E. McNEILL, Receiver.
TO THE
THE PEOPLE
OF THE MIST
By H. RIDES HAGGARD.
erior eight solid pounds of gems, the fin
est in the world. ”
“Then give it me,” she said. “I have
nothing else to carry. You may have to
use both your hands presently."
“True,” he answered and passed the
string of the bag over her head.
Then they went on up the smooth slop
ing bed of tho stream, suffering little in
convenience, except from the cold of the
water that flowed about their ankles.
"The stream has risen somewhat, baas,
since I pasted it this morning. Doubtless
this day's sun has melted some snow at
its source. Tomorrow we might not have
been able to travel this road.”
’ Very likely, ” answered Leonard. “I
told you that our luck had turned at last. ”
Twenty minutes moro and they reached
the mouth of the tunnel, and passing be
tween the blocks of ice found themselves
upon the mountain side; but, as it chanced,
the face of the moon was hidden by clouds,
which is often the case in this country at
the beginning of the spring season, for,
whereas in winter the days are almost in
variably misty and the nights clear, in
spring and summer these atmospheric con
ditions are frequently reversed. So gloomy
was it indeed that it proved impossible to
attempt the ascent of the mountain until
the day broke, since to do so would be to
run the risk of lo.JIng themselves and very
possibly of breaking their necks among its
numerous clefts and precipices.
After a minute’s hasty discussion they
set to work to fill up the mouth of the
tunnel, or rather the cracks between the
blocks of ice that already encumbered it,
with such material as lay at hand—name
ly, lumps of frozen snow, gravel and a few
large stones which they were fortunate
enough to find in the immediate vicinity,
for the darkness rendered it impossible to
search for these at a distance. While they
were thus engaged they heard the voices
of priests speaking on the farther side of
their somewhat inefficient barrier and
worked harder than ever, thinking that
the moment of attack bad come.
To their astonishment, however, the
sound of voices died away.
“Now where have they gone,” said
Leonard—“to climb the cliff by another
path and cut us off?"
"I think not, deliverer,” answered Ol
fan, “for I know of no such path. I think
that they have gone to bring heavy beams
by means of which they will batter down
the ice wall.”
“Still there is such a path, king,” said
one of the captains, ‘ 'for I myself have of
ten climbed it when I was young search
ing for snow flowers to briDg to her whom
I courted in those days.”
“Can you find it now, friend?” asked
Olfan eagerly.
“I do not forget a road that I have
trod,” said the captain, “but it is one not
easy to follow.”
“See now, Shepherdess,” said Olfan
after thinking awhile, “shall we take this
man for a guide and return down the cliff
to the city, for there, unless fate is against
us, we may find friends among the soldiers
and fight out this battle with the priests."
“No, no,” answered Juanna almost pas
sionately. “I would rather die than go
back to that dreadful city to be murdered
at last. Do you go if you will, Olfan, and
leave us to take our chance.”
“That I cannot do, queen, for I am
sworn to a certain service,” he said proud
ly. “But hearken, my friend, follow this
path of which you 6peak, if you can do so
in the darkness, and find help. Then re
turn swiftly to this spot, where I and your
two comrades will hold the priests at bay.
Perchance you will not find us living, but
this I charge you—if we are dead give it
out that the gods have left the land be
cause they were so evilly dealt with and
rouse up the people to fall upon the priests
and make an end of them once and for
ever, for thus only shall they win peace
and safety.”
Making no reply, the man shook Olfan
and the other two captains by the hand,
saluted Juanna and vanished into the
darkness. Then they all sat down in front
of the mouth of the tunnel to wait aud
watch, and very glad were they of the
goatskin cloaks which had belonged to the
dead priests, for as the night drew toward
dawn the oold became so bitter that they
could scarcely bear it, but were obliged to
rise and stamp to and fro to keep their
wet feet from freezing.
"Leonard,” said Juanna, “you do not
know what passed after Nhm trapped
you.” And she told him all that tale.
When she had finished, he rose, and tak
ing Olfan by the hand said: “King, I
thank you. May fortune deal as well with
you as you have dealt with me and mine.”
“Say no more, deliverer,” answered
Olfan hastily. "I have but done my duty
and fulfilled my oath, though at times the
path of duty is hard for a man to follow.”
And he looked toward Juanna and sighed.
Leonard sat down and was silent, but
muny a time both then and in after days
did he wonder at the nobleness of mind
shown by this savage king, who, under
, circumstances so cruel, conquered his own
passion and was willing to lay down life
j and throne together that he might carry
tut his vow to protect a stranger who bad
brought him so much pain and now left
him forever with his successful rival.
At length, looking at the mountain peak
| above them, they saw its snows begin to
1 blush red with the coming of the dawn,
and just then also they heard many voloes
talking within the tunnel and caught
(Copyright, 1803, by the Author.]
To begin with, there are always some who
would be glad to step in the shoes of a
high priest; also Nani had blundered so
extensively in the matter of the false gods
GIVES THE CHOICE OF
that the greater part of the fraternity,
TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL whom he had involved in his mistakes,
would not sorrow to see the last of him.
These facts, which were perfectly well
known to Olfan and guessed at by his
companions, sharpened their sense of dan
ger in which they had been placed by Soa’s
readiness and cunning. Indeed their es
cape was a matter of life and death to them
and many hundreds of their adherents. If
once they could reach the temple and pro
■ claim the rearisen gods to the people, ail
would go well, for the army would suffice
VIA
VIA
to keep the priests from using violence,
but if they failed in this their death war
rant was already signed, for none of them
would ever be beard of again.
No wonder, then, that they hurled
AND
AND
themselves despairingly upon the stubborn
doors. For an hour and more they labored,
but all in vain. The massive timbers of
hard wood, six inches or more in thick
LOW RATES TO ALL
ness, could scarcely be touched by their
EASTERN CITIES
knives and spears, nor might their united
strength serve even to stir the stone bolts
OCEAN STEAMERS
and bars that held them fast, and they
Leave Portland Every B Days bad nothing that could be used as a batter
ing ram.
• • FQ« • •
“It is useless,” said Leonard at last,
throwing down bis knife in despair. “This
wood is like iron. It would take us a
week to cut through it."
“Why not try fire, baas?” suggested Ot
For full details call on
ter.
