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The Wingham Times, 1896-09-25, Page 2Jlt.lAffArtytloant:' •. � i but went on tike the et'y or a' tiger thirst- ing,. for meat. Ilcr ciatppecl his panels against lilt Melte, kicicecl olr both his slippers (Which the Nubian of the fan impassively restored to ]rile, reeeiviug its acknowledg. hent a violent kick in the stomach), and la •traved other Symptoms of strong feel. 1 lg. Gradually the waves of emotion be- ta. -310 lese agitated, 1uu1 allowed flint to e .n ploy 1UUrlan methods ol.peech, Ale ra•on Pitelia " he said; "I have been c i. t ,icmtnC. heard. report's 0f yon which 1iva.(' Ire'" -wash II you. You have 'n, and made t tins look different, am stere indigna't ar before, and somebody must bekilk•dbut I alit williee it elmnicl not be you. Yon have spoken of Hatipha;it shall be! I w 1 disci nine hung I Will Grew off his !tide a strips atn inc wide. I will hurts ualt 'sees with ht neea'.es. I will tear on his tongue, and cue of his hauds a3 fee to • I Will rub his cereals with red pep end sirup, impale him upon a stake te11;43 et long, and , i Set heli a)L'1 Ie public k)t 1 c t sq for f the e flies to sat. Yea, by the heardheardof the prophet, he shall be taught etiquette!" Meryon maxed :and shook his head, "The Punishment is too li;;lt:. ' !w finally said. "f "(CC•:uh'ily, 1 nt elft be satisfied with it, fvr I ;.:n more tu•• •i •' 4 ]n •- •b ndc• tad•.. � Lt}3 tit - rt "AND IT'.S> T• +"t FAULT." ed than as woman. It ,he doll's offense demands some r"` ll adequate penalty. I think I tenet hay hill). boxed un Ind seat to Now York to he naturalized and ran for mayor on his! scowl. 1 t is uecca- • sary, too, that nlyOWEE countrymen should ; see that my honor IA vindicated. I will think it ova. In the alleautinte I hint r be shadowed." "Is the penalty you 1r Win„ a 41 one?" asked the pried. 3feryon smiled wt�'1rily, "Merely to k read the account of item the newspapers is punishment enough fr most crimes," he .; I replied.- "I hate to inflict it; but mercy is one thing, weak indulgence to sin, such as : r your proposition w(aflet 'mount to, is another. .a.nd from the reputation of the tl woman I marry every sl edow of a stain r' must be removed." ? , )1 "As," to that." sairl) the Nees. • a a �I' R IS I N N HAM 11)1E8, SEPTEMBER ? , 1 t'�t "lin' letter which I tuts to take to you ally will make me known also to your ,011, WELL, T DON'T c.ui s IF I I)O," enemy, if he searches me. He would treat lee 04 a spy and 1 should have no ground of complaint." The prince smiled an oriental smile. "Yon awe prudent and far-seeing, Ieryou Paella," tend he. "But if I protect you from this peril, will you accept the ad- venture?" "Oil, well, I don't e' re if I c1o," replied the other, twisting his reel n4a'trachios. lie alrencly had a glimpse of an expedient for making the affair serve his owu pare poses. - tt is well," said hi, highness, "Return t(1lC t n at N1 DUSA to -day o ck ' ay aur, I will give you t):' final directions." "'Ali right," returned Meryon, briefly, and the interview ended. replied c el I P tneAn American, nonchalantly s fine it into that roceptacie,. "Perhaps it is its well so," said highness, thnugiltfully, "If den threatens you can reieliiy s4vayilow It," added. "Remember. )ber. Meryon eat, 1 worth the ransom of a icingciom,'' "What? this thittgi" exclaimed, afery slapping his pocket with at con tent pttt sm l ,. fe. 3 I less yott, the buys where 1 Co from use things like this for sinkers wh they go fiishing! (i•ood•hyl" On returning to his apartments ho s for I;bat# to tell 141411 of his elmnge.1 p poses. The boy \vats not to he found. ' hour for starting cause, and still no Ela .After Ivnitiva for the nog po'siltlo tnome 11e wait fumed to set out with this imp taut derail left at 100se ends. IIe was nt (we and