Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-12-07
THE WITCH DOLPHIN.
From Philadelphia Weekly 7awes.
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BY G. IBsEN.

From Philadelphia Weekly Times.
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Yes What of il?'
What if this woman should he sh,g
whispered Manoel, trembling percepibiy
B-llinger only laughed If that i SO, {
would be worse than useless % seek them;
il would only hasten his fate and brin.
fresh danger up;'n us
Bellinger stopped abruptly in the mi idl''
at the path and laid his hani on the man
IN BOULDER. oh, all right, ManOel,' he sal T.,
after looking al him intently for few I'M,
ments. 'If you are afraid TO gu IN you ha )
better 60 back now He had 4 rgJtten how
absolutely the Brazilian believed in the n
perstition and thought he might shame hi u
out Oi his fear by sarcas;n AMI cOniempI
But his plan worked in an unex pecied wa, i.
fT the man Grew bims'-lf up until he seem
ed Ia 6 ain several inches ia height aud a.
sum,-i the dignity of an insulted erandse
enhnr Reiiinger, he said, slowly, Il b..
lieve II was you Who stopped me. a.
nblige you. am going IntO what believe
l. lInnIHent danger; TOR the sake vf your
friend, You are gong wnere You believe
There Is safety; which at us is a coward?
Bellinger inst .nily regretted his hast,
s9.-ech, aud hasfened - make amends
You ale quite right, Aanuei.' he cri d, lu
pulsIveiy. i brg your PARTON II have
turt Your ieelIngsp He held ont his hand,
which the halt breed t5ok, aud after this
they proceeded la perfect silence.
As they neaTesi the river aud the landing
Aanoel topk the lead and exercised tie
greatest precaution. MT fpr himself, for ths
iignt tread If his bare iesf was absolutely
sIundless, but for his companion. whose
shoes seemed % crunch evely pebble and
snap every twig thai marked the path
Su denly, as they reached the end Of the
Keeper shadow and we're alb 'ut 90 emerge
into the open space surrounding the land
Ing Manoc clufchef tbs arm -pasup sii,alIy.
'rhervi rherer He pointed aim st di-
rectiy ahead. Beiiinger hardly rec ,gnized
the ternr stricken Voice that whispered,
but his eye instinctiyely followed the
Stalking finger
Tue gro nj in frant sloped downward
very gently from where they sfsod tD with
in lew yards Ut the river: rom there q
descent of snme eight feet was made AZ
q much sleeper incline, - tha: the boats
and the landing place wee quite cut of
from their view At the top vi this last
slope stoOd two figures In tie shadow of
tle tiers that lind the banks, but the sha-
div was not d ep enough % prevent both
the men from rec ,gnizsng Watson as one
Of them But who was the usherg Billing
er turned 10 his companion with the ques.
tim iG his eyes just - Man,el s-izel his
arm
tack, senh n. backr he whispered IN
thrilling tunes We may JET escape-your
fraend u surely losfT
What is tine mztiers' His voice uncon-
scinusly took the agltzied tome Ut the other.
See the white streak 10 her hair II il
the B,uts Diabl,.r he tried 70 drag Beliin-
GER back, but hs recovered himself and
shook bis arm tHse
'lsoshr be said, emphatically, almost
aioad, and with = nerFoas laugh Of relief,
Tor the man's evident terror had impressed
hia with all sorts VI vague fears. DO you
tnink ain gang % De ss'arrd by any So.
pers,i,ion as tisair His gaze again sought
&c Two dsTk 1zaEeZ ~ we're 60 beng