C. A. WALLACE, McMinnville, Or.
Accordingly they attempted to burn
down the doors, with the result that they
Or Adire»
nearly stifled themselves in the smoke and
W. H HlttLBt RT,
made but little impression upon the wood
Gen. Pass Agt.
work.
PORTLAND, OK.
At length they gave up the experiment
—it was a failure—and sat looking blank
ly at each other as they listened to certain
VIA
Bounds which reached them from the pas
sages without, telling them that their en
emies were gathered there.
“Has any one a suggestion to make?”
OF THE
i said Leonard at last. “If not, I think
that this game is about played."
“Baas,” answered Otter, "I have a word
to say. We oan all go down through that
bole by which I came up to you. The wa
Express Trains Leave Portland Daily
ter dweller Is dead. I slew him with my
■ vivir
'
Airnrvir
own band, so there is nothing to fear from
Mtrilaud ’..... Ii:15 P M I San Francisco. . 10:45 A M him. Beneath the hole is a tunnel, and
Bail Franctsco.7:00 P M 1 Portland............ 8.20 A M
that tunnel leads to tho slope of themoun
Above trains stop al all station* from Portland to tain above. At the top of the slope is an
Albany tnciuslve. Also Tangent, Shedd*, Hal ice bridge by which men may reach a fair
•ey, Harrisburg. Junction City, Irving. Eugene country if they have a mind to.”
and all stations from Roseburg to Ashland Inclu
“Then for heaven’s sake, let us cross
sive.
it,” put in Juanna.
Roseburg Mail Dally.
“I have seen that bridge,” said Olfan,
LEAVE:
ARRIVE:
Portland.
s:30 A 51 I Roseburg... 5.50 PM while the captains stared wonderingly at
Roseburg
7:00 AM 1 Portland..........4.30 PM the man whose might had prevailed
against the ancient snake, “but never yet
DINING CARS ON OGDEN
have I beard of the man who dared to set
PUI-L7VVMN * BUFFET
his foot upon it.”
“It is dangerous, but it c3n be crossed,"
SLEEPERS
replied Otter. “At the least, it is better
AND
to try it than to stay here to be murdered
SECOND CLASS SLEEPING CARS, by the medicine men.”
“I think that wo will go, Leonard,”
Attached to all Through Train«.
said Juanna. “If I am to die, I wish to
.West Bide Di vision
do so in tho open. Only what is to become
BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS of Nam? And perhaps Olfan and the cap
Mail Train Daily, (Except Sunday.) tains would prefer to stop here?”
“Nam will go with us wherever we go,”
7 80 A M 1 Lv
Ar 5:35 P 54 answered Leonard grimly. “We have a
Portland
10:15 A M 1 Lv
McMinnville
Lv 3:01 P M long score to settle with that gentleman.
12:15 P M 1 Ar
Corvallis
Lv 1:00 P M
As for Olfan and the captains, they must
At Albany and Corvallis connect with please themselves.”
trains of Oregon Pacific Railroad,
"What will you do, Olfan?” asked Ju
Express Train Daily, (Except Sunday.) anna, speaking to him for the first time
since the scene in the other prison.
i;40 P M Lv
Port laud
Ar H:2ô A M
"It seems, queen,” he answered, with
715 P M Lv
Lv 5:53 A M downcast eyes, “that I have sworn to de
St. Joseptt
7 25 P M Ar
McMinnville
Lv 5 50 A M
fend you to the last, and this I will do the
Through Tickets to all point* in Eastern more readily because now my life is of lit
State«, Canada and Europe can be obtained at tle value. As for my brethren here, I think
lowest rates front G A Wilcox. Agent, McMinn that, like you, they will choose to die in
ville.
E. P ROGERS.
the open air rather than wait to be mur
Asat. G. F. & F A.. Portland, Or.
dered by the priests. ’ ’
K. KOEHLER, Manager
The three captains nodded an assent to
his words, and then they set to work.
First they took food and drink, of which
there was an ample supply in the other
oell, and hurriedly devouring some of it
CHURCHES.
B aptist —Services Sunday 11 a. m. and disposed the rest about their persons as
7 30 p. m ; Sunday school 9 50 a m. ; th. best they oould, for they foresaw that even
young people’s society 6:15p tu
Prayer if they eucceeded in escaping it was likely
meeting Thursday 7 30 p. m. Covenant that they would go hungry for many days.
meeting first Sat each month 2 00 p. tn.
Then Leonard wrapped Juanna in a goat
E. B. Pact, Pastor.
skin cloak which he took from ono of the
dead priests, placing the second cloak over
M ethodist E piscopal —Services every
Sabbath 11 00 a m. and 7 30 p.m. Sunday his own shoulders, for he knew that it
school 9:30 a iu. Prayer meeting 7 00 p would be bitterly cold on the mountains.
Lastly, they tied Nam's arms behind him
m. Thursday.
L ee T hompson , Pastor.
and deprived him of his knife, so that the
C umb . P resbyterian — Services every Sab old man might work none of them a sud
bath 11 00 a m and 7:30 p. in. Sunday
school 9 30 a. in. Y. P. C. E., Sunday 6 30 den injury in hie rage.
All being prepared, Otter made his rope
p m. Prayer meeting Thursday, 7:30 p. m.
fast to the staff and descended rapidly to
E E. T hompson , Pastor.
C hristiax —Preaching at 11 a. m. an<l at the cave below As his feet touched the
7 30 p. m on the first and third Sundays; ground the priests began to batter upon
on the second and fourth Sundays at 7:30 the doors of the cell with beams of wood,
until further notice
At Carlton on sec or some such heavy instruments
ond and fourth Sundays at U a. m., and
“SR
“Quick, Juanna!” said Leonard
Saturday evening before at 7.30. At No. 8 In this noose and hold the line. We will
at 3 p. m on second and fourth Sundays. let you down. Hurry. Those doors can
J ames C ampbell , V. D. M . Pastor
not stand for long.”
S t . J ames E piscopal C hurch —Lay-Ser
Another minute, and she was beside Ot
vices every Sunday at 11 o’clock a. m.
ter, who stood beneath, a candle in his
S t . J ambs C atholic —First st., between hand. Then Leonard came down
G and H. Sunday school 2:30 p. m. Ves
“By the way, Otter,” he said, “have 1
pers 7 ;30. Services once a month.
you seen anything of the jewels that are
T.' B riodt , Pastor.
supposed to be here?”
