Part 39 (2/2)

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CHAPTER XXVIII

VICTORY

”Is SHE asleep?” asked Cora, as Lena poked her head in the door again

”Yes, and she will not wake You ed Helka ”Iit,” suggested Cora ”It is not much to carry; and your box, I will take that”

Helka ran her fingers over the strings

”Sing,” she said, and Cora sang

”His voice is calling sweet and low!

'Babbette! Pierro!'

He rows across, he takes her hand, And then they sail away!”

”Yes,” interrupted Helka, ”he will coo!”

”There! There!” screamed Bess ”That was Cora's voice!”

”And that was Lillian's lute! Did I not give it to her?” insisted the strange young ether,” said Jack ”I as in there would tear you to pieces!”

”Theyhis revolver

”No, wait,” implored Mr Rand ”A falseand old, in the party took out his revolver and had it in readiness Then, in a solid line, they deliberately walked up to the old house--through the path lined with boxwood over the little flower garden

”Yes, there is a light See it near the roof?”

The girls were almost on the heels of the men They could not be induced to remain in the lane

”What is that?”

”A wos!”

But no dogs cairl, Lena, confronted them