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I Cl...�t.-i In 0 �_ I � . I . ,-%-II.,.-,!- I walked slowly� derodi Pros set park choosing his words With reat delibera- "Ah, then you do trikst me?,, * o�, , ,links ., re far inore. se thq house.
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- Ue came ba�,k in tin hour, and the aelf," she communed. "If. -It pleases knew ome portion of he'� story lie ,work, M iss Deaner," he cried. "We have I r u le _ �,
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tl . ere deeper, than be- Providence -to spare us from - ese sav- would tell. The rema dekI was of tgossipea here until thellre grew t1red,.' useful O" 's I I . -,,
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��r fore retiring to rest, they discussed for i i minor I nportauce. , I , lat -
4" Core. ) ages, what does it matter to me how I lof our company, ; To bed, please, al ' __
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7 I (nul-I tLe luind,redth time the probabilities of ., known i I thq girl the materials for a , th4 trees to the right heralded a � i2
I . � "A false alariu," lie said cu'rtly in re- ,1 long we remain here? I bi �ve never "It Is odd," he conrtin d, "'that you ;once." .
� v�jll I . sv.vAly succor. This led them to the I t - � L . � . i I'dramati iapplarition were hidden 9:mid I Kned rush on the Belle Vue castle. : I
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I been so happy before In life.. 1.60 should mve alluded to a t years a mo- � Iris caught him by t1i I . I . I I
- . 4ponse, to her queatiornhig look. my . - e arm. I I L He 'cudgeled I .
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I topic (if avjhlblel suppli I never )�Ill be'again . i of, the bus uTar the wel I The noise made by the savageS WM I
� es, and the. - - . ft I It were not t a - t1 I alx�'years a]- I "I will pray tonight - anAevery i4ght, , $1
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aziled . is�� - I berself to wal� steadily past him on , for my � father's i I most to, a day since the' oublo Degan." She said solemnly, ;,t ., , fects-of! , � so -great, the screams of bewlldor4 .
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. i,bo�; I 1� Made. . I /I ould not have a care in the world. I � . , , I -_ I b1tds circling overhead so incelssantV 4 I
- h-111. . -, � her way'to thewell. This was diEtcono w I I . "With Lord Ventnor?l The ame name may be cleared. in 'the eyes of all � 6A
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4 — , Perfected his defenses and anx- "Have you?" he exclaimed blammy. thought'or tried 'to persuade herself tO apply for an appolntme� it on the po- tribulation which brought this wom h t-4 � She would have answered, but No +
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1, � 10usiy - scannea the ocean for sign of ,,y - litical Ide of the govej nment of In- Into L16 life. , Ile had traversed th . I placed a restraining band on her sliol$-
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I .frieudly smoke or hostile sail. This re. . feel very awk)V rd, but they're bett,eil ' a. I did so. He suppp. pli. f rag
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. 'Which removed two lingers ,and part of I f and the man who was so devo0d I got 1 larded, I was i� i & marrying bakin' - , Ibm i � � Il
- She blushed fmiouqw, to the sallorld g hot day the rocks were radlat $t of xistence usuany f* .
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I Wured limb without a curse. ' warrantable stigma when -and she I. reg , -1
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of time on the rudely made sundial, slight that any woman can manipulate I the dim light that penetrated through 'g:kt e time my opinion wa's biased. 1;pv�ard shaft and the danger of a. sud. J, "It y6ii lare going own I must come I t. � . 4 4L �
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:ea . . I When the urgent necessity for coa- #-� - 1,1 - 06 usuall go to I ngland f r their -wives. tomed limits, had tillsturbed one of the I' beirribI �, I until a low .hiss be- - - -
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- and read, not 7olumes which appea-led I him n act, in defea�se : ihuv7,le loaders, sounded the death knell ' side a, X she mur, gasp. . �
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� _y i - 2-' � gol-ug Dyaks are pirates and niaraud- .. � - . . . - � - . witli frantic a , ; " i
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� she lnshs,ted tha Id after due'refiection- �What a vet'3olUckY employ. Instead of -taking the ( Z h one hand, he � iroWhat is it?�, whIsperod
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I - . ni It yielde(j a keen delight to -botb and women. Now, ir they return and i hours. . At last he emerged,grimy with- - TMorris, . yo . u: " � `�,_J _ .