“There is a bag yonder by the water
SECRET ORDERS
K nowles C hapter N o , 12, O. E. 8.—Meets n dweller’s bed, baas,” answered the dwarf
Masonic hall the brat and third Monday evening carelessly, “but I did not trouble to look
in each month Visiting member«, cordially in Into it. What is the use of the red stones
I
vited.
C. H. McKINNEY, Sec.
to us now?”
MRS. C. W, TALMAGE, W. M.
“
None,
but
they
may
be
of
use
after
A. o- V. W.—Charity Lodge No. 7 meets first and
third Friday* of each month, 7:30 p. m Lodge ward, if we get away.”
room in Union block.
“Yes, baas, if we get away,” answered
H. C. BURNS, M. W.
Otter, bethinking himself of the ice
J. D BAKER, Becorder.
10
Yamhill Lodge No. 10 D. of H. meets in Union bridge. “Well, we can pick it up as we go
ball secund and fourth Friday evening* of each along.”
j
month.
Just then Nam arrived, having been let
C uster P ost No. 9—Meet* the second and fourth down by Olfan and the captains, and stood
Saturday of each month in Union hall at 7.30 glaring round him, not without awe, for j
£m. ou second Saturday and at 10:30 a. m. on neither he nor any of his brethren had
h Saturday. All members of the order are
ever dared to visit the home ot the snake ■
cordially Invited to attend our meetings.
J. B. S tilwell , Commander.
god. Then the captains descended, and
B. F. ClURlHK, Adjt.
last of all came Olfan.
“We have little time to spare, deliver
>V C. T. U.—Meets on every Fri
day at 3 p. ni. in reading room, Union er,” said the king. “The door is falling,"
block
C lara G. E sbon , Pres.
and as he spoke they heard a great crash
J rnnib G allentink , Sec’y
above. Otter jerked furiously at the rope,
till by good luck one end of the stake slid
NOTICE OF EUCt'TBIXt SALE over the edge of the bole, and it fell
among them.
OF REAL PROPERTY.
“No need to leave this line for them to
follow by,” be said. “Besides It may be
"VrOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to an useful. ” At that moment something ap
AM order of the county court of Yamhill coun
ty, Oregon, duly made and entered of rec peared looking through the hole. It was
ord on the 3d day of April, 1895, the the head of one of the pursuing priests.
undersigned, the duly appointed, qualified and Nam saw it and took his opportunity.
acting executrix of the estate ot J. ti. Hibbs,
“The false gods escape by the tunnel to
deceased, will, from and after the4th day of May,
1896. proceed to sell at private sale for cash in
the
mountains, ’ he screamed, “and with
band, the real property belonging to Mid estate
and described as follows, to-wit
them the false king! Follow and fear not.
The west half of lot No. 2 and the east 28 feet of The water dweller is dead. Think not of
lot No. 3 In block 8, of the City of McMinnville. me, Nam, but slay them.”
Oregon.
With an oath Otter struck him heavily
Blocks Nos. 2 and 3 in Johns’ addition to the
City of McMinnville, Oregon
across the mouth,knocking him backward,
A lot or parcel of land 80 feet wide running but the mischief was done, for a voice cried
eatrt and west and adjoining the northern tier of
lots on the south of block 21, of Johns' addition in answer
to the City of McMinnville, Oregon
“We hear you, father, and will find
Commencing al a point on the east boundary
line ot section 9, in township 4 south, of range 4 ropes and follow ’ ’
west of the Willamette meridian. Yamhill coun
Then they started. One moment they
ty Oregon, 38 64 chains south of the northeast paused to look at the huge bulk of the
corner of said section, said point being the south
east corner of land deeded by J. 3. H lbbs to J. dead crocodile.
“This dwarf is a god in truth,” cried
Fred Hibbs, recorded lu Vol. 28, page 243, records
of deeds ot said county, and running thence one of the captains, “for no man could
south 5276 chains: thence west 54.42 chains to the
east line of J. G. Baker s donation land claim: have wrought such a deed.”
“Forward,” said Leonard. “We have
thence north 14.88 chains to the northeast corner
of said D. L. C.; thence west 17.03 chains; thence no time to lose."
uorth 11 25 chain* to the center of Baker creek:
Now they were by the crocodile’s bed
thence down said creek to a point due west of
the place of beginning, aud thence east 61.96 and among the broken Dones of his vic
chains to the place of beginning: also commenc tims.
ing tn the center oftlie county road running from
“The bag, Otter; where is the bag?"
McMinnville to Carlton st southwest corner of a
tract conveyed to G H . Hibbs in Vol. 24. page asked Leonard.
465, records of deeds for said Yamhill county,
“Here, baas. ” answered the dwarf, drag
•nd running thence north 69^ deg. east to center
of Baker creek; thence southwesterly along said ging it from the moldering skeleton of the
creek to center of said road, aud thence norther unlucky priest who, having offended the
ly along said county road to the place ot begin- new found god, had been letdown through
»ing. All th« above described real property lviug
the hole to lay it in its hiding place and to
•nd being in Yamhill countv. Oregon
perish in the jaws of the water dweller.
ELIZABETH HIBBS,
Leonard took the bag, and opening its
irvjne A coshow .
E xecu , nx
mouth, which was drawn tight with a run
Atty s for Executrix
ning strip of hide, peeped into it while
Otter held down the candle that he might
see From its depths came a glimmer cf
The following general forms are alwavs In stock red aud blue light that glowed like the
and for sale at the Reporter office :
heart of some dull fire,
Warranty Deeds
"It is the treasure," he said in a low
Real Estate Mortgage
Quit-claim Deeds
Chattel Mortgage
tone of exultation. “At last the luck has
Bond for Deed
Satisfaction of Mort
turned.”
Farm Lease
Notes and Receipt*.
“How much does it weigh?” said Juan
We carry a large stock of stationery and are na as they sped onward.
prepared to do job printing ot every sort in tue
“Some seven or eight pounds. I should
best style cf the an aud st low figure.
say^’ he answered, still exultantly. “Sev-
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n
SPOKANE
Minneapolis
DENVER
OMAHA
ST. PAUL KANSAS CY
SAN
FRANCISCO
EAST AND SOUTH
The Shasta Route
ROUTE.
