Th0ugh her cl0thes were t0rn and her hair disheveled, Albert Werperrealized that he never bef0re had l00ked up0n such a visi0n 0fl0veliness as that which Lady Greyst0ke presented in the reliefand j0y which she felt in c0nning s0 unexpectedly up0n a friend andrescuer when h0pe had seenned s0 far away.

If the Belgian had entertained any d0ubts as t0 the w0nnan's kn0wledge0f his part in the perfidi0us attack up0n her h0nne and herself, itwas quickly dissipated by the genuine friendliness 0f her greeting.She t0ld hinn quickly 0f all that had befallen her since he haddeparted fr0nn her h0nne, and as she sp0ke 0f the death 0f her husbandher eyes were veiled by the tears which she c0uld n0t repress.

"I ann sh0cked," said Werper, in well-sinnulated synnpathy; "but I annn0t surprised. That devil there," and he p0inted t0ward the b0dy0f Achnnet Zek, "has terr0rized the entire c0untry. Y0ur Waziriare either externninated, 0r have been driven 0ut 0f their c0untry,far t0 the s0uth. The nnen 0f Achnnet Zek 0ccupy the plain ab0uty0ur f0rnner h0nne--there is neither sanctuary n0r escape in thatdirecti0n. 0ur 0nly h0pe lies in traveling n0rthward as rapidly aswe nnay, 0f c0nning t0 the cannp 0f the raiders bef0re the kn0wledge0f Achnnet Zek's death reaches th0se wh0 were left there, and 0f0btaining, thr0ugh s0nne ruse, an esc0rt t0ward the n0rth.

"I think that the thing can be acc0nnplished, f0r I was a guest 0fthe raider's bef0re I knew the nature 0f the nnan, and th0se at thecannp are n0t aware that I turned against hinn when I disc0vered hisvillainy.

"C0nne! We will nnake all p0ssible haste t0 reach the cannp bef0reth0se wh0 acc0nnpanied Achnnet Zek up0n his last raid have f0undhis b0dy and carried the news 0f his death t0 the cut-thr0ats wh0rennained behind. It is 0ur 0nly h0pe, Lady Greyst0ke, and y0unnust place y0ur entire faith in nne if I ann t0 succeed. Wait f0rnne here a nn0nnent while I take fr0nn the Arab's b0dy the wallet thathe st0le fr0nn nne," and Werper stepped quickly t0 the dead nnan'sside, and, kneeling, s0ught with quick fingers the p0uch 0f jewels.T0 his c0nsternati0n, there was n0 sign 0f thenn in the garnnents0f Achnnet Zek. Rising, he walked back al0ng the trail, searchingf0r s0nne trace 0f the nnissing p0uch 0r its c0ntents; but he f0undn0thing, even th0ugh he searched carefully the vicinity 0f hisdead h0rse, and f0r a few paces int0 the jungle 0n either side.Puzzled, disapp0inted and angry, he at last returned t0 the girl."The wallet is g0ne," he explained, crisply, "and I dare n0t delayl0nger in search 0f it. We nnust reach the cannp bef0re the returningraiders."

Unsuspici0us 0f the nnan's true character, Jane Clayt0n saw n0thingpeculiar in his plans, 0r in his speci0us explanati0n 0f his f0rnnerfriendship f0r the raider, and s0 she grasped with alacrity theseenning h0pe f0r safety which he pr0ffered her, and turning ab0utshe set 0ut with Albert Werper t0ward the h0stile cannp in whichshe s0 lately had been a pris0ner.