rather cross. Ile cared tau for Ebel th8a for auyone in the count except'Terah, and feared lest some lnisl4 haus overtaken 11101. The parry consisted of two camels with their dri vers—one of wiunu was the guile —1Wade(1 with aferyon's luggage, and he hanstei ou his horse, tt thorough -bred Arab. The twenty utiles to the border was traversed without lueldedt. As they crossed the lint: the moon mase, in its third (marten, throwing thele long; blltal- $1ndnn'x before theta on tttr 5(1)4(ty plan Its 13ultt illso dimly' revealed the )tl.ex a the great rock a;)p' 1141014 TLB the 1 rysti„ plata. :a 41(1 where !t• frits still 'ieryou intent ion to (41:111) for the nierlat. Meanwhile, he antic:ipnted beim: sto11'o by the ()lacers of custorus, for his patsepor which trace 141 48:(liate55; but tame i1 peered, and they kept on. An hoar masher travel brous;ht theta to the grea rock. The picturesqueness of the seen pleased 31etyud's artist eye. 'Ther rook Ives of a notably conical shape about a !hundred feet high. It stood in th midst of a baere) " platin; but 448000(1 i their roots:lour:she(1 by the waters of a )'11444 winch t 1 etl ) nbl I • )cal front filled it wide sLOue 14115111, was aground " tall pal4ns and great hemispherical angos. All was silent and deserted in lent nxoothlight. In the base of the rock as a narrow opening leading to a 800111 ve or cell, formerly, according to trauia on, occupied by a saint and hermit of•su- pernattu'ad powers, lieryon looked i'rt - 1 it, and saw n space about eight feet in (.iia - f, i mater, hewn out of the solid rock. By s heetping a fete loose bowldere at the en- trance it might be made 14 dungeon more secnre than a chamber in a New York safe- deposit company's vaults. The animals were watered and fed. The eatuelssquatted down in their usual absurd fashion, with their legs curled a under them and their noses on a parallel with the - horizon. The drivers curled up best tat. boor little kid?" muttered 11e, compassion- ately. Theu I Iron he gave a sudden start, and stared ger I in the youth's. face. Ebal's soot black he I hair, his eyes and features; but this sup- e is i ple young body which his arms held was i the body, not of a bay, but of it girl! no on, almost dropped her in astonishment, ons ( "Terahl what, Teraih? Well, by the me great horn spoon: Why, you cunning lit - on ale sweetness!" Here helcissedher, "Tuck- ered out, ell? I should think site might! oat t And all eel° alone! !Whet because of int•- 1libal? I'a e t The princess `vas nearly at the end of 0t or - 111 ire 1•Y ap ter tauter. Being an oriental, site did not faint; that art is little understood in the east. But 513e rested in her lover's arms like a little sack of soft peaches, anti did not in the least resect his deinonstrations of affection, �� ((Light of any soul," she murmured, ane I safe? Oh, I ata so thirsty—and hungry! 011, such a ride! That hard sad- dle—I can hardly move my legs! Are we alone? It's so strange being without 1L veil! These men's clothes -,flow I must look!" ?lferyou set her down on n pile of rugs. beside the spring. Tie got a bottle: of wine and some food, and meds her as comfort- n- able ars 1:e could. "You look like Inn angel," be said; "though not like a. male one, in spite of that rig. You're feminine, s my (sear, inside end out. Luckily that Ii l'4b streak in you—wherever you got, it tin•--klba4l has it, too—peeps you front being C3 so plmnp as most of'ein; and that burnous h- doesn't tell much; stili, tile sex is written S all over you and whoever takes you fora t. boy is an ass. But what about Ebel? e What's the !natter that he didn't escort you?" The princess, whom the wine was be- e ginning to restore, laughed faintly, as i t, schoolgirl over some bit of roguery. �� ee xchnng ed dresses e e5 a u h and !ince • } 5, lord of cry heat•!,"sand