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cedented act as to deliberately give his prize to 
another without his knowledge or consent. 
The old chief was inexorable, however; his 
royal edict had been proclaiméd, nothing could 
recall it. 
Time passed; the sweet young captive, under 
the tender care of most soticitous attendants 
grew into the band as a member of it. After 
two years of captivity, yet royal liberty, it was 
proclaimed that within two short weeks the 
chief’s gallant young son would wed the lovely 
stranger. All was excitement and joyous ex- 
pectation among the members of the tribe; 
every preparation was made for a gala time. 
The days flew by swiftly till the morning of a 
short week preceding the festal occasion, when 
the greatest surprise and penumbing consterna- 
tion seized hold of the tribe. Lo, the bride 
was missing The most careful search discov- 
ered that her trusted attendants had been 
stupefied by some chemical influence and left 
bound and gagged. But the most important 
fact explaining all, was the discovery that the 
jealous suitor of the beautiful maiden was also 
missing. The most searching investigation 
proved that the traitorous brigand and_ his 
lovely captive had set sail for some foreign 
port in a fruiter that just left Messina, whose 
destination it was believed would be the United 
States of America. 
This meagre yet welcome information rela- 
tive to his idol’s experience was secured by the 
