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kindred marina tow! dipped their wry to
their rnon ‘on in or coral my:
very drop as sure slow poison I: over, i
old Toiiine dintiiiedsf
" We ulinli perieh hire itri tnerntn,ttien.j’
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niiuiire you. I em p t g V‘
reier it viilgnr life to on nriiitoeriitiii
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- in: I. too.” I end. “even when thnt
lire include: on Indiiin niiiclio-tine
smells and all." g . l
The geiitintcnhen eiirogged his ep-re
shoulders again, rind setting tie tIiaoilo-
lyteietnnd down. deiiborntely rolled And i
lighted e treeh cigarette.
-- n sei-rt re:-ti." he enid, blowing the
bltleamokefromhinntlstri . 'e in s i
nil die when our time C0ll'l(‘iL '“ hit: Hillb-
tern it then where or ltow!" .
"it d not be here. R('IIOr.1'," inter-
reve voice. --that it it you
“What do you rnenn. Tn-cits!” de-
innnded the protensor. turning nhiirply on
it short, eonere, bright-eyed Indinn, who
tied been listening to our eonreriintiun,
sqnntted on his pncli-. "Do you know oi
any shelter neiir liurez"
--snr y, Be) or.’
1‘ . n wllnse esrl trniiiinguiidertoiue -
missionary piiizie etil clung to hint, crohsetl himself
derontly. -
-- It is the iiiinuho dei Demnnio,” he eeid.
The roteesnr Iiiiigiied tiiiit heerty, tullrbreuted
Iniigh (Eat no amount or privetion or dnnger eoeld
‘deprire hiiii er.
mine Devil’: minehe E" he exclaimed. “And in
the name ot ils owner, where in it 2"
4' In the woods, inst news! the la imn."
" Tlten heroes the lngniin vru go. we will entiti-
pnis filturily. llutl make the ilevil our host to-night
,thn is, you gcntlellleil iii-e not titrni oi the
npectren which our irieiid Tu-ell! iipenire or no rev-
erent y.
-‘ I, tor oiie,"iiiiid Don Antonio. “I have
toiight the substance too oiten to nhviiiir trnrn eii.
countering eiioiiowe."
"Then look lively, niy hide. Letnssealiowitoon
yon oenthrowti a (I it ctliur.” -
Thus n ’uretl, our piichiiien wont to worir with it
wilL There were tour or lllclll riding To-one,
wo,hein n ' ' ieriehiidee
hinineii lender; end vrittiin it very lew niinutes n
light hut httoynnt rail or jtulmrlotzshbountl lo-
gellier with hqiiw written, with heating on the
n non.
'ow come the ditrieulty. one and hit, the
ueiinlly ooedient aborigines rnriined to rroer to the
lorest. Caminitntii, pereiineiotie, entrentiee, tiirettts,
were erpinily iinnieiie.
Their drend ot the Itiineiio dcl nernonio rind lls
phantom ienniite overcome even their respect tor
the proieeeor. They would eerrip where they were
and hrnve the iiiingern at the rnitenin rather than
accompany an. >
Other Indiana rind vieited the llhomened piece,
and witrieeeed nnch eneneeot horror ttiut they wonid
Abandoned the eilort, and luit them to make camp
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With the ghost 01 our lihtil. ham Ind oxil ol the
two Igmlnlia We hltd shot that morning lat‘ ballast,
we pushed olflnd poled the nit through the Altal<
ow water. ' I - -
The moon li Mod this ready exphiisc tltrouzit
which our wl Eli with I weird. pale llghl, and the I
great bright hlltrs mirrored themhelvea In the blue
turn like colo.-all
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bill-ern lulnbereii lazily of! befnro us; the
' HI, hit. horn st! ' I:
loonseresme is enter: a’
In;theirogsln-
Ike the mo
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with its reputed elinrnctmi - - -
we tended. utter hult In hour's herd work. It the
‘hen: oi e hiiiil oi retl clhy, up which I threndiiire
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‘ renethigh with the rnnheiit nt green. so inter-
twined with rnniiing vinte tlint we tripped nt every
ntep. - ' - -
on three eidrs thin cinnriiig who girdod hy tiiii
trees, vrhoee lower brllllcllul were Aded down
‘ with grentiinnue, which, in the moonlight, looked
like e tnugie otvrrithtiig Mll’ enie. . -
T e otirth wits opcnto xlio littroon anti ihesign,
and through the thickening riiittwe eonid dietin-
tzuisii. like 1 lurid utur, the tire hy which our tuiiow-
ers wen prepnrin their evening inert . - ,
"he Devil’: Ranclio stout! lit the Ittldtlls of this
rig. t wen in structure into In eeoivtiito
at on the Nexlcln viiltll-In exieneive hiit or
palm-honrds, plutiterctl sevorni ineheu deep with I
'compost at cltly Itnd cmulietl ttliclls, nttd mated with
(batch.
