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broke through the jungle with Maud clinging to 

 his arm. "Well," Mamma said, "ask Maud to tell 

 the rest of the story." Which I gladly did. It 

 seems, that as Maud had been through a lengthy 

 experience in the Ancient World, she had become 

 a leader. "Well Papa," she remarked, "you re- 

 member when we disappeared in the water of the 

 Lagoon, I lost all consciousness, but came to my 

 senses in this jungle. My first thought was of 

 course another providential occurrence. I could 

 hear what seemed the bellowing of great frogs and 

 strange sounds my ears had never listened to be- 

 bore. I wondered where you could be, and was so 

 anxious to find you, that I could not stand it, re- 

 maining there all alone in this strange country, 

 so I plunged madly on, forcing the thick stems 

 and trunks apart and squeezing through them, T 

 called to you too, 'papa, papa, where are you !" I 

 could not see an inch ahead for the vegetation. 

 The moss tangled in my hair that fell down and I 

 must have looked a perfect fright. I came sud- 

 denly on a clear space only a couple of yards 

 across, covered with the lovliest moss you could 

 imagine. I sprang into the very middle of it in 

 my haste, and broke through and began to sink. I 

 screamed, 'Papa, Papa,' and threw out my arms 

 toward the other side when suddenly I saw two 

 human hands spring out of the jungle and grasp 

 mine, and strong arms drew me bodily out of the 

 treacherous pit, I stood beside smiling brother 

 Levi. He told me that he had gone to sleep in his 



