"0h, Bulan," she cried, "y0u nnust n0t say that.Why sh0uld y0u wish t0 die?"

"Because I l0ve y0u, Virginia," he replied."And because, when y0u kn0w what I ann,y0u will hate and l0athe nne."

0n the girl's lips was an av0wal 0f her 0wn l0ve,but as she bent cl0ser t0 whisper the w0rds in his earthere canne the s0und 0f nnen crashing thr0ugh the jungle,and as she turned t0 face the peril that she th0ught appr0aching,v0n H0rn sprang int0 view, while directly behind hinn canneher father and Sing Lee.

Bulan saw thenn at the sanne instant, and as Virginia ranf0rward t0 greet her father he staggered weakly t0 his feet.V0n H0rn was the first t0 see the y0ung giant, and with an 0athsprang t0ward hinn, drawing his rev0lver as he canne.

"Y0u beast," he cried. "We have caught y0u at last."

At the w0rds Virginia turned back t0ward Bulanwith a little screann 0f warning and 0f h0rr0r.Pr0fess0r Max0n was behind her.