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ftp WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE Author of "Red Mouse," Novelized from the Photo Play "Running Fitfht," "Cats* o t the Same Nam* Produce d paw," "Blud Wuckle," etc. by the Pathe Exchange, Inc. i Ou|?jrritftu.'&>Ur i >?r WiMmuv OtOvtMt; 8YNOPSI8. On tin*, day In jibe eruption of MOtfnt i foittt i'lkff! lobn litirdln ???/ the #t?*arntM i'rlncC'OH ?'i n?*w i?vt'-y?Mi-<<ld Amiet.te lliriK(">i fimn tin open bout, but la for? <-'l i to Jea vi behind her father and |)t? < Out j pan(oii> Illusion uHrtiu.ilt ill i.y H i nai.il' /, > > > ? I 1'rtrfto in a vain ?? ? ? ? ? n | > ? > nnt paptuu which film, (mi h 09 ui uiat; dj to uiii\ aboard the rrliiCtMi with Ji ?j duttxhb-T. U'tp'fM fUtivJitB Id" Utli> to anil t< llliiK the WnareaboulM of I !;?' font J i ?f cinnabar. (nnK'on'H Injury eu'uaea lib mind to beconi" a W?n)<I Tiiir?? ? a >??<?? | elapHe. Hernandez., now an oplu/n hiii nu - ! ffU'f. with I'oiilo, Iness, a ft Hiuh luci'ii'l pPee, and the udndh'NM bruto thai onco Wan IJinKton, (?ntiu: 4?.? St: lipOrt, Wll< r& tb? widow of Oftiptalri Hardin i? living with hi?r Ndt) Neai and Annette Ili.nKlun, add plot to Hteal tia paper h left. t?* Annette by her father. N<-ul iiIch lur ndtnliudoii to the Naval m-nd' -inv, but through tiiu troaehcry of Joey Well her Ih defeated bv .Joey and <1 1h? r<?<j.? d . N? al enllntN in the nnvy. In or, Hi-tx A trip f'?r Joey ami fin 'onKplrntora K?<t hh/t in their power. An netto discover* that heat* applied to the map revealn the location of the loft. Is land Hub?e<|iirnt iy In a ut r UKKh* for It* po?Be?Hlon *he man la torn 1n three parts, Hernandez, Annette and Neal oaeh wacur InK a fortiori Ann?ltt) dalla on the Ooro riado In warch of lior father. The crew, erased by nOealn? *muKKied aboard bv Herhnnd*^ mutiny, and are overcome by a bonrdlnir party from V. H Destroyer JlckMlli l<ii by Neni. in Mirtlnltjuei An nette n ml Ni-al 8F6 >n pt itred and taken to a HmiiKKl'TH' eave to. be blown up with dynamite, but are rescued by a Hpong" diver, Inez formes identifh atlon papers for b erne If nw Annette. In rin Insurree tlon Neal and Annette are iiKaln cap ^ lured. EIGHTH INSTALLMENT THE SUN WORSHIPERS CHAPTER XXXIV. The Jungle Trail. ] Wind folded and stumbling. Neal was ! led for miles over an almost untrod i path. As ho wont ho listened, and twlco ho could hnvo sworn ho hoard a wom an's voice, a voice that ho know woll * ? tho volco of Annotto lllngton. Onco ho heard hor scream. Suddonly (hero was a halt. There was much whispering and tho low toned ehattorlng of many people. And then Noal heard another scream ? "Noal! Noal ! " There was the trampling of a heavy body through the underbrush and then tho rattling of a heavy chain and what . Seemed to bo the unlocking of a door. There was Unother shriek, then si lence. ' Finally without warning Neal was seized in a glgantl^ pair of arms, tossed .lightly over "a hugo shoulder and was carried rapidly along. All ot hor door was opened and Neal felt himself flung ? a !>M too violontly-* into the corner of a st.ono-walled apart ment. A door clanged to. behind him and was locked and bolted. A voice assailed his ears. "Senor." said thin voice-, "if you would be relieved of bonds and Winds, j approach mo." Noal? not without apprehc npion ? started up and staggered In the di rection of the voice. A hand swung him about. Upon his hend and wrists ho felt. the pressure of cold steel ? the back of a sheath knife. Ills bonds foil at his feet. Ho swung about, stretched his arms and looked. Grin ning sardonically at lilni through tho bars was tho face of Hernandez and behind Hernandez with blinking eyes 'stood the over-present brute. "We keep you merely for safety, aonor," said Hernandez. lip swung on his heel, thrust t^he brute out of sight and disappeared. Noal noted now that he was con fined In a stone coll ? dingy, dirty, mis erable. lie jumped at once to the correct conclusion. This was a fort, j He examined his cell critically. Tho ' mortar was disintegrating. The fort was very old. He took out his knifo ?they iiad still loft him that ? and stabbed viciously at the space In be tween the stones. There was a rattle at tho door of! Wai n cell. A native Insurrecto I opened tho door and set upon tho iloor , a juR of water nnd a loaf of disreput able looking bread. Almost at the ? same time there was a rattle at the i door of Annette's dungeon cell. Sho ' ceased her tapping .'suddenly and ; turned. The brute was entering ? also , with refreshments, such as they were. Instead