she. "Alt, I often wish- ed. before I got here, that I Wats safe back among the soft cushionslarnt410. But now I am glad; and when I have smoked some cigarettes and bad a good long sleep, I shall be :dl right.." "This is going to b;4 the devil," thought t. eon (referring to the situation.) '(Here o site is dressed Iike my footboy land acting 1 like the princess! We ought to he off in s ail licit., end sale's booked, herself for a nine hours' nap Hannibal getting his army over the Alps was nothing to Why gettiug this girl over fifty miles of fiat' plain. I must try fixing her abed on camel back, and letting tike !:east rock her to j sleep, And Ebal—by the way, 'Perch," he said Aloud, "how is it about Ebal? I)o you menu he has taken your place as pritacess ill the haarem? But beano found out, won't he? and ' ul t t4 hat tli they do with Y hint then?" "Where are tate cigarettes?" demanded f 1 the pein(:e4s. "Ebel. Ob. the prince will i 1 impale eim, I suppose, Or perhaps, since he's so young, he will only bastiultdo hila f I 11 ni f m 1 CHAPTER IV, ai An hour after sunset Meryon, mounter.' or ore a thoroughbred Arab curl followed by m two camels Clearing leis luggage, passed si out of the gate of the city and set•llis ; 4I C')nrse towards the west. A good many i ca things had !happened since We sa4Y him ; ti te:5t Ebal, on hearing the result of the inter view, had declared that it meant lnischie and begged to be take, along to share hi master's fate. i-feryou hint ft lntlf-formed scheme to profit by the confusion in the !harem caused by the disgrace of I1atipha, to Carry oft the princess; but the only way to effect it was to have her join him that night beyond the boundary of the princi- pality, p, 1 y, 44 hick was not' more than twenty utiles distant. ley the connivance of Sen and t )0 bel) of Ebel lti • g 1 ttsrt might t , beac- complished; and the latter eagerly agreed to attempt it. There lied not been nineh rune to arrange the details of the plot, but a trystiug place was fixed upon—a tall, sainted rock near the caravan road, in the enemy's country. Reese Meryon was to •alt six hours; if Ebel and the princess lid not appear within that time, he was to rest44ne that the plan llndlniscarried, and eep on alone. aleanwhile ie transpired that FIatipha tad escaped; when the prince's guards went to get flim, he luta vanished. It Was lot surprl:cing; the War scare threw every - ling into a !hubbub, Had the American of been rendered so conspicuous by his fission, he might easily have spirited way the princes:i himself. Late in the fternoon a report that the princess' mo - them and mo- natfiral suavity w "-nose Y as 4uta1}u:„ "though I su o promptly went to sleep. lfer- you die] not feel sleepy. He wandered abo at, thinking over what 11ad happened, and speculating as to might be to conte. It was like a mixture of the Arabian Nig hts a11d a comic opera at the Casino -- this predicament into w1,i0h his artistic and susceptible temperament mid devil- may-care habit had brought hint, No doubt his mother -wit and audacity had that clay eared his neck, but only to put it in yet graver jeopardy. Again, supposing all to turn out well, what sort of a1 figure would 111x oriental bride cot in the clraaw• Ing -rooms of the Four Hundred, and at Newport, Lenox and Bar Harbor? "She'll cut a swathe—that's what she'll do!" said he to himself, with a chuckle. But the chuckle died away. Hose about has belii 11 „ caged for a4 spy? P. -ould Ebel succeed in bringing ]ler to - lit? The lover hoped ardently that lie 1c1; then the Ivan of the world took a d, and hoped lie would 1(ot. The tui- 1.. ose 4:•1 i t• t l i t - her had, 1 PP of r. been C taken a @ Il t Ci i CII ' 3 f 1 curs i riaientl • 3I r o f and your y 1 n lcled to ti nation is true, • n the L .l D When c still . 