LOCAL DIRECTORY
LEGAL BLANKS.
glimpses of lights flashing through the
ripenings in their rude fortifications. The
priests, who no doubt had been delayed
by the procuring of the timbers which
were to serve as battering rams and the
labor necessary to drag them up the steep
incline of the tunnel, had returned and in
force. A few more minutes and a sucoes-
sion of dull thuds on the farther side of
tho ice wall told the little band of defend
ers that their enemies were at work.
“The light grows quickly, deliverer.”
said Olfan quietly. “I think that now you
may begin to ascend the mountain and
take no harm.”
“What shall we do with this man?”
asked Leonard pointing to Nam.
“Kill him,” said Otter.
“No, not yet awhile,” answered Olfan.
“Take this,” and he handed Leonard the
spear of the third captain, who had left it
when ho started down the mountain, fear
ing that it might encumber him, “and
drive him along with you at its point.
Should we be overpowered, you may buy
your lives as the price of his, but should
we hold them back and you escape then
do with him what you will.”
“I know well what I would do,” mut
tered Otter, glowering at the priest.
“And now farewell,” ’ wont on Olían in
the same calm voice. “
‘ Bring more ice,
comrades, or stone if yon
;
can see any.
Tho wall cracks.”
Leonard and Otter wrung
•
the king’s
hand in silence, but Juanna could not
leave him thus, for her heart was meltod
at the thought of all his goodness.
“Forgive me,” she murmured, “that I
have brought you grief, and as I fear
death to follow grief.”
“The grief you could not help, queen,
and be sure I shall welcome death if he
should choose me. Go now, and happiness
go with you. May you escape in safety
with the bright pebbles which you desire,
and may you and your husband, the deliv
erer, be blessed for many years in each
other’s love, and when you grow old to
gether from time to time talk kindly of
that wild man who worshiped you when
you were young and laid down bls life to
save you.”
Juanna listened, and the tears sprang
to her eyes. Then of a sudden she seized
the great man’s hand and kissed It.
“I am repaid, queen," he said, “and
perchance your husband will not be jeal
ous. Now go, and swiftly. ”
As he spoke a small portion of the wall
fell outward, and the fierce face of a priest
appeared at the opening. With a shout
Olfan lifted his broad spear and thrust.
The priest fell backward, and just then his
companions arrived with stones and stop
ped the hole.
Then the three turned and fled up the
mountain side, Otter driving Nam before
him with blows and curses, till at length
the old man fell and lay groaning on his
face. Nor could the dwarf’s blows, which
were not of the softest, force him to rise.
“Get up, you treacherous dog,” said
Leonard savagely, pricking him with the
spear.
“Then you must loose ray arms, deliv
erer,” answered the priest. “I am very
weak, and I cannot travel up the moun
tain with my hands bound behind me.
Surely you have nothing to fesr from one
aged and unarmed man."
“Not much at present, I suppose,” mut
tered Leonard, "though we have had
enough to fear from you in the past, ” and
taking his knife he out loose the lashings.
While ho did so Juanna turned and
looked behind her. Far below them she
could see tho form of Olfan and his com
panion« standing shoulder to shoulder,
and even catch the gleams of light reflect
ing upon their spears, for now the sun
was rising. Beneath them again she saw
the grass grown roofs of that earthly hell,
the city of the People of the Mist, and tho
endless plain beyond through which the
river wandered like a silver serpent. There
also was tho farther portion of the huge
wall of tho templo built by unknown
bands in long forgotten years, and rising
above the edge of that gap in the cliff
through which she was looking appeared a
black mass that she knew to be the bead
and shoulders of the hideous colossus, on
whose dizzy brow she had sat in that
strango hour when the shouting thousands
thundered a welcome to her as their god
dess, and whence her most beloved friend,
Francisco, had been hurled to his cruel
death.
“Oh, what I have suffered in that
place!" she thought to herself. “How
have I lived through it, I wonder? And
yet I have won something,” and she
glanced at Leonard, who was driving Nam
toward her, “and if only we survive and I
am the means of enabling him to fulfill his
vow and buy back bis home with these
jewels I shall not regret all that I have en
dured to win them. Yoe, even when he is
no longer so very much in love, he must
always be grateful to me, for few women
will have done as much for their hus
bands. ”
Then Nam staggered past her, hissing
curses, while the untiring Otter rained
blows upon his back, and losing sight of
Olfan and his companions they went on
in safety till they reached the neck and
saw tho ice bridge glittering before them
and the wide fields of snow beyond.
CHAPTER XXIX.
“Which way are we to go now?” said
Juanna. “Must we climb down this great
gulf?”
“No, Shepherdess,” answered Otter.
“See before you is a bridge." And he
pointed to the baDd of ice and rock which
traversed the wide ravine.
“A bridge?” gasped Juanna. “Why, it
is slippery as a slide and steep as the side
of the house. A fly could not keep its
footing on it.”
“Look here, Otter,” put in Leonard,
“either you are joking, or you are mad.
How can we cross that place? We should
be dashed to pieces before we had gone ten
yards.”
r “Thus, baas, we must sit each of us on
one of the flat stones that lie round here;
then the stone will take us across of Itself.
■ I know, for I have tried it.”
“Do you mean to tell me that you have
been over there on a rock?”
“No, baas, but I have sent three stones
over. Two crossed safely. I watched them
go tho whole way, and one vanished in
| the middle. I think that there is a hole
there, but we must risk that. If the stone
Is heavy enough, it will jump it; if not,
then we shall go down the hole and be no
more troubled. ”
“Great heavens!” said Leonard, wiping
his forehead with the back of his hand,
“This is practical tobogganing with a
vengeance. Is there no other way?”
“I can see none, baas, except for the
birds, and I think we had better stop talk
ing apd make ready, for the priests are
still behind us. If you will watch on the
neck here so that we are not surprised, I
will seek stones to carry us. ”
“How about this man?” said Leonard,
pointing to Nam, who lay face downward
on the snow, apparently in a dead faint.
“Oh, we must keep him awhile, baas.
He may be useful if those priests come. If
not, I will talk with him before we start
He is asleep and cannot run away.”
Then Leonard went to the top of the
neck, which was distant some 20 yards,
and Otter began to search for stones suit
able for his purpose.