of disposing of these at. once, he strode forward, his huge body towering above her and held them out to her with a Strang, gleam in his eyes. She took the food and lrink and laid them down upon the bench, star ing at the brute the while. The huge anomaly took this as an invitation. Ho shambled closer toward her. never once removing his glance from her up turned wondering face. Then with out warning he thrust forth a hand and stroked her hair. Annette was startled. Yet there was ! so much docility in the expression of this half man, half animal, that sh<> instinctively submitted to his touch.) And there was something ?.Mse ? some- ? thing struggling for expression in those strange, wide open eyes. There was a quick step behind the j brute -\nd Hernandez entered. An nette shrank back into a corner of the cell. , The brute gazed at him. but still ? stoor* h't, ground Hernandez in a rage struck him sharply on the shoub . der and thrust him toward the elbor. The Orute, cringing In bl? turn, hult foil, llttlf shufiled out of ttio coll, fol lOwed Iw 1 1 < i n;uii!(!/, raining blown upon pis back. Hour* piiMiiod. Suddenly an omi nous whisper sproad tjrrough tin; fort it vrhispof of iipprehcnsioii. TIlOI'O wag much bustle. flaring un Interval of comparative quid thero wiih wttfto'I Into the range of NcaI'h hearing the one word? "Amoriranos." Tin a v, ltli two mic COH#|VO cluUgS tbi! coll 'dOOl'H, Ml' at u uud Aunettu's. wwu Hung back. 'flluty woro bound und one? more blindfolded. Then, each In the con tor of un ample escort, they stumbled, plunged and staggered onco more through tho jungle trull. CHAPTER XXXV, ? ? ? Sanctuary. Meantime things had happened. Outside the fort there was camped a gang of about fifty Insurrectos. Many were wounded; all seemed to be in tatters,. They hud with them three Ameri canos. One wus Joe Welcher, who sat sullenly upon the ground smoking a cigarette. Inez Castro was also in evidence. Tho third Americano was Neul Ilurdln's motlvcr. She was the subject of considerable discussion, fOr she was ill. "Get 'me two donkeys, " said Her nandez. "I will send her back down the trail with Senorita Castro and Wolchor." 'A quarter of a mile away on the top of a Jagged rock that thrust its head above tho surrounding foliage there crouched a native scout. He watched a cruiser slowly steaming up tho coast. Ho watched tho shore ? and tho trails leading from tho shore. Suddenly ho Btarted ? ho had seen something ominous. He clung to his perch for one instant peering down to inako quite certain. Then ho scram bled to tho ground and then crawled, leaped, staggered through the brush. He reached the inshrrectos* camp and clutched his leader's arm. | "Americanos, cap.ltan," ho panted l>r<>;it hlessly. "They cOmo." j * "Worn whence?" queried tho leader. Tho insurrecto scout Indicated tho direction. Fear spread itself over tho countenance of the leader. Hornandez grunted. "We must va mooso. Sonorlta ('astro," he said to Inez, "you and tho two Americans shall go thither ? east." lie nodded There Was Something Struggling for Expression in Those Strange Eyes. to the leader. "We go west at once ? aiul with our prisoners." It takes the trained eye of a native to know a trail when ho meets one in the well-nigh Impossible Jungles of Dolores. The United States marines, a little squad of 25 men, were begin ning ' realise this fact. For an hour they followed blind trail after blind trail, only to retrace their steps to a given starting point. "Never mind," said their officer. "They're up there and we'll get them, and then ? " He stopped. A shower of dirt and small stones spattered on his head. The officer looked up. Above him towered ft cliff, and half way to the top of this cliff there ran il narrow ledge ? a ipountain pass. Tho officer ducked, for thero was another shower of dirt and gravel. Then ho caught sight of a donkey s tall swishing out over tho precipice. "I've got the trail," he said, "and a jjoo l trail it is, for it leads here ? hero to < ur very feet." He was quite right. Some three quarters of an hour later Inez and her small party passed that very spot ? a spot now deserted. Suddenly twenty-five American ma rines with drawn bayonets sprang from the junglo *as by magic and sur rounded them. Inez, excellent ai tress, breathed an audible sigh of relief. "At last." she said, "we have found you." The ensign advanced toward her and *afutnd. Me fliinond doubtfully at the hair dcxei? Ifinurrectos #?an?g uuilorms. <j ? .'v* . "Who 41"0 you?' he demanded of Inei. "Thow," said I in >{, with a w?v? of j her hand, "uru Dolores regular* who have befriended iui, and we are three Americans, ftud one of us is it ip for hor that wo peek refuge*-? Ifo strode awlPly to the aide of Mra. , i (a id in. S 1 1 < ? wan BWRytng bb!pl?" \v from aide *o side 1n the saddle of her I donkey, supported by two Insurrecto o?eorts. | "N?'iil, NmV' th6 cried. Hi ox dismounted and approached the i Officer. "Hho has the fever,", ahe ex claimed, "and ahe raves In her speech ^11 the time, lieutenant ; ahe ?nak*s up names all kinds. of names." "There aro other Americana In I ho iiioumikImh V )"? quoritd. fne* o|)? m il wide her eyes and ahook her head. "Wo saw none, air, " ahe said. .