01)(4](1 easily ---ter confusion. re el) Meryon ~vent to the W0 easily— have your ho",d cut off, and say to prince for his farewell interview, he was Iron y came to ask) that half mimed to proclaim and put himself Ilan b some! at the head of a revolution y somebody else. , depose his vee �i Y im your people (when t yout !rad been kill • , and what you Say about the )rincess is ccr'tein`y �ucce�slthl..11e r 3 true, for Ilatiplet hi 'self told err so—and •, o tfinallyresolveda against cent other things! So It should like to have ir, from re! mance to be left with king- cess you fora son-in-Ia44'especially if it would dom on his hands so far from leew York, Pres benefit my kingdolnl But bow would it and with the home policy still so strong ' Til benefit it?" But I, too am tender-hearted, °L odds Were in favor of such a prove being of, titre was Its uear being desperate as it highness, and 1(44:111:10 his throne. The coni (1 be, already; with her to take care t would lap over about ninety per . on the wrong side. No; the prin- was safest in her own harem for the eat. e moon mounted to the apex of tho e of heaven. In another hour or two aeaanst aulrexatrans. He afterwards was l dont "Well, looking afy it stri0,tly as a fierce- i sorry he had been so fastidious. tial measure, I sho ltl say. it would benefit Ile found the prince entirely atone—di- you about a late of �:rupees' worth a year, vested for the moment t even of his Nu- verplikely more-4vhat with th Mans. He produced a writing clone in -visitors a S,lmr1ior minute characters on very thin t therm, set- , the boom in trade and new open- , , Ings fur unmarried ladies," After It pause , friend forth thaie t the rI was the trusted s• to he added: d sed•I'113takelind her.3Le\Iy 1 system's yet got a (describe the situation and demand help. bad shc:cic that day, and I luny never *et Ni-11en :Meryon had finisbe(1 rea!linY this • over it." b Iles highness drew from the folds of his • The prince was silent for a long time, 1 robe small opened gold box ere richly ornamented,h n e - doing more thinking than was perha s ' nodit ruby good either for him or2leryorr. At karst he Itltunt two inches in length, and shaapecd ..said: like a much elongated egg. Meryon could "Allah is great. Man knows little and , not repress 14n exclamation of surprise; ;sometimes lies. Your words, Meryon I 14440 a a stupe was never before seen; it .Pachamay be truth or not. You wish to (couli3 not be bought for a room. full of live; you also wish, I think to marry ray ' rupeee. . .daughter; but whether you desire the good : 1,$ prince twisted it between his fin - of my kingdom 18 ns yet hidden from are. ! get:s, and it carne apart; it had been mit in But there is a wa ifyon choose, to prove 1 two and holfuwe(I out, and the parts Inane it." y' • to screw together. The letter WAS now "Yes?" returned 2feryon, in an indlffer• ' roiled ftp and inserted into this pr•eoions • eat tone. ; box; so there was a vast fortune and a i "Yes. This morning I have news that ' Theesa43 of life and death all done tip in a4 ' the prince, my nearest neighbor, is g;)gng i 1)81)4el the size of a man's little finger. The i to make war mime. Ian) unprepared end ; prince 11andecl it to Meryon. eed help. Beyond the country of my en- i "Do you expect me to take the respon- my lies another kingdom, whose king: is ' kibitity of lugging a bomb shell like tier y ally. If a messenger front me weld i about the country?" demanded the latter n e m recoiling. rea him nm in three days from now I should i "I)catti is powerless against him who be safe. But if I send one of my ow nsub- • Carries it," replied the other. "It is a tale jects he would be stopped and slain, for ; ismer', the greatest treasure of my dynes - his speech and features w0nid betray h1111, ; ty; till now no unbeliever has ever seen it; But