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By Joan Croydon
It was a terrifying predicament,
and all at once a wave of panic
e welopedi her as she reflected how
utterly and completely Isue was: at
the money a the band who had cap-
tured her.
Terrible stories' of arcocities, read
in the •newspapers, drilled her
blood. If she only hada Tevplver
to use in the last resource!
But she bad nothing.
There she sat, in, her flimsy, torn
danbce frock, her hair dishevelled,
one ..slipper lost, her tread aching
violently, without even a cigarette
to solace 'Iversen with.
Aped then, ,ousting all other
thoughts and fears, tante, the memr'
• Orly of; Harry Vadat tt as she had seen
kiln last -,struck brutally to the
• earth, perhaps, dead,
There wore all the others, too,
and now for the .first time the
thought about Basil, to whom she
should' .have been marrieds on this
day now breaking • albove the cliff
tape. How had he fared?
It had been a Surpirise attack, she
ouppolsed, and; as her brain cleared,
she began to gneisis that she herself
was peobably being head kg a host-
age oo that the rebels eeuld; make
.tre✓ofine with 'th'e British,
Knowing the strange
which the white teen
womenfolk they doubtless antici-
pated being able to demand, either
ransom or •contessians for the safe
return• of their captive.
In' fact, •Diana soon discovered
that this swmnise was correct.
Atter a while, a young .man,
bearded and swarthy as the others,
+but'with more of .trout and canning
in his face, caane ,s'waggering ,into
the cave and addressed tlue shrink-
ing girl.
Atter satisfying himself that she
did not speak his own dialect, he
addressed her in duallting,and difficult
English, the gist of which was that
they had neat a messenger to the
garrison at Bmndreh,ase seating that
Diane would be safe if pardon was
granted' - to the inmurrectioniots and
also a large amount of arms and
aanhnundtiou supplied them.
Mt assy attempt at rescue were
made, or if one of their "devil -birds"
were sent to search or to •bonlib
their camip, Diana would instantly
be killed,
The maul wad apparently extremre-
Iy"satisfied with his cleverness and
punning. I
esteem in
helid their
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He smiled upon. Diana with evi-
dent gratification, assured her that
she should have plenty to eat and
that no Marva would come to liar
unless the sahib -flog refused to
grant the very reasonable. demand's
made to thesn.
Diana surveyed him contemptu-
ously.
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RnllIYNES'D•A.Y, P'1.113 2d'tb, 1942
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'Keep perfectly quiet
for a little.
Help is at hand, but grave peril also.
"Count twelve slowly, and then, .11
nothing is noticed further, move
further back into the cave. There
is a small opening which I may be
able to use.
"Harry"
Diana shut her eyes; and for the
first time in her life knew the sen•
smitten of faintness. Ho was •alive!
He had come after her! Nothing
else matt'ere'd. If they were to die, at
least it wouli be together.
An them trope rose in, her and she
longed ,fiercely not to die—she long-
ed to live and', with a tremenloms
effort she • stilled her quivering
nerves and called upon her self-
control ,and began to count slowlY,
as Harry had directed, until she had
'reached twelve.
Nothing stirred outside.
' She could, hear the •ohatter of
mtenikeYs' the •stamiping of a pony,
the drowsy breathing of 'her guard-
ian sentinel—robbing more.
Silently, without a ' rustle, she
moved further back into the dark
Shadows of the ,cave, her heart
pounding till it •seemed it must choke
herr, tier pulses •hamrme•ring unbear-
ably.
Everything depended' upon the
next few seconds, her own safety
and •tlhat of the man she adored! •
Her legs. could scarcely support
her, so violently did she tremble
now that the moment of possible
escaped lred come.
It seemed an. eternity (before a
little thin ray of light appeared
suddenly in the roof—it widened, she
glimpsed a face staring down at her
and for a moment thought all was
lost, for it was a dusky, bearded,
savage -looking face,
TO BE t"JONTINUED.
"TRE PUREST'FORM IN WHICH
TOBACCO•CAN BE SMOKED."
back into the cave . re search, of
coolness. "
Fortunately she wail left unmolest-
ed, the anew seeming engaged • in
long conferences outside, scanning
''tire sky in, search of the aeroplanes
they. doubtless dread, occasionally
sending out scouting parties either
to look for their messenger, or to
see 11 they were being pnrrsmed,
"You do not think to frighten the •A further supply of milk and fruit,
sahibs into doing anything they coo together with some strange sort of
not wish, do you?" she demranded mixture tf flour and water, was
arrogantly. brought to her, and ,allwlaye! there
The man's' tow but satisfied tun- •loam ed' at the moult of her cave
ping woke all her coattail pride and
made her assume a courage she did
not possess.
'She had to keep her end` up as a
white woanen, she told herself, and
maintain that prestige which the
natives expect and inwardly respect.
"They will not let harm come to
one of their womten, he replied 111 a
more surly tone, as he saw her
attitude.
"Take heedhow you anger them,
Diana slate. "Their arm is long
and far-re'achin'g, and their ven-
geance when. it comes—terrible"
'if/air vengeance also can be ter-
rible when it tomes," he answered.
Por a second' She saw ,the white
gleam of ,his teeth beneath hie
ragged heard and saw a red glow in
Orin eyed and realised. that a wild
beast hulked in him which, 4t were
not wise to fully awaken.
'So she contented herself with a
Scornful shrug and, turning her eyes
away, .affected to be engaged In
putting 'her torn /frock to order the
bent way she could
The day Passed in slow long.
drawn :suspense to her. It greW
very hot, and She moved further
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