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IN study of Wildlistani. Ills metbod was - � clili)eqe regiments, I sent In my name I . 49 I . -
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cs , I She well knbw its grave ipportancei . � Iris, fully dressed, was out In]; a M()�- . P - I �
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= I IDL detail 1N eomponelit part& , She I her wor0s," the said, ,11 . . t-11116 ment. � . � - - � I ! -
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. Iris bad long recovered. her - L "B � . I ,ruaint Irft .,
I I I be�seen by them dressed only, in male I
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I . I knitted, ijer j)rows in the eff'ort to ma,q- . . I tie] Co,�tobell, but some malicyn star "They have come!" ' she whispered. "It w1ga not exactly a pleasant oper- with'tbe actual details 6f the artificei
. � ?Is - ; . I state of high spirits. . . . P It "Yes," was I o .,#
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.1 ter the ridiculaus *Coll) P! exi ties of , by -Y�'re're you burrowing, in the ation- b�-t the only laws of necossitZ that had been so potent Her allusion '
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� 11 ,�Ie 11 ' ' 'wblch must be broken." . 1 to the box orwater sodden match- .-
I ?_1 - ge M1 . cavern again?" she Inquired. "Are you 1 1 11
Zan =._ , which, instelad Of siJ11l)l3* s , ' I
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Ing "Take" or "Brin, " compels one'to -I have sorme hope that they may -,no -t dis- ., ty, I et him occasion .and we ve - 4
- I- f - - in a burry to get rich?" _ , '. I - I She uo#erstood that he did not wisk had given him th6 notion of utifflzing 9
� I cover our -whereaboats owing to the ding with the insidious attacks of �Cu 11,
ike-,u" and T�ike-cowe-" . f ound e did not like eq h other any w I I
4 Pqrhaps . as an active k1ly the blea,ahed remainig K
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: say 'IT,, i 14 was following an air shaft, not a . : � pi I her to #pstion him further.
� -fle(l s, 1110011 --that qf I' precautions we have adopted. Perehed � � derl Be lively! They 1 . r -
� 01le proll"It.1-1 d( (� � lode,'! lie replied. "I am occasionally i . � i curlosit*.,�j now that lie was safe, might I of the poor f ellow -who bad long'agai - 4 .
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up there on the Jedge, we will be pro- � will not:b they I I
, � . n't foe Irls. The united i : '
� I providing rwrue - I troubled with after wit, and this is ,in better. , My horse beat s far the Pa. .