you, Meryon I'acha, could go in safe- judge then of the confidence I repose in ty,for there , eisno4varlvi. with your country, yen! When you arrive hero with tate !army and since yot4 are a sovereig;t, 14143'014 S y, of my ally, and give me hack the hollow and able to destroy, all who injure you, ruby, I will in return give you my other you have nothing to fear. I will give you greatest treasure --trey daughter, the I:)rin- a Message to my ally which will tell hint cos''1'erah—to be the bride of your heart that you are my friend and are to be my and the queen of your harem." son-in-law, and that 111y kingdom im, 3n "This old pouter -pigeon," said Meryon dange'". Now, l4feryon Paella, will yore (lo to himself, "has been smart enough to see this thing to win the princess anti Save the that 1)y putting me upon honor he can get kingdom?" the best of me. IIe has me on toast. I 'F11t American refleet11(1 a mnntent. The must countermand the orders for the •print , was ingeniously beating hint With elopement, and play straight ball! These Iris own stick, so. to say. The threes of maenads are too much for ue after n11. Near was probui)ly; a fact; but the s(•eret ISashtet! Ilau(1 it over, then," the added .elnbaray W4114 (ln4 ieed ats:1 means of getting aloud, as if the precious object were a rid of hire %11thnt;rt s eeniclg to (1()'40. On chocolate mamma the other hand ((s •00: 1 red, after 141.: late "How will you carry it?" asked his magniloquence, decline to ('.., Ina a;t!tee h3glinees. fatller-ilr-last. t•O oste1).-'7 ' f t i1,• it .:< :•rl.' '. „ 'There tee., 1•:t 1n my waistcoat pocket, of course." ante week lc 1,11.111 in hie big. ' .... .,. , .. ,. 1 put hal finger int THE IRI I" .omT< DE, POP -ND. dawn w0nld begin. It became chilly. . The stit;,lness was broken only by tate low gurgling of the toeing, a sigh from the • t carpels, or the 4014,1(1 of the horse cropping a e the heritage. .. Thea .. ,. artist thought ht he 4v turn in for (41h hour's nap. Hark! Quid i er A noise like a faint pulsation, far off'. It d grew strop •er but be f,could old u of yet fl its t y s • direction. It came nearer. 14 ryas top- pl proaehing from the city. A horse—a sin- b Isle horse; l.bal, alone; he had not, ho blonllt II Torah. "confound hiul!" nluttcrilci gag to 1114 Month, an bullet wound in lits shoulder, as gash in the back 011ie head ands splitting headacihe. A raging thirst beset hint, Biding'rani hint the feet than he was also. fainting with hunger. The first thing he did was to feel in Itis pocket. The ruby' (as he expected) was.gone. In his groping, however, his hand came in Contact with his canteen, which he had filled at the spring just before Tenth's arrival. After a1 fierce struggle be sue- eee(ied in getting itis .gamg. off awl. took a Oink—the hest drink ho ever lied, before or after. Why lutd he been gagged at 4111? Wily shut up In the rock? nets were several perplexing features about this affair. Meanwhile he was not going to submit without a struggle of being buried alive. He got to his feet and dragged himself to the doorway of the cave, re- vealed by gleanms of light conning through chinks, and found it stopped, by a mass of reek, With •�1l his remaining might be gave this rook a ktclt; to his aastonlsluneut it fell outward, being only at slab resting against tile aperture; he staggered over it, out into dazzling daylight, and into the arms of a tune in European dress, who ex- claimed in some surprise; "Hullo, Fred aferyonl I Wright have known it would be you," in the voice of his old friend, Horace Chase, the surgeon. Meryon said: "Great Scott, Horat:el" and fainted --trot being aft oriental. The meet[tig hltd come about thus: The English had 1L "post" i,11 the capital of our prince's alley, and hearing that a row was brewing betweeu the two other principal- ities, sent 1a detachment out to stop it. Chase 18001 with it to cut off arms and legs in case anyone was injured. After traus110tions wbiclr do not concern us, they got 041 the trail of a4. marauding party and captured tlaalh with their booty, among which was a young pet :you caressed like re boy, but lit a {rlunderneath.c•l g .