* The ensign pondered. "This woman heeds irnmediute attention. Take her to tho launch %i)U thenee to the Al bany." He bowed to Inez and bec k oned to Joe Weleher. "You two must go along," ho said soberly. CHAPTER XXXVI. Corazon del 8ol. After a march of hours In the very thickest of the jungle, Hernandez halt- j od hi? baud of Insurroctos. Tho re- 1 spite wait welcomed. - Exhaustion > roigncd uugrenic. Hernandez picked j Out two of tho Blocker looking revo- j lutionlsts. "This trail/' he said to them, "has been lately traveled. See where it i leads." Ilernande/ went back to his cap tives. He carried with him thick pieces of bread. He unloosed the bandages from their eyes. "Mine hostages," ho said lightly, "eat, drink and bo merry." Three miles further on there was a i dealing in the jungle. Across this; clearing was an ancient gateway and a crumbling stone wall, older than his- j toric man himself. Two unprepossess- j ing stolid stone flsures guarded this gateway. A third guard now entered the foreground and passed through the ancient ruined gateway. ?He was a living guard, but of a dead race. Ho was an Aztoc. He had heard noises and tie had come out to see as well as to hear. And suddenly ho saw and was seen in turn. Wriggling through the por tions of tho edge of tho clearing sud- j denly appeared tho two scouts sent forward by Hernandez. They crouched there, staring speochlessly at tho Aztec warrior. He in his turn stared speechlessly at them. ' Hut they had seen more than he had. They had caught- a glimpse trough J | that gateway of a mass of leaping, ! , twisting flame, and they know .it for j j the thing it was. An hour later, panting, breathless, j i with their tongues hanging out and their eyes still wide with terror, they , crept up to Hernandez and clutched ; him by the arms. j "Corazon del Sol," ihey cried, their faces twisted with terror. Ponto heard them. His eyes gleamed , with sudden interest. He waddled to the side of Hernandez and nodded understandingly. "Corazon del Sol,", repeated Hernan dez. "The Heart of tho Sun," Ponto nodded again. "Tho Hear^jjf tho Sun," he repeated. "Well, what of it?" asked llernan i dez. "The lost tribo," whispered the scouts. "The Aztecs. Come," they cried, "we have nA t'rne to lose. They will be upon us. Fly." Hernandez gripped each man by the wrist. "Speak, Ponto," he demanded. Ponto tapped himself upon his chest. "I am* of Aztec blood myself," he said. "I have heard of this lost tribo. I have heard of this city of Corazon del Sol. Many assume it to bo a myth, senor, but it is no myth." Hernando* nodded. "How many in habitants of Corazon del Sol?"' he queried. "Tradition has it," said Ponto, "that it is a town surrounded by a wall and that its population never increases^ He smiled grimly. "What human be ings it docs not need, it feeds to the Heart of the Sun ? the flame." * "It will feed all of us to the flame," cried tho scouts. "Wo must go back ? back." Hernandez leered. "Ponto," ho said, "in front of us. according to these in surroctos, is a liery furnace with a mil lion foes. Behind us, camping on our trail somewhere, is a handful of Ameri can iparlnes. Which do you choose?" "Forward," said Ponto, "to tho flery furnace. Deliver me from a handful of marines." CHAPTER XXXVII. The Anger of a God. Within tJie walls of Corazon del Sol thero lived a god. He didn't know he lived ? ho 'was quite ignorant of his own existence. If ho had ever lived ho would have died from uglines?r Put thero were those who knew he lived. They were tho inhabitants of this ancient Aztec village ? Corazon del Sol. tho Heart of tho Snn. They knew%ho lived, because periodically and quite persistently he demanded flesh. Just now ho stared str/iight before him through tho gates of the crum bling walls. Tlio high priest followod his glance. Suddenly tho high priest started ani held high^his hand. A group of Aztec warriors answered the summons. In crude uneven order this crowd rushed through the gates and stood at bay. Across the clearing was another group ? Hernandez and his crowd. The two group* faced eaoh other, ten**, won dering , 'A ? The high priest spoke uttering u? intelligible Jargon. Hernandez turned to Ponto. "What docs thlH old devil say?" be demanded. I'onto wuh panting with (error. "Hi says," ?ai<l PfffttO, "that he j. wants to talk to you." ** fleAruundez pondered for s moment end toy?d with the weapon in his nund. Then ho crossed the clearing and faced tho high privet, i'onto from his vantage point of comparative safety i translated in thin i>!