Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-04-03
CHAPTER XvI.-(Continued.D

Sdiieu ny the pledQlng voice and the face
of tragedy before him; how many times
the whipping tongue of Macready num-
bled, forgetting its object, while his senses
reeled against the burning walls of his
brain; how many times the splendid spirit
OF the woman recalled her own lowler
faculties to action and the terrible mean
ing Of the quest-only God and these
knew. But the little boat held its prov
to the desolate shore
They gained the Sugar Landing at last.
and strange sounds came from the lips of
Ernst, as he pointed to the hulk of the
launch. burned to the water line. Gray
covered heaps were sprawled upon the
shore, some half-covered by the incoming
tide, some entirely awash. Pelee had
brought down the city and the ire-tiger
had rushed In at the kill. He was kissing
and crunching still, under the ruins. The
woman moaned and covered her face.
There is nothing alive :" she said with
dreadful stress.
What else could you LUX fur?" Mac
ready demanded. wait till we get over
tn hill, and you'll hear tn burrds sing
In the naygurs laughin' in the fields an
wonderin' why the milkman don't come"
Il can liye-yes, j can live-until / see
our house crushed to the hill, all coated
with paste, and those heaps lying about
on the ground . "A woman can't
be friend like a man. You will stand
and uncover your heads-when you see
your friend lying upon the ground-and
i will die :"
She was walking between them, up to-
ward the market place. fighting back her
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men. The opened space was filled with
the stones from the houses, hurled there
AS from a dice box. Smoke and steam
oozed forth from every ruin. The silence
was awful as the sight of death. Rue
Victor Hugo was effaced, the way up to-
ward the morne undiscernible. A breath
Ing pile Of debris barred every way. 1t
was plain that they must make their way
southwark along the shore.
IF ! cud On'y get holt O that barna-
cle ay A sharks toOt,' Pugh-if ] cud on'y /
get him here vance bare-futted" Denny /
gasped-'sure I'D lie happy holdin az
him Ha don't sthep there ("
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uncongealed stun as hot as running iron /
Once he had stepped upon what |
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MAS soft, springy aud vented wheezy |
sigh. Rain and rock dust bad smeared /
all things alike la this gray roasting
sAambles
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woman cried suddenly.
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