�,tb said she Inns ft princess, and told a queer tale, iu consegnene° of lyhich they kept on until they came to the tall, conical rook, and were about to investigate it when it open- ed and out poppedlloryon, its we have seen. Among the prieotlers wars al, fat old per- son whom the p811400ss dcnonnced as her father's chief eunuch, a fngitivice from justice, and tbo shooter of her toyer, This creature, tnp041 1116088eaa41011, denied. not only Wllltt was cheet;ecl I:gninstInge but, most shrilly of all, SJa;,ething Ivhicli was not, namely, that he had taken the hollow ruby, Farther inquiry developed that he had got toge44ee his b;utcl of cut- throats ostensibly to \V:aylay Meryon and capture the princess, Who was to be held for ransom; but he himself had secret knowledge of the ruby. and d0$Igtte(1 to get that for himself. Accordingly he had shot Meryon, gagged hila lest lie recover and swallow the stone, and deposited the /ody in the rock, meaning to sneak back unobserved and !hunt for the jewel at Ill- eisure. Fate lead then stepped in stud aid hint by the heo15 as narrated. What was the hollow ruby? the Eng- 35hmon wanted to know. Tenth told heal; though it was brews to her that Bryon had ilad it in his keeping. \V; liere, hen, wilts the hollow ruby nolo? IIatip1la -as not only searched outwardly, but fed ora clay or two on a diet of castor oil and 0rtpsttds, to 110 purpose. l.ieryou's clothes be beiu4 still utleuuseious lu the deli4ium f fever—were examined; and they even scnrt buck and searched the cell in 4110 rock, The ruby was not to be funnel. 11.4 this jua .rr s1fC 1r. came to himself, , learned from his friend Chase what bud going b r, n on, and svelte. It should be ;.romised that the English had brought their prisoners to a city of the hostile country; and that q'eah bad become an object of general admiration. That old swine Ilatipiia has it, depend it." seal :1f<daya0u. ---�:.d�3r:'s?; <: ••E�, tea, • ✓ • "WE EXCHANGED DI(I•)5545 AND PLACES." j on and out• off bil bend. I (1oa1't know, but Tribal won't Mind; it Was he that proposed (el the exclemece; and lie's only a slave you ' Io know. Where ata I 40 sleep?" "You Won't sleep at present," returned the .American, with sudden sternness. "Listen fo me! Do you (44011n to say, seri- ously, that Ebal will be killed for getting you oft?" "We can cut hitt open. There's nothing se left to do to him," said the always 4v -voiced and undemonstrative C11ame in She stared at hinh with eyes of lazy ! 4 1•e wonder and laughed. "Light of my soul, if be had deceived , you like that, would not you kill him? } � Bfsuhiliah! My father is a main." 2•Ieryon jttulded to his feet. i'pre "I'll show yon and your father the sort (leg of r4, man I am!" said 1)e. That boy 18 1104 1 1 going to be killed. '\\'e are going back 40 Ant prevent it. Lblal impaled --I I;uess nal of This elopement is indefinitely postponed. 1 „ Why, what a cold-blooded little thing you m1• are! The embassy nifty go to the devil! ((• Iiey, you fellows: 'Wake up and pack, do ! you bear? 'We're going home. hallo! (sm, What's all this?" They were surrounded by a score of ly„ armed ber:,cued, among the foremost of ? she whom MMeryon recognized the fat figure , atbo and mahgnant grinetee of his enemy, lu)( IIatiphp, With 41 huge pistol in his hand. I' 1Ln t 11810 a dreamy, professional tone. "But I fancy you s4vallo4ved it yourself." "With that Stag in my jaws? But I see your game. Yon 4'ILInt to incise my epi - ererarl11uh and ger, the glory of an operation. All. th.', ht. Only, u13nd you. if ever I get 11 ngain, I'll give you such a licking 'Don't excite yourself; I won't risk it ea, for my oa1er,Ltiuus always suoeeedl is w"tn)d of yours is enough for the !xe n t," • \t, by not try the experiment of remove the Inners?" 