. �_ , � have va�nqulshed her terror and led to . fallen a vietim to this identical mob 4'1� A
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=comfortable, but that Will I . I �t , diffical I
. - A ; lack up such a row at the first -hroats oir associat6s. H* -
� ,.,Wor and herscif woul - urdle hdndicapi, , oor!l . �
. skili or tli( 4, lid 1� instance. Do you remember how the goda � Dld Sul- auoth4r Idemand for enlightenment, but , of cutt , orth 1
2 g if Its, ty. Aill, i�e w111 take .no risks. Cast ,
� not induce luiraveled. corda,gle to 1,111)JA; be notliln ecures our safety." ' . __'
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' flame of the lamp flickered while we tan, I onder where he 14 noWl" tit that JJ,stant the sound of an�.,itngry I had� g. es.from
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_r 'It was either She did -not teply at 6hce. Then � down dose spare lines when you reach J _� , i the crunching of coral away tbeIr resting place near
I the need of thread. I "Colo el Cost . Voice an4 the well, -
� tdo obell fell Ill, 1&nd the rub. J
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- * 1.0 she said musingly: "FortY-fQur dayal were openin- up our mine?" - the top and 4aul away when I say
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. weak or too knottY.,alld u](1,11IN - � comma � d of the regimen� devo, I I - . 1,
. l 11- to -nec n-ampli time to � 'lleadyl' � You will- find'everything to � _ . I
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. 0 "I was �o absotbed in contemplatin- on we, our on beJing absent in - - I*
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� I , -,. our the ChInalsea, from end to end ; I � , -1 I I hand i�p there." i I I , I
� Jenl..s triv(l the flbers of trees the . r5c i Ior. The - t 0 �1
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I !_ . - D'Ur prospective wealth that I failed to the co1oAel19 wife, unhap- . ' "They zr �re, coming by way of the arranged them ,with gbakly effec lx�
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I Mi sineNv,, of 'Wrds--every poss-lble expedl- I er ) al3a.ndo i h'o' � t.hg pay, heed' to the true significance of pily, chqse that moment to 11irt, as peo- beachi at* k all,", whispered Jenks. the p1le of rubbish at the farther end' . I
. , I Pe until ho bad steady it for the girl's climb. Soon her I I I -11
. R . pie gay'l with Lord Vent#pr. Not ifay. I He wa�4 a mistaken In a'sense. Amoth- I of the cave, creeplug under the chev.h.01, I
I . out he cou�ld lilt upon-aud per-hal):3 .� �
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I , � intermittent &IJ19 de frJse for the purpose. � -f
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I most PositIve k_Uowledge� that the,gir- that Incl(Jent. It meanf the existence y of � minding � �St
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k"('r.1 ,�,.It.4 covering son�e weeks iu4 )earhed the advisabill� I of' � _111
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-i ,Uf - in . "All iIIght! Please Join me soon!" . *r outL � -1
I ri - I 11 - - I . . i!,;bwn� business, I remonstrated with . among trees on the nortb*sIde of ', � Though no I , -
G. - te, e:%" / I da.r: wis lost with all on b'bard.1% of aff up�ward current of air. Now,
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� Ue 1111h-1 The called up ropes dropped along
_40 . �, 1.Xy(l, ,,:i�c-uccded, But-Tuoderaj m. ' ' ' Rh long ochoolin I . �vllore the current goes th6re must be � I L . ' ,
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D! .. . beit; tl s n1king her M� deadly ene- the rldge Ohowed that some at leait of ! the pinle glImmerlug headless skneletoni, I
� '��-&'�,'u,�Iil(,ned by anlIffie (13-08 ' 1 ' answeri 1110ac ' - a passage�l and while I was busy'this . � -1
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: - 11 day makes the prospect of escape I : ' fiaVhet, bttmmer,, crowbars and other .
,If teruoon' among the trees over there" �
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infl, .,, L-,.� ,-- brighter. Though I was naturally dis- . " usetmI odds and ends were swung away _
— _,,i(:1,, ex,bz�ustive research. It clal mis Ion to a nelghbor�.ng t�
�amt . I - he pointed toward ,the valley of - I 0 I -tunately the fumes of the sulphur �
inus,f,I lb" rf,intiabered that ibe lady appoifited this ihornin' I jAust state d a detailed ifie for the mllit� y c6uge. 11 into the d0kness, for the moon as yet Dyak c f on t1fe nat, belt of slalnsl% rq oi _. . 9