>TIil! root Iild heart an abuwtl by the llrilxers of
end it iingged iii the mid ii, where nvnet opening
ylwuod, Ippnmnily heiiten iii hy roiiie iitorin,
Myrlmll or hntii hnriinred in the rotten ihiitch;
rs; PAlN1lD Inu. A1‘ aizzszlwlcti nosrmti..-niiti me IE6.
nd when we hnllt e tire to preplre our euppe
at tho coltislrlilte oi the Province or
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erior of the ranclte laid originally been dl- 'l'obit5ro,juat concluded, when something woke ml
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no ladder,-we did notpnteurrelm to the troiihle
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he itselfwus Absolutely empty. Titers
nnett-sting chill. tlis breath of the
to IV on u '
pervlcled the place like the dead frlgldiiy oft
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we iorrrt rnoniiiid in the rising viind with rmn
There vrhs a gentle putter on the tlittti:
Between riie niid Illa ttre.with tiii hiirlr lo riie.vrne
it iitntntitii-,nIiy Iiorritilii unit I eeurceiy
hie bug, conlsnled hiineeit with e log<[-ll-
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the dirniightot the dying tire, it ecemvtl the nitric nt
in riI:in dtxtorted ion. the niiicot or e Lltmtln-llIi' a
g at the noun or
en oi n diiitunt ientpent, the howling
Io hionheyit in the threat wts blown to
no on the night-Kind. e - V
i All Ihlngs consIilered,I could not much blame our ‘
poor hrownrskinnml henrlinien tor their dread at n V
pisoe w nee ientntitie um-ronc was so in keeping
iignre I! the ilyztntiiie pulnlers pirtnred
I! the types 0! the hand. who fedtlts diet
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long nietied nrowlh. lte body Iiotrever,
w s ol be an I wit
ehtggy it ii
. II it set]
or . bright copper color, lite lhst oronr
lndihne. In the inruiricient illurritri on
ilwns All ihst I could istin ti’ ,
ce t tint the hands 0! the creature were
iii: tar in color thin Ill ho y end 0! ener-
iu an suenizl .
y uy tini. I Im not cursed
ge s trit of snieretiuon.
Among my rnsny ntrnui or. ntlier, rnorsi
niiniteoiningr, lhll ignotile weather.
I ' i ntynlt I
I! hid
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e the n at nnlcy dliztzer.
g ll nnition nlinhtly, n melidllic
into a I now int
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e drowsy with iron: the proteeeor.
“Han It. Don Antonio,” he growled.
