r he had seen that the y0ungw0nnan had c0nne t0 l0ve the child alnn0st as passi0nately as th0ughit had been her 0wn flesh and bl00d.