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W I i I 9P I � th-"111, came to,ine like an inspira- sent a j nior officer. The . Mrs. C osto- 0 I . . " . , *ith bis, right arm 5IUUg*Rcrosx, his fea,on the bony substan e. lcy en"
� . Pa.1Z.0(41tt�_(111S- 'itq board the Sirdai: were � quite'emphatically that our Mcuo may, t1jon that possibly a few hours' hewing ,did not Illumine the crag. The sailor brea-st., I panied by not M -Ore than 1 iiiired a sufficient time . I
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� bell an he deliberately con ' cted a
�� 11re,;,,i,d +(,, ,,v* ,he tropics, aud the bard come any, hour.11 I;- 4�1i;l. :-0q,(- ' . � � darted in -to Belle Vue castle and kicked I I ,
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b- I - , , � . I I - 11 .� Z aud delving might open a sbaft to the � . half a =followers,, showed ,that a i Dygk -qN,ho caught a glimpse of thd I I -
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asae gj.�I4,ji by ins to her'scauty stock � I . plot to in me, he for th I sake of his . - i I
MI �_ . . I .Trim look,A, at 1xIm steadily. - I ledge. I have been well reN%,*ded for . � their leafy beds about �, a
. � old ani o'sity-you remei)aber that I few har r spirits had dared to P1815 nionstrous -object crouching in7lunilnoua V -
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�j,�4 '�' wa% nc_v(.r e-o,nterf.iplated by the Man- "Do you ,reme0ber, Mr. lenlis, that the effort.� The stuff in the vault Is so he slung all the rlifes, now live in num- the v . i . ;
1 -7 �, respqnsible I I r6 � of death, with all Its name-, horror � itbin the dismal efivern. _
flo - . *had also crossed his path'In'lDgypt- � , X I
. - : (.ht�' -r or Bradford looms 11 eaten away -by water that it Is '-no I I ber, over his shoulders and mounted ' less to I o -�. - I I I r,
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I . i' beca se she feared I d'speak .
; N , for ,he �11:mtbl,lity of the material. I the rope ladder, which, with the Spare I _ � I
. I might have t6 remain here . man niore solid than hard mud for the most
. . I Y. I to her h sband. On prete , se lot seek- �ibey a'i'�Iranccd cautiously enough, as the chief, whose T-olee wds ralsed in, ;
, �kc� 11he days passed the position be- I 1
,_ P cords, he drew up aiid coiled' with I I
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. 11 ; . months?"'- p, Already I have scooped, out a . though &Padlng a surprise. The chief I
: � , ' . - _ y advice she Invel -me at - eecli, could induce his '
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r. _ -cay�,,(_ irk.joiiie. it even threitened "Tfiat was a pardonable exaggera. chimney twelve feet high." Ing m . ,Fled caref uf method.. - I furlom - �
� � - ents to again:approach that affrigh ng
W1 coinpk,,te - eullar)S6 (luring some critical . L . �11 night int . a deserted corner of, the club carrJed ov bright pariing In his left t! .* 'I
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, MOrm,nt, aiid the two &tea,sil�ntly 9'ur- " j I grou-nds Hongkong. Lord Ventuor t.J.t� othei .
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. VI I � �Nlo,_ lk*as the tratIL *Tpu are "At bresent we bave only ti, I
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� . � xeyed the large number of merely male -Dol� . I . I appeared and as the upshot:ol! their I guns, tho�M swords being thrust through self, s 11 wielding his naked . � .
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: i_ I eekin"g-noW t6,bu falsb door -ug the face of the rock. Men ..,( I ' - ' the very doorway. A!
: I - 9 - t� I oy me Up.,with I vile stat ents, which created.an Im- HE sailor knew so accurately, , strode right 'up to-
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I q � ats and waistcoa`fs I - - e se . - I sl�i,lckeu with sudden stupor, he.gazed 4f
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I I I hope. it -i Is V,600 miles fr* Hong-' uiy wb.rk is, completed -before tomor mediate . roar, 1 -well, 'Affiss beane,'i the posit -Ion of his reliabl -11'�' though tlielr distant companions were
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3� - i bad long ;�eeu wearing those portione _; from Siam to Borneo., Th6 Sirdav " ba ck d o o r phase� of,the Imaginary conillet L
a - . I . Iris vi Idly recalled the a d the -cheval de frise with the pa -i
". a - , -1 I . nguish he ed !a aj-11rderous gang as they peered . -1 .
