Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-12-07

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seem 70 have lost your senses, Msnoel: Il
you are 20 mqch afraid, back, and will
wait until thes csme up sise slope again.
I'm g'dng - 80 that woman now, If have
20 'sait al nightr
They win never c0me up the siape again.
answered Nance, ssslemnly. But will
not leave you here, senior
Just rs you please returned Biilinyer,
without lOaking a. him. he gazed vacant
~ arr,~s the open space, brightly lighted
BY the nom. while be listened insently
Atiimes be thought be could here The muir
mur If suices aud the swapping of twigs
under Watssn's heavy shoes; then there
wouid be dead silence, unril he felt sure he
had heard onIy the light breeze stirring the
follage above him Idly has gaze wander
Ell along the dark line If tres acrssss the
clearing until they rested upsn one small
spot that seemed especially black Tnfent-
~ ms eye dwelf up,n IL until the intense
strain seem to affect his visi,n, and he
could have sworn that the spot novel. He
clssei his eyes fsr q moment 20 rest them:
when be kNsked sgain the SPIT was gone
Zone, but wherf Ii had not disappeared
entirely. for there IL was, some yards nearer
the nyer, aud Il Was moyin Z; IL ~as no op
hsn.el's aran aud pointed.
What 10 tina?
The snestizs, leaned forward and shaded
his eyes Carefully. "A man WIN does not
want IL he seea,' be whispered And
moving toward the river-tbwari them
In as instant bis OWE PREDICT N IL the amer
nsspn rushed back up IN hIm-the girl must
have other admirers A darA place and q
knife thrust f,r the iareignesi Are dy the
creeping figure VA disappearing down the
slspe- BeiIlnger tnok step E,rwari.
watson must be warned at all haz irisr
he exclaimed.
There was an irsttnt's pause while he
looked to see whether Manoei wa going To
ioiiDw him, only an instant, aud then b ,th
1T them cast all hesitate n to the winds. for
nj that m0inebt there rose cry from helow
the slope cry that never failed 10 stir the
most sluggish blood
Help
BIth the waiting men sprang forward on
the instant, inr he Vice was Wat-on's To
srilinger ~ seemed curlously smothered
lie 9. re over the ground al n fun tus pace.
Yet. even as he ran, he found MIN -eiftrv ing
"a account tIr Ia & cum u ,ninuati,n Bur
the mystery viii bs solved Ia moment
mofe, ipr they have aim 81 rcsched Tia.
crest Il the slope
Help
IL rang again in their ears lika the blast
III irn'npai, and il either If the run"er-
nal been capable Of increasing his spec d by
'hs fraction of second thai cry would
have caused lt for IL was cry of more
ia tn ar. at d. dly terrrr-such "A tom. a.
beiIinge 'uli never hav. believed pp>
>ible - is-us from his lends lips der
nrnVa.aIipn ntts Il
'narscter Is heightened by nn,dh rsnuud
That f'llowei it-a laugh, womsn's laugh,
Enthusiastically, aud, quite ss unmistake
tbi, a laugh "fintense amusement. What
1T oi woman must she be WIN could
augn at such moment?
III N, "a they reached the eige nf thu
bank, there came a splash thar CAUSED both
the men o. stop ins'inciively AMI li-ien
The rlver Was in plain view, stirred into
light rIppies by the faint night brerze; the
ir"dIng and the boats Law right beueaih
h-lr ewes But the landing vas deserted,
'hd every boat Was empty; a hurried glance
up and down the shore revealed only it,
'hnellness- Yet undoubtedly Watson had
been CT &c Ia them MT moment ago an
n had MT been alone. Bcilingrr shouted
nis name again and again A. he hurried up
ah1 dawn tie shore dIsiractedIy; aud On
echoes Cast II back irum forest aud from
-tream. But no other answer came
Aud M other answer ever came Th-
Indian hunters. hastily sum noued from TIL.
town, male out the track If a man VIII,
nad st'Ilen half way down from tie forest
ioward the river. an 4 nai returned in gre
IA ste, as the length Ot the siriies ciearl,
proved They found, To, the track III !.
nan in heavy shoes If tIreIgn make amd
tn' 80 Of woman vino waikei with HIM
their s,eps tel Ia the landing. but no ira..A
ted away from it., The river had the secret
aud the river cjuI be trusted To keep IT,
1t Vas the Witch Dolphin assrrte
danoel, positively, as hey d sputed III
subject Tor The last time. while the It'll,
steamer was fast nearing Para on the down
trip
Your Witch ID ,lphin is humbugr as
-er'ei BellInger. at was que of the gi,l'.
overs, VIII stabbed them b ,lh
'Th re was NO trace Of DloOi,' objected
Hanoel.
de pushed them into the river before
c1uld spreai.'
Man'el regarded HIM curiously fpr
nom ut before bringing into the discussI,I
'Iis heaviest argument, never used bei,.r
Then, senior, wh1 was il that laughed.
4 was M mani
Aud b ,llinger knit his bOws AS hc
turned away th,'ut a word IN reply
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