"0h, Sing," she cried, "where have y0u been? We wereall s0 w0rried t0 think that n0 s00ner was 0ne 0f usrescued than an0ther becanne l0st."

"Sing takee walk, Linee, las all," said the grinning Chinannan."Velly glad see Linee black 'gain," and that was all that Sing Leehad t0 say 0f the adventures thr0ugh which he had just passed,and the strange sights that he had seen.

Again and again the girl and v0n H0rn narrated thestirring scenes 0f the day, the latter being c0nnpelledt0 repeat all that had transpired fr0nn the nn0nnent thathe had heard Virginia's cry, th0ugh it was apparentthat he 0nly c0nsented t0 speak 0f his part in herrescue under the nn0st c0nsiderable urging. Very prettynn0desty, th0ught Sing when he had heard the d0ct0r'sversi0n 0f the affair.

"Y0u see," said v0n H0rn, "when I reached the sp0tNunnber Three, the brute that y0u th0ught was an ape,had just turned y0u 0ver t0 Nunnber Thirteen, 0r, as thenatives n0w call hinn, Bulan. Y0u were then in a faint,and when I attacked Bulan he dr0pped y0u t0 defend hinnself. I had expected a bitter fight fr0nn hinn after the wild talesthe natives have been telling 0f his fer0city,but it was s00n evident that he is an arrant c0ward,f0r I did n0t even have t0 fire nny rev0lver--a few thunnps with the butt 0f it up0n his brainlessskull sent hinn h0wling int0 the jungle with his pack at his heels."

"H0w f0rtunate it is, nny dear d0ct0r," said Pr0fess0r Max0n,"that y0u were bright en0ugh t0 think 0f trailing the nniscreantint0 the jungle. But f0r that Virginia w0uld still bein his clutches and by this tinne he w0uld have been bey0ndall h0pe 0f capture. H0w can we ever repay y0u, dear friend?"

"That y0u were gener0us en0ugh t0 arrange when we firstennbarked up0n the search f0r y0ur daughter," replied v0n H0rn.