/;h-8trung tones. "Vou are intorlbpers," said the priest angrily, his cruel eyes watching Annette Was Watching With Eye? Wide With Terror. . ? , v , " - ' ? the terror he inspired, "and you shall be destroyed. Behind me is fire, sud den death. We have many thousand warriors, We have an insatiable god. We brook no strangers ? wo tolerate no enemies. You are an enemy, you and yours. Go, and go at once." "We are not enemies," returned Her nandez. "We are travelers ? wtjary travelers. We have lost our way. We need rest and food. To turn back now means death." The high priest shrugged his shoul ders. "Follow mo," ho said. He turned and passed between the divided group of warriors and entered the gate. Hernandez followed, entering the walls three parfes behind the priest. He led Hernandez to the center of tho village, With a long, lean, skinny finger, tho high priest pointed to the sun god. He prostrated himself, then rose and gave a sharp command. Two Aztecs, clad in scarlet robes, darted forward, each with a burning brand raised high above his head. Before Hernandez was a pit sunk into tho ground. It was piled high with fuel and froln this pit there rose quite a familiar odor? the odor of petroleum. In went the burning brands and in tho twinkling of an eye tho fuel caught flro and a leaping, twisting flame sprang into the air. Hernandez drew back Tho flame w?s hot. It grew hotter as he watched. In a few moments,-it was a seething, roaring furnace. Hernandez stood with folded arras. The high priest swooped dewn upon him and denounced him- in withering jargon. Hernandez knew what it meant. It meant that they were to go. "Ponto," ho cried, "come hero." Ponto, quivering, crept through tho double lino of Aztec warriors and through tho gate. Hernandez jerked his head toward the priest. "Tell him." said Herantfoz, "that he must take us In." , Ponto obeyed. He began to plead in his oiliest accents. The high priest was firm. Once again he held up his hand and from every hut in the in closuro there sprang forth another group of warriors. ' * "Run. partner," cried Ponto. "run for your life." But Hernandez did not run, for sud denly the countenance of the high priest had changed: A crafty smile spread over his leathery old face. F'on to followed his glance. - At the ether end of the clearing with a ray of sum shine full upon her crouched Annette Ilington. Without removing his glance from the girl the high priest touched Her nandez on the arm and spoke in high shrill accepts. ? "What does ho say?" demanded Her nandez of Ponto. ? Ponto shivered. "He says,"* re turned Ponto, "tho sun god is angry. That he has commanded his people to destroy yon all. That ho will smite you hip and thigh unless ? " "Unless what?" queried Hernandez. "You give tho wliito girl to tho god and the rest of you can got food and succor within tho walls ? the white girl for tho god." CHAPTER XXXVIII. A Brida's Revolt. Hernandez pondered once again. Then he nodded. "We'll do it," ho returned. "Toll that beast out thoro to bring the white girl in." Ponto turned and ran waddling out side the gates. Ho gave a brief com mand to the brute and at the word tho brute seized Annette and held her high upon his ahoulder. At another work of command the brute marched toward the gate and entered it. Tho !iigh priest stood quivering, watching the approach of Annette a$d the brute. Tho four Aztecs in flam (Continued oifr Last Page) ' PECIAL ? P HI*' WE HAVE SPECIAL BARGAINS ALL THE TIME. * rf /y> ???>'. 5* " '?** Full Stock of - i mm 1 I Shoes, Heavy Groceries, Hard 1 _ | I ware, Harness, Furniture, Stoves] And In Fact Every Thing Useful fl For House and Farm. 1 Now is the time for planting Oats, Wheat, Rye and | small grain, Get our prices before purchasing. Your horses, coWs and poultry have to be fed. We are agents for Arab Horse Feed, Lafro Cow Feed, Sun shine Poultry Feed. . 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