The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-23
HEART OF THE WORLD.
ny II. RIDER
COPYRIGHT. ,s'L, ~ n. Rider Ha0Oard
CHAPTER K.
THs DUEL.

~ are made by a cat when II Jumps from q
height TO the ground, and a gentle rubbing a. OF
stockinged feet upon the floor. After this for
some seconds there was silence that presently
was broken by the clink of steel and the sound
of heavy blows delivered upon some soft sub
stance with swords and knives. The murderers
were driving their weapons through the bed
clothes, thinking that we slept beneath them.
NeV: came whisperinRs and muttered oaths.
then n voice. Don Jose's, said:
BE careful, the beds are empty
Another instant and candles were lit, for their
light reached us through small peepholes In the
panel, and by putting our eyes to these we could
tss all that passed in the room. There before us
wtrre Don jose. Senior smith. and four OF their
rompauions, all armed with knives or machetes.
while framed. as Il were, In the wall. in the
place that had been occupied by the picture Of
the abbot, stood our host, Don Pedro. holding .
candle above his. head. and elsring with his fish,
like eyes into every corner of the room.
Where are they 2" he said. "where are the
wizardsi Find them quick and kill them"
Now the mon ran to and fro about the room,
dragging aside the beds and staring at the pic
lures on the wall as II they expected TO see US
ticre.
They are gone" said jose At length. THAT
Indian, ~Ignatio. has conJured them away. He
Las dcmonio and not q man. l thought It from
the first"
"Impossiblei' cried Don Pedro. who was white
with rage and fear. The door has been watched
ever since they entered It, and no living thing
mus, bs h,ddsn {" '
search yourself" answered sehor Smith sui
lenly. they are not here. Perhaps they discov-
cred tho trick of the picture and esca ped down
the passages To the chapel"
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