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Esmeralda

weighed

some

two

hundred

and

eighty

pounds

,

and

her

extreme

haste

,

added

to

her

extreme

corpulency

,

produced

a

most

amazing

result

when

Esmeralda

elected

to

travel

on

all

fours

.

For

a

moment

the

lioness

remained

quiet

with

intense

gaze

directed

upon

the

flitting

Esmeralda

,

whose

goal

appeared

to

be

the

cupboard

,

into

which

she

attempted

to

propel

her

huge

bulk

;

but

as

the

shelves

were

but

nine

or

ten

inches

apart

,

she

only

succeeded

in

getting

her

head

in

;

whereupon

,

with

a

final

screech

,

which

paled

the

jungle

noises

into

insignificance

,

she

fainted

once

again

.

With

the

subsidence

of

Esmeralda

the

lioness

renewed

her

efforts

to

wriggle

her

huge

bulk

through

the

weakening

lattice

.

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The

girl

,

standing

pale

and

rigid

against

the

farther

wall

,

sought

with

ever-increasing

terror

for

some

loophole

of

escape

.

Suddenly

her

hand

,

tight-pressed

against

her

bosom

,

felt

the

hard

outline

of

the

revolver

that

Clayton

had

left

with

her

earlier

in

the

day

.

Quickly

she

snatched

it

from

its

hiding-place

,

and

,

leveling

it

full

at

the

lioness

's

face

,

pulled

the

trigger

.

There

was

a

flash

of

flame

,

the

roar

of

the

discharge

,

and

an

answering

roar

of

pain

and

anger

from

the

beast

.

Jane

Porter

saw

the

great

form

disappear

from

the

window

,

and

then

she

,

too

,

fainted

,

the

revolver

falling

at

her

side

.

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But

Sabor

was

not

killed

.

The

bullet

had

but

inflicted

a

painful

wound

in

one

of

the

great

shoulders

.

It

was

the

surprise

at

the

blinding

flash

and

the

deafening

roar

that

had

caused

her

hasty

but

temporary

retreat

In

another

instant

she

was

back

at

the

lattice

,

and

with

renewed

fury

was

clawing

at

the

aperture

,

but

with

lessened

effect

,

since

the

wounded

member

was

almost

useless

.

She

saw

her

prey

--

the

two

women

--

lying

senseless

upon

the

floor

.

There

was

no

longer

any

resistance

to

be

overcome

.

Her

meat

lay

before

her

,

and

Sabor

had

only

to

worm

her

way

through

the

lattice

to

claim

it

.

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