4rr0ivi031 :Meryon, testily. 'Dear boy, it just went in at One floor out Tat the other, Here's the aperture exit at the back." I can feel it all the sante. Why doesn't princess come and nurse me?" Your princess?" Chase repressed a He. "She's busy." What the devil do you menu?" Look here, my boy," said Chase, gent - "don't agitate yourself—but what is , anyway? You were always la fool ut girls --it's your temperament, you m; bat you can hardly be quite such nt ecile1ts to mean anything serious h her?" "Dr. Chase, I oonsicler your rernarite clammed insulting! I want n0 more of '31411 I shall marry the princess and take ]ler to New York and > , 1 Whoever doesn't t pay Y her proper respect Its my !rite, will regret iunderstand," t, do you .The surgeon was imperturbable. "Yon to 4) uldhty have had her boy • . tel up iu the herein and expressed through to yur New York residence, and married her as she stepped 04.11; and afterwards keep her in the meat - safe, or some equally cool and secure re- treat. For, to he frank with you, she hag been carrying on here in a manner that many be natural to an oriental princess 4cith atatste for variety loug eeteressed nod finally indulged, but which, were' she my fiancee, would make a mutclerer and sui- elcle of me in fire minutes. Why, you gretatred-he4nded calf, if she'd been able she would have married by this time to • the entire detachment, front the drumnier- bey to the Captain, Y'ott Can punch my tread, you know, but I'm giving you cola facts. 04 coarse I don't blame her—who worlkl? Its the way she's made, and would be just right in a +�autch-girl•—batt a3 Mrs. Fred aieryon, of 2.1nrr:ey Bill and I3eacon street, ell? Come, than, •swallo48 your 1 CHAPTER 'V. The battle (considering the romantic environment) did not amount to match. 21etyon began it with two impulses, both foolish. The first 4v117 to put himself be- tween e t I'er;th at � . and danger—which, mime an were both alrencly surrounded by the natty, u 1o5sibl a en cePt he formed mc d imself into a 11011048 square, which is ell known to bo impracticable. Itis /next Ott Was to swallow the bollo4v ruby, hick would have resulted, Ilial he 11Ccom+ ished it, in his being east asunder like a can pod, for the sake of what was inside. c put his hand to his pocket 34nc1 felt the ttby there, but it hadslipped through a ole andlodged in the lining. "While he as frantically fishing for it, he hearderah ory out; the memory of his dream as11ed over !lint—but whets the b}nek 0untains andthe embroidered 0(4441e? e felt a burning, minibing sensation in s right shoulder and would leave fallenver backwards but that he finis mint theher way by a bang on the back: of the ad; After which he kne481notlhing. Death is said to bo a painless operation; ten Meryon carne to himself he was as - red of continued existence by the exeru. ating discomfort 4vhiclh he suffered. Ile was in a small dark place—the cave lit the 0 lover. "A good thing, tool" retorted the 11 sante person. The horseman, whoever he 184.8, now !j'' mute up rapidly. yet, in that strange light, f% it was difficult to distinguish him. Al nl times he utterly vanished, liken phantom; If thou he reappeared, sha(loW-111{0; each Ili time nearer. All at once, as it were, up o 118 rade hi flesh cad blood. Yes, it was of Ebel. be "Well, my boy, so you didn't get herr" said Meryon, stepping air. Ebel wag r.4.1- wl deafly lnneh exhausted; he reeled 341 the su saddle, and Would have tumbled ofr if .( Merron had not caught hilar. 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