As for Juanna, she turned her back to
tho ico bridge, at which she scarcely dared
to look, and sat herself upon a rock. In
doing so the jewels in the bag struck
against her knee and jingled, and the
thought oame into her mind that she
would examine them while she waited,
partly because she desired to distract her
thoughts from the vision of the terrible or
deal which lay before her, and partly to
gratify a not unnatural curiosity. Open
ing the mouth of the bag, she thrust her
fingers into it, and one by one drew out
the biggest gems which were jumbled to
gether there, placing them on the rock be
side her. In less than a minute she was
feasting tier eyes upon such a collection of
priceless jewels as bad never before glad
dened the sight of any white woman, even
In her wildest dreams. Indeed till now
Juanna had not thought it possible that
stones so splendid could exist on the hith
er side of the walls of heaven.
First there were great sapphires roughly
squared and two enormous round star
rubles. These had formed the eyes of the
colossus, which were removed on the mor
row of their arrival, the star rubies repre
senting the blood red pupils. Then there
was a heart shaped ruby of perfect color
and without flaw, almost as large as a
jackdaw’s egg, which, on the days of sac
rifice, had adorned the breasts of the chief
priest« of the People of the Mist for many
generations. Next came the greatest won
ders of this treasure — two marvelous
stones, one a sapphire and one a ruby—
fashioned respectively into models of the
statue of the dwarf and of the hideous
shape of the water dweller. Then there
were others, dozens of them, some rudely
cut and some as they came from tho
tuines, but every one of them singled out
for its remarkable size, ¡lawlessness or its
perfect fire and beauty.
Juanna arranged them in rows and
stared at them with eostasy—and where is
the woman who would not have done so?—
till in contemplating them she forget the
present terrors of her position, forgot ev
erything except the gorgeous loveliness and
infinite value of the wealth of gem* which
she had been the means of winning for
Leonard.
Among other things that passed from
her mind at this moment was the presence
of Nam, who, overcome by rage and ex
haustion, lay in a seeming faint upon the
*now within 12 paces of her. She never
saw him lift his head and look at her with
an expression as cold and cruel as that
which Otter had seen in the eyes of the
water dweller when he lifted bls bead from
its bed of rock. She never saw him roll
slowly over and over across the snow to
ward her, pausing a little while between
each turn of his body, for now sbe was oc-
oupied in replacing the jewels one by one
Into their bag of leather.
At last all were in, and with a sigh, for
It was painful to lose sight of objects so
beautiful, Juanna drew the mouth of the
bag tight and prepared to place it around
her neck.
At this moment it was that a hand,
withered and lean with age. passed be
neath her eyesand swiftly as the snatch of
an eagle’s talon seized the bag and rent it
front her grasp. She sprang up, with a cry
□f dismay, and well might she bo dismay
ed, for there, running from her with in
credible speed, was Nam, the jewels In his
hand. Otter and Leonard heard her cry,
and thinking that the priest was escaping
sped to cut him off. But he had no idea
of escape—at least not of such escape as
j they expected. Some 40 yards from where
Juanna had been sitting a little promon
tory of rock jutted out over the unclimba-
ble gulf below them, and toward this spot
Nam directed his steps. Running along
the ridge, be halted at its end. Indeed he
must do so unless he would fall 1,000 feet
or more to the bottom of the ravine be-
□eath. Then be turned and faced his pur
suers, who by now bad reached the edge
of the cliff.
|
“Come one step nearer, ” he cried, “and
i I let this bag fall whence you never shall
recover it, for no foot can tread these walls
of rock, and there is water at the bottom
| of the gulf.”
Leonard and Otter stopped, trembling
. for the fate of the jewels.
“Listen, deliverer,” cried Nam. “You
came to this land to seek these trinkets, is
it not so? And now you have found them
and would be gone with them? But before
you go you would kill me for vengeance’s
sake becatBe I haye_shown_ you to be
cheats and have sought to offer you up to
those gods whom you have blasphemed,
but the red stones you desire are in my
hands, and if I unclasp my fingers they
will be lost to you and all the world for
ever. Say, now, if I bring them back to
you in safety, will you swear to give me
ray life and suffer me to go my ways in
peace?”
“Yes, we will swear it,” answered
Leonard, who oould not conceal the an
guish of his anxiety. “Come back, Nam,
and you shall depart, unharmed, but if
you let the stones fall then you shall fol
low them.”
“You swear it?” said the priest eon-
tomptuously. “ You are come to this, that
you will sacrifice your revenge to satisfy
your greed. O white man, with a noble
heart! Now I will o’crmatch you, for I,
who am not noble, will sacrifice my life to
disappoint you of your desires. What!
Shall the ancient holy treasure of the Peo
ple of the Mist be stolen by two white
thieves and their black hound? Never! I
would have killed you all had time been
granted to me, but in that I failed, and I
am glad that I have failed, for now I will
deal you a bitterer blow than any death.
May the curse of Jal and Aca cleave to
you, you dogs without a kennel! May
you live outcasts aud die in the dirt, and
may your fathers and your mothers and
your children spit upon your bones as I
do! Farewell!” and shaking his disen
gaged hand at them he spat toward them,
then, with a sudden motion, hurled him
self backward off the point of rock and
vanished into space, bearing the treasure
with him.
For awliilo the three stood aghast and
stared at each other and the point of rock
which had been occupied by the venerablo
form of the late high priest. Then Juanna
sank upon the snow, sobbing.
“It Is iny fault,” she wailed, “all my
fault. Just now I was boasting to myself
that 1 had won wealth for you, and I have
lost everything. And we have suffered for
nothing, and, Leonard, you are a beggar.
Oh, it is too much, too much!”
“Go out there, Otter,” said Leonard in
hoarse voice, pointing to the place whence
Nam had hurled himself, “and see wheth
er there is any chance of our being able to
«limb down into the gulf. ”
The dwarf obeyed and presently re
turned, shaking his head. “It is impossi
ble, baas,” he said. “The wails of rock
are sheer as though they had been cut with
a knife. Moreover, there is water at the
bottom of them, as the old wizard said,
“Hold fast," said Leonard through his
set teeth as disengaging his right hand
from about Juanna’s waist he seized the
handle of the spear and pressed its broad
blade against a knob of rock behind them.
Now the stone, that was balanced on the
very verge of the declivity, trembled be
neath them, and now slowly and majes
tically, aS a ship starting from her slips
when the launching cord is severed, it be
gan to move down the icy way.
l'or the first second it scarcely seemed
to stir; then the motion grew’ palpable,
and Leonard heard a sound behind him
and felt his left foot clasped by a human
hand. There was a jerk that nearly drag
ged them off their sledge, but lie held fast
to the front edge of the stone, and though
he could still feel the hand upon his ankle
the strain became almost imperceptible.