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ij of the dc,�tor'& unif-ona. But when it , I � � tug 11cre was someth
�. I : betrayed i when, this topic was'iiadver- 011 er'sa 40, op,en space, now brilliantly, p'. -
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it I pon. Didn't you say - o, . ould be first"outbreak of des
i , 1 me ta, the rest- tently br�'ached one day early, i� *their ill-Umin4tea by- the moon. ' sdlid. Then he dragged one-, of it
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. . � At last one memorable morning sh � 0 0 acquaintithee. Now he was n i . Jenks-� 44d a sudden IntuitiolL that wounded wen out into the mootligb:t. , �11
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Ir !A trods-:&the Rubicon. Jenks*had'-��b- i - . y . painful history with -the alT �f a man I the right0ing to do now was to shoot Again Jenks experienced an, Itching, -1
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z , the Suramit ro�k, - He I . far more concerned to be scrupulou'sly - tho. whi�je party. desir et throligh tim �
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I . came backwith the excitIng ne*-s that I � accurate than aroused In his. deepest .tbered a thaugh�� at once. All his preparations I D-yakls head. � � I
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1 V t : good,".. he, said weakly. I J "The advantages are many, believe I lich Is U .
i � .Ue thought -he could not be certaIrij- I I passions by,,. the memory 'of past were gbyerned by the hope that the And so passed*that ' i
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: � ; . I wrongs..W pp�ped in the in- pirates inight abandon their quest*,after f vauchsaff4d,by fate to few M � -
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: I- I fk* -v'aroff ioland. he could d1scerall Iris clasped her, locket. She, thoug1t 0 i most ,u I��e,. he told%himself, to A-nother vehement- haranue by the "
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she kne " I c Ditafei hostilities. Far better
W. � I In the hollow, an ad- , c- .,
r_-, Though he Yad eyes for st taint clGU4 . . 1n&a. sen- , onftio, t .
. )artners in all else. were we* to hold it, wh ' ' as 1, ca n go .. ,'The remainder may be told ilent company , , ge I -
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� ;_IT , lisbare 3Four dospair as well as your up and down our back staircase When- vance ,was, ultimatelsk made along the , , ' out of sl&t,� presumably to the 111AU A , 7-
A - z, � rt vapor at least fifty 'wiles � I I I tence," he said. "Of. what avail were, bl�, tha�,',Aslr, the Immediate discovery il
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q_ � ,;feeted nearer home. -WI.- report . '. � - I Z
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`6 I -1+ tood'iba" she ivould not'be now by, the light of your iamp," . nor and his unfortupate ally? Even ; " Ird sprl�ig guli. There was a tal�o, wbioW. shows how &'man may err Jured'Dyak from the vl(!UW 4f a& � �.l
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7. 'L � If her comp��nlon'& mind -were notw hol- denl�_d tlie fuli extent of his secreU, ., But,lrls protested against this ar- her bus6and believed her and, became and --another fierce ou .When, dver4gonfzed'by the da ger.of , cave.. but the celerity Of th6U VIOUUt - i
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I �L (Y monopolized by- the bluish . my bitter foe. Poor womaul I have it womaj I he loves.' The bold course - 'I in - �
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tected on the horizon he must have no ' in my heart to pity her. Well, that Is! - 'o biS fontinUed-)L :
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1� kt� - "I, �an only admit that you an arose'on'fhe ridge near the.North cape. � _M .:4 ti ,
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f I I right," he murmured. "We must PraY do not; pin me d;wa to -oomet ng I "Ati tbJ% rate of progress," said _1L � _:
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I �, � 1 that G6d Nvill direct our friends to,this told you a Xtilks to,the gfri, "they -1will"no1yeac 141 % : �
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i'l It did occu, m ounliquse until daFlIght." � . 1:
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� � eeived his momentous aiinouncemeal Ion of sympathy. "I almost wish they were here," 44at - � .,��
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9 �L I ; fly IhO or as little as jou think fit. Th' sub- ,,It seems so. But I have had my re. 64 opened, � 11ro 1, Y. thein In the ,,Vood, 0. 'I Of 4,� �_J_5 ��, � M
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