her father and Sing Lee.

Bulan saw them at the same instant, and as Virginia ran

forward to greet her father he staggered weakly to his feet.

Von Horn was the first to see the young giant, and with an oath

sprang toward him, drawing his revolver as he came.

"You beast," he cried. "We have caught you at last."

At the words Virginia turned back toward Bulan

with a little scream of warning and of horror.

Professor Maxon was behind her.

"Shoot the monster, von Horn," he ordered.

"Do not let him escape."

Bulan drew himself to his full height, and though

he wavered from weakness, yet he towered mighty

and magnificent above the evil faced man who menaced him.

"Shoot!" he said calmly. "Death cannot come too soon now."

At the same instant von Horn pulled the trigger.

The giant's head fell back, he staggered, whirled about,

and crumpled to the earth just as Virginia Maxon's

arms closed about him.

Von Horn rushed close and pushing the girl aside

pressed the muzzle of his gun to Bulan's temple,

but an avalanche of wrinkled, yellow skin was upon him

before he could pull the trigger a second time, and Sing

had hurled him back a dozen feet and snatched his weapon.

Moaning and sobbing Virginia threw herself upon

the body of the man she loved, while Professor Maxon

hurried to her side to drag her away from the soulless

thing for whom he had once intended her.

Like a tigress the girl turned upon the two white men.

"You are murderers," she cried. "Cowardly murderers.

Weak and exhausted by fever he could not combat you,

and so you have robbed the world of one of the noblest

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