‘f yrltnt nightnnre are you ri ing new 2"
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nus . aruz. screamed
iniu . mini" exclaimed the pro-
fessor, nngriiy, struggling to I sell in his
tnirrioclr, " vrhoee hell 2'
“E! dtnimlia.’ rirgo I‘eviro!" g
And the spellter. who had fallen on
is It s. g red at the ainrigcr with
eyes ihn tlirutetted o in their
oat u, Ind com ed
iii. r Old Pele, II the Cnblri
gr en irom ho n itni td
platted up the term, ieniiiin y csll hi ,
eltlier more thin one 0! the
big red monkeys, the nmgviaio, vrhote tnneini
howling: sre ttiinilinr to hit trn Icni irnrzleve.
he npearu quite on may trigiiieeed on our
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with onrlnnghtrr end the Cnhtrt‘s rhrni Ippuln
o ’ hiroh saint llemmin .
tihttllle iie hig tint Ieet nnd looted siixienel nnont,
chattering its lee ' e
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ylllalilnndoncd Ind hid not yet Ielrned to target
its o onie.
"Cltclt him!” shouted the proiernor. helvrecn
his iiiirr-e oi etentorinn laughter. “Don't irt Iiini
etc: 2.
-- lloly st. Anthony I" ehrlrlred the Cnllln, now
so tlzoronpiily denwfl zed the: he eeni-trned our
niirth into them hrniin d nriplii-d the proteiiiorle
ndjnntlon to IIlIII'!‘IelY‘. ' In thin, hie dire extremity,
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I hid nipped iroin iiiy hlmmoclt to any out
the roieioore tommlnd; hntthe m‘ to my leet
lor-
wnrtl. I10 I hied.on the on n n ottldt-r,plniI,
with the [lnyvr nniini.hed,inen ind hunt rollrd
into the tire together.
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In less lime lliln it Inks: to write it the rcuclte
or n iwiit rush iowlrd the iioortrly, and n mel-
sricholy howl died nwiy in the direction oi the
lorett. ‘
lie get the are ettrted Igiiin he soon tit we could
fhlher the wood. and tennd Don Antonio senseless.
twts daylight eerore herecot-ered,nndtiis nret sch
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When next we on him he us peiiiig scroll: the
lagoon lili-es rut men. and anr CHE‘! tor him to re-
turn Ind lake in Ibolrd fell on tin! ens.
did not take to Lheir heels sltogethcr. y
we to Iur riiongn girders lI’MIl the
renclte to build s new ll t with. In doing tliie, we
‘ n at corner oi the coeiilott, I he: at
times. which hid evidently served poor Jerho hr.
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' tty hlmmoclt hed hreii einii ‘n CM! le ol nrd
irorn the end or the lofnlndzltwls goubtleysa iil
Ienriing down to get nt the tire thnt the npe hiid
cniight the llllylrd and set my riiingirig couch in
l'nI7ll0IL
We reeched the beech in tiineto bring our hiiiew.
to hnir,nnt eyweie nhonttodernnip,luving
our pl ltsvrhers they lh .
‘hrenhiust Don Antonio recounted his
e utugonlst with eyed ot tiatltev s
e as crosting IillCllIlO‘l,V?EI nil: Kill? ‘Wm “an”
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‘ ‘“e‘ In; prnyers II
onni so 1l"wll' dth l'.= ' .
nlrig hlyl ii iii? lcflp .'i"i"SI'ie. 0: lit’ ii.'i‘i’e'.‘,i5ii'.'.‘l.
‘.'lII‘hW‘:' folgdzhihartie to spoil hitch so Irtisiiu yum
‘Ll; wottld. I3dced." I Inswered ' l
' en ni otrl ad lli ‘ .
net oehind hit reti‘lteIerd,E:";:g:on‘:E'I'he cm" """
9 Devil‘: Rsncha-or. nther. the help ot
trrnss-grown ruins that now mtrks Ill eiie-re-
l'.l?.‘i'2.'ni"i‘n 35r'.l"c'ri."."ifiT'.- 'S"'“i’i‘ -'i2"i‘n""‘ “"
t In 7-. me it .n erinv
genilent at Ell$lDCGf$- of the Rehllblli: of Mexico will
a flmotu lll he dlcl, n nrgr , git t
who met. fought Ind conquered the devil.
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