The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-19


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his. 4 saw all this clearly, and. realized /
that he must be prevented from following
me 5sss t5s
There was no time to- ba lost. Tor he
was rapidly recovering Possession OF his
powers. III seized a large rock and hurled
1T with all the force II could command
upon his left foot and ankle. Notwith- A
standing his immense Strength his hands
and feet were scarcely larger than
wolnan's and the small bones cracked
like pipe stems. Though had not the
will to kill him, my own safety demanded
that I should MAIN him as the only 9TH
.ers means of making good my escape AS
the rock crushed his foot the pain
seemed to bring him: Immediately into
full possession of his faculties, and he
roared like an enraged bull. Z turned
and looked back as I beat hasty retreat
down the hill. He had seized one Of the
air roots of the banyan tree, and raised
himself upon his right leg. The expires
sion OF his face as the moonlight fell up
on 1t was something never to be forgot
ten. 1t riyeted me TO the spot with the.
fascination Of horror He shook his fist
at me fiercely. as hesshrieked from the
back Of his throat: . @
"You infideI cur! You may as well try
to brush away the IIimalaYas with a silk
handkerchief as to escape the wrath Of
Rama Ragobah Col Bury Bury yourself 4 /: In
seclusion at the farthermost corner of
the earth and on one night Ragobah and
the darkness shall be with you - ~ M
4 These were the last words this fend
incarnate ever spoke to me, but know
they are prophetic. and that he will keep
his oath ;, #8EI5I
The next day learned that Iona was
dead. She had died with my name upon
/ her lips and her secret-the explanation
of her strange conductSon that night
trdied with her. I shall never know it. Bit
tterly did I repent my inability to reach
her. The thought that she had waited
lin vain for me, that with her last breath
f she had called upon me, and I had am
1 swered not, was uncomfortable torture, and
/ / fed India and came to America In the
/ futile endeavor to forget 1t all. Out OF
my black past there shene, but one bright
star-her love. All these long years have
/ / oriented my souI by that sweet. unfor-
Igettable radiance, prizing it above a gall
4 axy of lesser. joys.
t a8n s5s !
~ There Is little more to be said. shall
| meet death as I have stated--I am sure
i of it-and no man will see the blow. Civ
| en-, Remember, as loved that Indian
! maiden with passion which death has
/ not chilled, SO loathe my rival with a
hatred infinite and all-consuming; for
somehow, I know that demon crushed out
1.-The life of my fragile lotus flower. He viii
s! work his will upon IaasE but If his cunning
1 enable him to escapes the gallows, my soul
i if there be conscious hereafter, viii
never rest in peaee. Rem ember 4 this
I my dear child, and your promise, thai
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