Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-09
CHAPTER XIV
THE DWELLER IN THE CAVE

Ar TEX TINS 10 seemed TO me that
~ dreamed a long and worry. rroubIcd
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which ! cannot remember. At last opened
my eyes and observed that | lay on n low
bed raised about three inches above the
floor. i'm an Eastern looking room, large and
cool II had window places i'm II but no
windows only grass mats hung upon a
rod which | noted iuconseQuently, worked
ON a rough wooded hinge. or rather p!u.
that enabled the curtain to be turned hacI,
against the wall
Through one OF these window places |
saw at a little distance the slope Of the
forest t-covcred hill. which reminded me Of
something To do with a chiId-for the life
of mo | could not remember what As
Law wondering over the matter | heard n
shufTling step which | recognized. and tuin-
,nq, saw Hans twiddliug a new hat made
ar s,,,,,, I'm bis frrars
"IIars" said .',yhcre did Won get that
rou, bato"
.,rbey yave II mo hrre Roos" he an
s,,.orod ',,rh. Hn,s will remember that the
AL Ian, ,to tbn othcr
.rb,p I ala remember moro or loss while
man,. ,,,,,tr,,od 70 tu,iIdIe tba b,t toe-
cod him tn nut il on his head because II
G,1@,.,.d mo and then inouired where we
.,I,, tho ,rovcr Of tbe Child Baas whore
tbc,. ,,,,ricL Won after you had seemed Ia
die down Wonder.
"'t ,oW ,,.,, ), i t,, whore tbero is nlo,,,
to ont tbourh. having been asleep for three
doys YOU have had nothing excert a little
milk and soup. which was poured down your
throat with n spoon whenever YOU seemed
10 half wake up for a little while"
81 was tired and wanted n long rest
Hans and now feel hungry. Tell me. ara
the lord and Bena here also. or were they
killed after an?"
"Yes. Baas, they are here safe enough.
and so are all our goods They were both
with Harut when he saved us down by the
village Wonder. out you went to sleep and
did not see them They have been nursing
Won ever since Baas"
lust then Savage himself entered. carry
ing some soup upon wooden tray and
looking almost as smart as he used 10 do
at Ragnall Castle.
Good day, sir he said in his best profess
sional manner. "Nery glad to see you back
with us, sir and getting well, I trust, es-
pecially after We had given you and Mr..
Hans, up as dead"
! thanked him and drank the soup, ask
ing him to cook me something more sub
stantial as ] was starving which he de
parted To do Then | sent Hans To find
walking in the town NO sooner had they
gone than Harut entered, looking more dig
nifed than ever and. bowling gravely,' seat
ed himself upon 'he mat III th' eastern
taShloh.
some Su"nE 'p.tI' mus x" WIN you
l.oru Ma'".''""""a' ne S".u' 'n'I you
"houiu iN' '"""S' ",''' W. "''e sure '""'
you had peer, "la'i. .,.,.,..
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Your magic was NOT OF mu'h service 10
you 'ner'' IIiehu haIuI, ,
e' NY mas 90 > w ,"I' ~, ~
nave none was VI NU'I't S'I we %'l'i al
MaCuh.aH'na' NS II 'I"u''u ! n"u II" "p
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'le 'n'i" i"I wv u'E I'V"" ,n' nou' w
our ariIN"l mere, because ! N"S uu, on
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Gouiu not 'IaNe' up 'I'e nIouIIain ana S'SN
IiSHI from ''le 'EcH ~ "le mn, vi '''
thlr" "'A' mo"onG'' wen anu l"e oiHT'e
"'u ''g AZ" i"," $500
gatheled men ana ie"'neu 'hoSa '"otS III
time 70 keep you IRON I''I "arIE l"eS nave
p".I LOT Wilt NY u,t c,. ,,,,. ,.,,,,,,
Il am sorry liaru, Tor they knew no
hetter anG' liHrHl' ",nIuEh ! saved my
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