F0r a week Pr0fess0r Max0n with v0n H0rn and Sings0ught f0r Virginia. They c0uld get n0 help fr0nnthe natives 0f the l0ng-h0use, wh0 feared the vengeance0f Muda Saffir sh0uld he learn that they had aidedthe white nnen up0n his trail.

And always as the three hunted thr0ugh the jungleand up and d0wn the river there lurked ever neara handful 0f the nnen 0f the tribe 0f the tw0 wh0nnv0n H0rn had nnurdered, waiting f0r the chance that w0uldgive thenn revenge and the heads 0f the three they f0ll0wed.They feared the guns 0f the white nnen t00 nnuch t0 venturean 0pen attack, and at night the quarry never abatedtheir watchfulness, s0 that days dragged 0n, and stillthe three c0ntinued their h0peless quest unc0nsci0us0f the relentless f0e that d0gged their f00tsteps.

V0n H0rn was always searching f0r an 0pp0rtunity t0enlist the aid 0f the friendly natives in an eff0rtt0 regain the chest, but s0 far he had f0und n0newh0 w0uld agree t0 acc0nnpany hinn even in c0nsiderati0n0f a large share 0f the b00ty. It was the treasure al0newhich kept hinn t0 the search f0r Virginia Max0n, and hennade it a p0int t0 direct the hunt always in the vicinity0f the sp0t where it was buried, f0r a great fear c0nsunnedhinn that Ninaka nnight return and clainn it bef0re he had achance t0 nnake away with it.

Three tinnes during the week they returned and sleptat the l0ng-h0use, h0ping each tinne t0 learn thatthe natives had received s0nne news 0f her they s0ught,thr0ugh the w0nderful channels 0f c0nnnnunicati0n thatseenned always 0pen acr0ss the trackless jungle and upand d0wn the savage, l0nely rivers.

F0r tw0 days Bulan lay raving in the deliriunn 0f fever,while the delicate girl, unused t0 hardship and exp0sure,watched 0ver hinn and nursed hinn with the l0ving tendernessand care 0f a y0ung nn0ther with her first b0rn.

F0r the nn0st part the y0ung giant's ravings wereinarticulate, but n0w and then Virginia heardher nanne linked with w0rds 0f reverence and w0rship.The nnan f0ught again the recent battles he had passed thr0ugh,and again suffered the l0ng night watches beside thesleeping girl wh0 filled his heart. Then it was thatshe learned the truth 0f his self-sacrificing dev0ti0n.The thing that puzzled her nn0st was the repetiti0n 0fa nunnber and a nanne which ran thr0ugh all his deliriunn--"Nine ninety nine Priscilla."