? ? ? ? Jane and Esmeralda were not there.
? ? ? ? Instantly, Clayton, followed by the two old men, plunged into the jungle, calling the girl's name aloud. For half an hour they stumbled on, until Clayton, by merest chance, came upon the prostrate form of Esmeralda.
? ? ? ? He stopped beside her, feeling for her pulse and then listening for her heartbeats. She lived. He shook her.
? ? ? ? "Esmeralda!" he shrieked in her ear. "Esmeralda! For God's sake, where is Miss Porter? What has happened? Esmeralda!"
? ? ? ? Slowly Esmeralda opened her eyes. She saw Clayton. She saw the jungle about her.
? ? ? ? "Oh, Gaberelle!" she screamed, and fainted again.
? ? ? ? By this time Professor Porter and Mr. Philander had come up.
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