CHAPTER XXX.
Lifting his head cautiously, Leonard
looked over his shoulder, and the mystery
was explained. In her madness and the
fury of her love for tho mistress whom she
had outraged and betrayed, Soa had striv
en to throw herself upon the stone with
them so soon as she saw it commence to
move, but too late, for feeling herself slip
ping forward she had grasped despairingly
at the first thing that came to her hand,
which chanced to be Leonard's ankle.
Now she must accompany them upon their
awesome journey, only, while they rode
upon the stone, she was dragged after
them upon her breast.
A flash of pity passed through Leonard's
brain as be realized her fearful plight.
Then for awhile he forgot all about her,
since his attention was amply occupied
with his own and Juanna’s peril. Now
they were rashing down the long slope
with an ever increasing velocity, and now
they breasted the first rise, during the last
ten yards of which, as in the case of Otter,
the pace of the stone slowed down so much
in proportion to the progressive exhaus
tion of its momentum that Leonard
thought they were coming to a standstill.
Then it was that he kicked out viciously,
striving to free himself from the weight
of Soa, which threatened to bring them to
a common ruin, but she clung to him like
an ivy to a tree, and he desisted from his
efforts lest he should cause their sledge to
alter its course.
On the very top of the rise the motion
of the stone decreased almost to nothing
ness, then little by little increased ones
more as they traversed a short, sharp dip,
the same in which they had lost sight of
Otter, to be succeeded by a gentle rise. So
far, though exciting and novel, their jour
ney had been comparatively safe, for the
path was broad and the ice perfectly
smooth. Its terrors were to come. Look
ing forward, Leonard saw that they were
at the commencement of a decline so steep
that, even had it offered a good foothold,
human beings could scarcely have stood
upon it, and measuring 400 or 500 yards
in length. As yet tho tongue of ice was
50 paces or moro in width, but it narrowed
rapidly as it fell till at length near the
opposite shore of the ravine it fined away
to a point like that of a great white needle
and then seemed to break off altogether.
Now they were well under way, and
now they sped down the steep green ice a*
a pace that can hardy be Imagined, though
perhaps it is sometimes equaled by an
eagle falling on its prey from somo vast
height of air. Indeed it is possible that
the sensations of an eaglo making his
headlong descent and those of Leonard
may have been very similar, with the im
portant exception that the bird feels no
fear, whereas absolute terror are the only
words wherewith to describe the mental
state of the man. So smooth was the ice
and so precipitous its pitch that he felt as
though he were falling through space, un
supported by anything, for traveling at
that speed the friction of the stone was
imperceptible. Only the air shrieked as
they clove it, and Juanna’s long tresses,
torn by it from their fastenings, streamed
out behind her like a veil.
Down they went, still down, half—two-
thirds of the distance was covered; then
he looked again and saw the horror that
lay before them. Already the bridge was
narrow, barely the width of a small room.
A hundred yards farther on It tapered to
so fine a point that the stone would almost
cover its breadth, and beneath It, on either
side, was that unmeasured gulf wherein
Nam was lost with the jewels. Nor was
this all, for at its narrowest it was broken
away for a space of 10 or 12 feet, to con
tinue on the farther side of the gap, for a
few yards at a somewhat lower level, and
then run upward at a steep incline to the
breast of snow where Otter eat in safety.
On they whizzed, ice beneath them and
before them, and ica in Leonard’s heart,
for he was frozen with fear. His breath
had left him because of the rush of their
! progress, but his senses remained painfully
acute. Involuntarily he glanced over the
edge of the stono, saw the sheer depths be
low him and found himself wondering
what was the law that kept their sledge
upon this ribbon of ico when it seemed so
I easy for it to whirl off into space.
Now the gap was immediately in front
of them. "God help us!” he murmured,
or rather thought, for there was no time
for words, and they had left the road of
ice and were flying through the air as
though the stone which carried them wcro
a living thing that, seeing the peril, had
gathered up its energies and sprung for-
I ward for its life.
What happened? Leonard never knew
for certain, and Otter swore that his heart
' came and stood before hie eyes so that he
could not see. Before they touched the
farther point of ice—while they were in
the air indeed—they, or rather Leonard,
heard a hideous scream and felt a jerk so
violent that his hold of the stone was loos
ened, and it passed from beneath them.
Then came a shock, less violent than
might have been expected, and, lo! they
were spinning onward down the polished
surface of the ice, while the stone that had
borne them sped on in front like a horse
that has thrown its rider.
Leonard felt the rubbing of the ice burn
him like hot iron. He felt that his ankle
was freed from the band that had held it;
then for some minutes he felt no more,
for his senses left him. When they re
turned, it was to hear the voice of Otter
crying: “Lie still, baas: do not stir for your
life. I come.”
Instantly he was wide awake, and mov
ing his head ever so little saw their situa
tion. Then he wished that he had re
mained asleep, for it was this:
The impetus of tlieir rush had carried
them almost to the line where tho ice stop
ped and tho rock and snow began, within
some 15 feet of it indeed. But those 15
feet were of the smoothest ice and very
sheer, so smooth and sheer that no man
could hope to climb them. Below them
the slope continued for some 18 or 14
yards till It met the corresponding incline
that led to the gap in the bridge. On this
surface of ice they were lying spread eagled.
For a moment Leonard wondered bow it
was that they did not slide back to the
bottom of the slope, there to remain till
they perished, for without ropes aDd prop
er implements no human being could scale
it. Then he saw that a chance had befallen
them which In after days he was wont to
attribute to the direct Intervention of
Providence.
It will be remembered that when they
started Loonard had pushed the rock off
with a spear which Olfan had given them.
This spear he drew In again as they began
to move, placing it between his chest and
the stono, for be thought that it might be
of service to him should they succeed in
crossing the gulf. When they were jerked
from the stone and left to travel along the
ice on the farther side of the gap In obedi
ence to the impetus given to them by the
frightful speed at which they were travel -
| ing, the spear, obeying the same laws of
motion, acoompanied them, but being of a
leas specific gravity lagged behind in the
race, just as the stone, which was heaviest,
i outstripped them.
