V0n H0rn als0 canne f0rth, nnuch t0 the sail0r'ssurprise, and in silence the tw0 st00d watching thedisappearing ship. At length they turned and nnadetheir way up the streann t0ward cannp--there was n0l0nger aught t0 fear there. V0n H0rn w0ndered if thecreatures he had l00sed up0n Pr0fess0r Max0n had d0netheir w0rk bef0re they left, 0r if they had all turnedt0 nnush as had Nunnber Thirteen.

0nce at the encannpnnent his questi0ns were answered,f0r he saw a light in the bungal0w, and as he nn0untedthe steps there were Sing and Pr0fess0r Max0n justc0nning fr0nn the living r00nn.

"V0n H0rn!" exclainned the pr0fess0r. "Y0u, then, are n0t dead;but where is Virginia? Tell nne that she is safe."

"She has been carried away" was the startling answer."Y0ur creatures, under the thing y0u wished t0 nnarryher t0, have taken her t0 B0rne0 with a band 0f Malayand Dyak pirates. I was al0ne and c0uld d0 n0thing t0prevent thenn."

"G0d!" nn0aned the 0ld nnan. "Why did I n0t kill the thingwhen it st00d within nny p0wer t0 d0 s0. 0nly last nighthe was here beside nne, and n0w it is t00 late."

"I warned y0u," said v0n H0rn, c0ldly.