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The surprise was easily effected, for Colonel Cobo'supon her bench, heard nothing, saw nothing, until out of the shadows beside her human forlow in dark waters, betrayed her presence, and as she sprang to her feet rough hands seized her She screaan to struggle like a cat

Evangelina, who had waked at the first outcry, h the door The hush of the sleeping Jungle was shattered now; there were shouts and curses, loudly bellowed orders, a great scuffling and pounding of feet upon the dirt floor of the hut, the rickety, bark-covered walls bulged and creaked Over all sounded the shrieks of the negress battling in the pitch- black interior like an animal in its lair Then some one set fire to the thatch; the flae-pole, and the surroundings leaped into view

Rosa saarthy, thick-set man in the uniform of a Colonel of Volunteers, and behind hi the hand froave no heed He was straining his gaze upon the door of the bohio in the ie He clutched a revolver in his hand, but it was plain from the nerveless way in which he held the weapon that he had little stomach for the adventure He was, in fact, round Rosa shrieked his na fellow? I hear nothing but the squeals of that coe and defiance suddenly ceased, and with the bohio ran two ar A third followed, dragging Evangelina by one naked ararh ripped fro her

Rosa felt herself swooning, and she knew nothing of what immediately followed After a ti her

"Coed her farther fro furnace "Where is your precious brother and that black fellow?"

Rosa could only stare dully

"It see," Cobo broke out at him, wrathfully "God! I've a mind to toss you into that fire" He turned his attention once more to Rosa, and with a jerk that shook her into fuller consciousness repeated: "Where are they? Speak to me"