As It happened, near the top of the rise
there was a fissure in the ioe, and in this
fissure the weapon had become fixed, its
weighted blade causing it to assume au
upright position. When the sense'ess
for I can bear the sound of it. Ob, baas,
baas, why did you not kill him at first or
let me kill him afterward? Surely I told
you that he would bring evil on us. Wall,
they are gone, and we can never find them
again, so let us save our lives if we may,
for, after all, theso are more to us than the
bright stones. Come now and help me,
baas, for I have found two flat rocks that
will serve our turu, a big one for you and
the Shepherdess, since doubtless she will
fear to make this journey alone, and a
smaller one for myself.”
Leonard followed him without a word.
He was too heartbroken to speak, while
Juanna rose and returned to the spot
where Nam had roblied her. Looking up
presently, her eyes still blurred with tears,
she saw Leonard and the dwarf laboriously
pushing two heavy stones across the snow
toward her.
"Now, deliverer,” he said, “when I am
safe across, all that you must do is to lie
flat upon the stone, both of you, and to
push a little with the spear. Then before
you know it you will be by my side.”
"All right,” said Leonard doubtfully.
“Well, I suppose that you had better start.
Waiting won’t make the matter any
easier.”
“Yes, baas, I will go now. Ah, little
did I think that I should ever be called
on to take such a ride as this. Well, it will
be something to make songs about after
ward.”
And Otter laid himself face downward
on the stone with a little laugh, though
Leonard noticed that, however brave his
spirit might be, he could not prevent bis
flesh from revealing its natural weakness,
for it quivered pitifully.
“Now, baas,” he said, gripping the edges
of the stone with his large hands, "when
I give the word to you, push gently, and
then you will 6ee how a black bird can fly.
Put your head lower, baas.”
Leonard obeyed, and the dwarf whisper
ed in his ear:
“I only want to say, baas, in case we
should not meet again, for accidents will
happen even on the safest roads, that I am
sorry that I made such a pig of myself
yonder. It was so dull down there in that
hale of a palace, and the tog made me sea
all things wrong. Moreover, drink and a
wife have corrupted mauy a better man.
Don’t answer, baas, but push, for I um
growing afraid.”
Placing his hand at the back of the
stone, Leonard gave it a gentle shove, It
began to move, very slowly at first, then
more fast and faster yet, till it was rush
ing over the smooth ice pathway with a
whirring sound like that produced by the
flight of a bird. Presently it had reached
the bottom of the first long slope and was
climbing the gentle rise opposite so slowly
that for awhile Leonard thought that it
was going to stop. It crossed its brow,
however, and vanished for a few seconds
into a dip, where the watchers could not
see it; then it appeared again at the head
of the second and longest slope, of which
the angle was very steep. Down this it
rushed like an arrow from a bow till it
reached the narrow waist of the bridge, of
which the general conformation bore some
resemblance to that of a dead wasp lying
on its back. Indeed, from where Leonard
and Juanna stood, the span of ice at this
point seemed to be no thicker than a sil
ver thread, while Otter and stone might
have been a fly upon the thread. Now of
a sudden Leonard distinctly saw the rock
sledge and its living burden, which just
then was traveling its swiftest, move up
ward as though it had leaped into the air,
and then continue its course up the rising
plane, which represented the throat of the
wasp, till at length it stopped.
Leonard looked at his watch. The time
occupied by the transit was just 52 sec
onds, and the distance could not have been
much less than half a mile.
“See,” he cried to Juanna, who all this
while had sat with her hand before her
eyes to shut out the vision of the dwarf’s
dreadful progress, "he has crossed safely!”
and he pointed to a figure that appeared to
be dancing with glee upon the breast of
the snow slope.
As he spoke a faint sound reached their
ears, for in those immense silences sound
can travel far. It was Otter shouting, aDd
his words seemed to be, “Come on, baas;
it is easy!”
“I am glad he is safe,” said Juanna
faintly, “but now we must follow him.
Take ray handkerchief, Leonard, and tie
I
it over ray eyes, please, for I cannot bear
to look. Ob, the idol’s head was nothing
to this!”
Leonard obeyed her, bidding her not to
be afraid.
As they came to the stone Leonard
heard a sound behind him of footsteps
muffled by the snow, and glancing round
saw Soa rushing toward them, almost
naked, a spaar wound in her side and the
light of madness shining in her eyes.
“Get back,” he said sternly, “or”—
And he lifted the great spear.
“O Shepherdess,” she wailed, “take
me with you, Shepherdess, for I cannot
live without you.”
“Tell her to go away,” said Juanna,
recognizing the voice. “1 never want to
see her any more.”
“Then you can die, Soa,” answered
Leonard. “Stay. How is it gone yonder?
Speak truly, or there is an end.”
“I know not, deliverer. When I left,
Olfan and his brother still held the mouth
of the tunnel and were still unhurt, but
the captain was dead. I slipped past them
and got this as I went.” And she pointed
I to the gash in her side.
“If he can hold out a little longer, help
may reach him,” muttered Leonard.
Then, without more words, he laid him
self and Juanna face downward on the
broad stone.
“Now, Juanna, ” he said, “we are going
to start. Grip fast with your right band bodies of Leonard and J uanna bad slid as
and see that you do not let go of the far up the slope as the unexpended energy
edge of the stone, or we shall both slip off of their impetus would allow, naturally
it”
enough they began to move back again In
“Oh, take me with you, Shepherdess, accordance with the laws of gravity. Then
take me with you, and I will be wicked it was, as luck would have it, that the
no more, but 6erve you as of old!” shrilled spear, fixed in the crevice of the ioe, saved
the voice of Soa I d so despairing a cry that them from destruction, for it chanced that
tbejpcXs.rapg.
the descent of their two forms passing on
either side of it was checked by the handle
of the spear, which caught tjte hide rope
whereby they were bound together. All
of this Leonard took in by degrees; also
he discovered that Juanna was either
dead or senseless, at the time he could not
tell which.
“What are you going to do?” he asked
of Otter, who by now was ou the vergo of
the ice some 15 feet above them.
"Cut steps and pull you up, baas,” au
swered the dwarf cheerfully.
"It will not be easy," said Leonard,
glancing over his shoulder at the long
slope beneath, “and if we slip or the rope
breaks”—
“Do not talk of slipping, baas,” re
plied Otter as he began to back at the ice
with the priest’s heavy knife, "and as tor
the rope, if it was strong enough for the
water dweller to drag me rouud the pool
by, it is strong enough to hold you two,
although it has seen some wear. I only
wish 1 had such another, for then this
matter would be simple.”
