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Little

did

John

Clayton

imagine

when

he

fashioned

that

crude

but

mighty

portal

that

one

day

,

twenty

years

later

,

it

would

shield

a

fair

American

girl

,

then

unborn

,

from

the

teeth

and

talons

of

a

man-eater

.

For

fully

twenty

minutes

the

brute

alternately

sniffed

and

tore

at

the

door

,

occasionally

giving

voice

to

a

wild

,

savage

cry

of

baffled

rage

.

At

length

,

however

,

she

gave

up

the

attempt

,

and

Jane

heard

her

returning

toward

the

window

,

beneath

which

she

paused

for

an

instant

,

and

then

launched

her

great

weight

against

the

timeworn

lattice

.

The

girl

heard

the

wooden

rods

groan

beneath

the

impact

;

but

they

held

,

and

the

huge

body

dropped

back

to

the

ground

below

.

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Again

and

again

the

lioness

repeated

these

tactics

,

until

finally

the

horrified

prisoner

within

saw

a

portion

of

the

lattice

give

way

,

and

in

an

instant

one

great

paw

and

the

head

of

the

animal

were

thrust

within

the

room

.

Slowly

the

powerful

neck

and

shoulders

spread

the

bars

apart

,

and

the

lithe

body

protruded

farther

and

farther

into

the

room

.

As

in

a

trance

,

the

girl

rose

,

her

hand

upon

her

breast

,

wide

eyes

staring

horror-stricken

into

the

snarling

face

of

the

beast

scarce

ten

feet

from

her

.

At

her

feet

lay

the

prostrate

form

of

the

Negress

.

If

she

could

but

arouse

her

,

their

combined

efforts

might

possibly

avail

to

beat

back

the

fierce

and

bloodthirsty

intruder

.

Jane

stooped

to

grasp

the

black

woman

by

the

shoulder

.

Roughly

she

shook

her

.

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"

Esmeralda

!

Esmeralda

!

"

she

cried

.

"

Help

me

,

or

we

are

lost

.

"

Esmeralda

opened

her

eyes

.

The

first

object

they

encountered

was

the

dripping

fangs

of

the

hungry

lioness

.

With

a

horrified

scream

the

poor

woman

rose

to

her

hands

and

knees

,

and

in

this

position

scurried

across

the

room

,

shrieking

:

"

O

Gaberelle

!

O

Gaberelle

!

"

at

the

top

of

her

lungs

.

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