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and failed TO find him anywhere; ana
then ! started on run TO the now
blazing mass of the car we had oe-
cupied.
One OF the brakenen followed. and
seeing me tearing away the burning
wreokage called,
What is it?'
There is still man in here. Lend
me hand answered through the
binding smoke.
Then, by CID, he is gone, If he
Amt already dead." the man answered.
II will make try for him anyway
Come on" called. as / continued the
search in the IRE and wreck, the heat
scorching face and hands. and the
smoke nearly suffocating me.
The brakeman joined me. and we
worked with will; but for some time
with no result. We were on the point
Of giving up all hope, and being forced
by the fire to desist, when the brake
man called out in suffocated voice,
Here he is, | think"
Some four or five seats distant from
the one he had occupied, and COM
pletely covered by heap of debris
that was already afire-was the sense
less body Of the man we sought As
We rapidly uncovered him, l thought
he was already dead until faint
groan came from his lips as we drew
him out as gently as possible, and laid
him on the ground.
Meantime, aid from the surrounding
country was arriving, and the wound
ed being cared for by others; and ] de-
voted myself to examining and trying
to revive this man whom / knew so
slightly, and yet, in some inexplicabie
way, seemed to be linked to my own
life. | could not discover the whole
extent of his injuries, but he was badly
hurt about the head and chest, and his
whole body seemed perfectly limp and
inert; and the slightest attempt to
move him brought forth faint groans.
The brakeman who had helped res
cue him brought some whiskey from
somewhere, and / poured some Of 1t
down his throat This slowly revived
him, and he finally opened his eyes.
AS intelligence came to them. and he
began to recognize me, look OF the
most intense dislike and aversion,
amounting almost to malignity, grew
in them; and he muttered in a low
voice:
Eyes; It is he. And unhurt too
willie am gone Curse him! Curse
Eim!''
"You are not gone yet Cheer up;
we may quill you through" ] said as
gently as my amazement at his mal;g
mani Looks and words would permit
NO; | am done for Ny back is
broken, and am bleeding to death
internally besides feel it, And
you You you are left. would have
given a thousand times over all pos
sess to see you here instead"
involuntarily recoiled at hearing
these bitter words, and almost let his
head which had been holding
drop TO the ground
A groan escaped him at the motion,
IN spite of his efforts to suppress 1t,
and he exclaimed,
Keep still, / have only a few
moments to live: and, dolt that you
are, do not believe You are coward
enough to leave me here alone.
do you know why hate and
loathe you with all my soul? Why dy-
ing here at your feet, while you go of
we'll and whole, is bitterer than a
thousand deaths? It is because
loved her, loved hor, loved her! with
all my strength and power there was
in me: strength and power a churl
like you can never know! And /
would have won. her too. but for you.
The effort of this outburst exhaust
ed him, and | gave him more whiskey
Very soon he revived again. and con-
tinued:
Listen: OWNED your errand. as
soon as / saw you on the train. felt
| / could have killed you then. and
there; for was myself on the way
to make last appeal. and / feared
you would succeed. Why did know
Because loved her; and youT knew
you loved her too-from the time you
| looked on her three years ago-and in
/ your dull stupidity did not know it,
! Y0u you you should have loved a
heifer to have had match for your
Own intellect
The venom Of his words and tones
is indescribable; but there is no an
swer to the malice Of a dying man,
and / looked at him silently in pity
rather than anger; and yet maryeled
at. the subtle spirit OF the man thai
had OWNED SO much. where. had
seen so little,
/ He paused a few moments. and then
/ went on again. but this time almost
dreamily and to himself, and looking
/ into space.
! "And yet she, a very queen OF wo
Il men, was attracted TO him from the
| FIRST, in spite OF his stupid simpleness
i and rough waysv saw her iAteFesi
In, him from that night. when he cams
laundering IN like any peasant: and i
Z. WAS never the same witlH me agains