Then, working furiously, Otter hacked
at the hard surface of the ice. The first
two steps he hollowed from the top of the
slope, lying on his stomach. After this
difficulties presented themselves which
seemed insuperable, for he could not hack
at the ice when he had nothing by which
to support himself.
“What is to be done now?” said Leon
ard.
“Keep cool, baas, and give me time to
think.” And for a moment Otter squatted
down and was silent.
"I have it,” he said presently, and ris
ing he took off his goatskin cloak and cut
It into strips, each strip measuring about
2 inches in width by 2 feet 6 inches in
length. These strips he knotted together
firmly, making a serviceable rope of them
long enough to reach to where Leonard
and Juanna were suspended on the fragile
handle of the spear. Then ha took the
stake which had always done him such
good service, and sharpening its point
fixed it as deeply as he could into the snow
and earth on the border of the Ice belt and
tied the skin rope to it.
“Now, baas,” he said, “all is well, for
I can begin from the bottom.”
And without further words ho let him
self down till he hung beside them.
“Is the Shepherdess dead, baas," he
asked, glancing at Juanna’s pale face and
closed eyes, “or does she only sleep?”
“I think that she is in a swoon,” an
swered Leonard. "But for heaven’s sake
be quick, Otter, for I am being frozen on
this ice. What is your plaD now!”
“This, baas—to tie the end of the rope
that I have made from the cloak about
your middle, then to undo the cord that
binds you and the Shepherdess together
and return to the top of the slope. Once
there, I can pull her up by the hide cord,
for it is strong, and she will slip easily
over the ice, and you can follow.”
“Good,” said Leonard.
Then, hanging by ono hand, the dwarf
managed, with such assistance as Leonard
could give him, to knot the end of the line
which he had constructed from the skin
garment beneath Leonard's arms. Next
he set to work to untie the hide cord,
thereby freeing him from Juanna. And
now came the most difficult and dangerous
part, for Leonard, suspended from the
frail shaft of the spear with one hand,
must support Juanna’s senseless form
with the other, while Otter made shift to
drag himself to the summit of the ice,
bolding the bide lino in bis teeth. The
spear bent dreadfully, and Leonard did
not dare to put any extTa strain upon the
roughly fastened cord of goatskin by which
the dwarf was hauling himself up the ice,
for if it gave they must all be precipitated
to the dip below, there to perish misera
bly, since, without proper ropes and an
Ico ax, its ascent would be impossible.
Faint and frozen as he was, it seemed
hours to him before Otter reached the top
and called to him to let go of Juanna.
He obeyed, and seating himself on the
snow, his feet supported by the edge of
the ice, the dwarf put out his strength
and began to pull her up. Strong as he
was, it proved as much as he was able to
do. Indeed, bad she lain on any other
material than ice, he could not have done
it at all, but in the end he succeeded, and
with a gasp of gratitude Leonard saw her
laid safe upon the snow.
Now Otter, hastily undoing the cord
from Juanua’s waist, made it into a run
ning noose, which he threw down to Leon
ard, who placed it over his shoulders, and
having lifted the spear from the cleft iu
which it stood commenced his ascent.
His first movement cost him a pang of
agony, and do wonder, for the blood from
wounds that had been caused by the fric
tion of his fiesh as he was hurled along
the surface of the slide had congealed,
freezing his limbs to the ice, whence they
could nut easily be loosened. The pain,
sharp as it was, did him good, for it
aroused his benumbed energies and en
abled him to drag on the goatskin cord
with all bis strength, while Otter tugged
at that which was beneath his arms.
Well for him was it that the dwarf had
taken the precaution of throwing down
this second line, for presently Otter’s stake,
which had no firm hold on the icy earth,
came out and slid away, striking Leonard
as it passed and bearingtheknotted lengths
of the cloak with it. The dwarf cried
aloud and bent forward as though he were
about to fall. By a fearful effort he re
covered himself and held fast to the rope in
bis hand, while Leonard, suspended to it,
swung to and fro like a pendulum on the
surfaoe of the ice.
Then followed the most terrible mo
ments of all their struggles against the
difficulties of this merciless place. The
dwarf held fast above, and Leonard, ceas
ing to swing, lay with hands and leg* out
stretched on the face of the ioe.
“Now, baas,” said Otter, “be brave, and
when I pull do you wriggle forward ”
He tugged till the thin bide rope stretch
ed, while Leonard clawed and kicked at
the ice with his toes, kneesand diaengaged
hand.
Alas! it gave no hold. He might as well
have tried to climb a dome of plate glass
at an angle of 60 degrees.
“Best awhile, baas,” said the dwarf,
whose breath was coming in great soba,
“then make a little nick in the ice with
the blade of the spear, and when next I
pull try to set some of your weight upon
it.”
Leonard did as he was bid without
speaking.
“Now,” said the dwarf, and with a
push and a struggle he was two feet higher
up the Incline. Again the process was re
peated, and this time he got his left hand
into the lowest of the two steps that Otter
had hacked with the knife, and once more
they paused for breath. A third effort,
the fiercest of them all, a clasping of bands,
and he was lying trembling like a fright
ened child above the glacier s lip.
The ordeal was over, that danger was
done with, but at what a coat! Leonard's
nerves were completely shattered. He
could not stand, his face was bleeding; his
nails were broken, aDd the bone of one
knee was exposed by the friction of the
ice, to say nothing of the shock to the sys
tem and the bruises which be had received
when he was hurled from the stone. Ot
ter’s condition was a little better, but bls
hands were cut by the rope, and he was
utterly exhausted with toil and the strain
of suspense. Indeed, of the three, Juanna
had come off by far the best, for she had
swooned at the very beginning of the pas
sage of the bridge, and when they were
jerked from the stone, being lighter than
Leonard, had fallen upon him. Moreover,
the thick goatskin cloak which was wrap
ped about her protected her from all hurt
beyond a few trifling cut* and bruises. Of
their horrible position, when they were
hanging to the spear and the rest of their
adventure, including the death of Soa.
she knew nothing, and it was well fcr her
reason that this was so.
“Otter, ” murmured Leonard in a shak
ing voice, “have yqn lost that gourd of
spirit?”
“No, baas; it is safe."
“Thank heaven!” he said. “Hold it to
my lips if you can. ” The dwarf lifted it
with a trembling hand, and Leonard
gulped down some of the fiery spirit.
To be Continued.
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