? ? ? ? "There was something most startlingly familiar about him," exclaimed Mr. Philander, "And yet, bless me, I know I never saw him before."
? ? ? ? "Tut, tut!" cried Professor Porter. "Most remarkable! Who could it have been, and why do I feel that Jane is safe, now that he has set out in search of her?"
? ? ? ? "I can't tell you, Professor," said Clayton soberly, "but I know I have the same uncanny feeling."
? ? ? ? "But come," he cried, "we must get out of here ourselves, or we shall be shut off," and the party hastened toward Clayton's car.
? ? ? ? When Jane turned to retrace her steps homeward, she was alarmed to note how near the smoke of the forest fire seemed, and as she hastened onward her alarm became almost a panic when she perceived that the rushing flames were rapidly forcing their way between herself and the cottage.
? ? ? ? At length she was compelled to turn into the dense thicket and attempt to force her way to the west in an effort to circle around the flames and reach the house.
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