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With a gasp of relief, Myra darted out, negotiated the narrow crevice

which hid the door from view, and found herself in the open--and in

brilliant sunshine She paused for a moment, to collect herself,

fancied she heard a noise behind her, and sped away like a startled doe

There appeared to be no path, and she ran aihtest sense of direction, cla down

slopes, several ti fro

frantically to a boulder on the very verge And the boulder, which

over the side

of the precipice the moment she had released her hold on it and

recovered her equilibriu death, Myra was so

terrified that she could not proceed for several otiate the perilous path After

that, she advanced with greater caution, and at last reached a little

grassy plateau, a sort of oasis anificent view of the e and the country

Far below her, Myra could see a twisted white ribbon--so it looked from

a distance--which she knewobjects which she knew uard and thefor her and

for "El Diablo Cojuelo"