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himself The long night passed.
and fbe day eame. and the sun
shOne pitilessiy down and the
Eight came on again and still BE-
- beld.
A brook flowed near. and the
sound 81 it, mmrmuring waters
fell on bis ears. bur DO drop
touched his burning lips.
The sun Of another morning
beat down az If the heavens were
a vault Of fire. The awful heat
was fast driving the man mad.
-Aereifgl GOdr b. cried. so
die raviBg maniac all alone in
the burning desert"
The third day came, and still
the man lived on, crying aloud IN
bis torture, his strength far gone.
Suddenly there came a change.
The flaming sky was overcast and
dark clouds began to gather in the
south, bringing a sultriDess in !
place Of the white heat. The skT
became blaeker. and a little blast !
Of wind famed the cheek Of III.
dying man. Soon all was iBky /
biaekness, the long roll Of iBcipi |
ent thunder was heard. and the
Hash Of lightning was seen. Big
drops Of rain began TO splash on
the hot earth, and the man ran OUT |
his swollen tongue to catch them.
The storm did not move him. so |
great was his despair, but as the |
rain came thicker and faster and !
the drops cooled his parcbed /
tongue, hope revived. The storm
grew terrific, the thunder rolled |
IN great, sullen waves, and the
lightning flashed continually in
iiyid, zigzag marks across the
inky sky.
In spite Of himself, Harold sbud. !,
Tered, and vaguely wondered how
much longer he would live. Even
AZ he thought, a sudden fash of
lightning blinded him; he felt a
sensation as Of falling, and then
new no more. When he came TO
himself the storm had ceased and
re was lying on the ground un-
pound. Weakly and wonderingly
ie raised himself on his arm and
glanced toward the tree. 1t was
III blackened and splintered, and
n an instant he comprehended.
The lightning had freed him.
On his hands and knees, for he
vas too weak to walk, he erawled
o the main road, a distance of a
nile. He had not been there long
'efore a horse and rider came M II
he road. 1t was old Jake, who.
caring trouble, was searching for !
i'm. Feebly he tried to call and {
ainted in the effort. When he
ext came to himself he was IN