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A susts and with sound very ht and, though I went cautiously, irdle, yet ever and always at the back of my mind was an infinitude of joy by reason of my dear lady's love for me and the wonder of it

I chosethe white sands of Deliverance Beach, trending towards that fatal cleft hard by Bartleh why I o hither I knew no more then than I do now

Thus went I ( whatwords the which had so haunted my sick dreams; more than once I stopped to stare round aboutto behold the looed us over seas

Full of these disquieting thoughts I reached the cove and began to descend the steep side, following goat-tracks long grown familiar The place hereabouts was honeycoes screened by bushes and tangled vines; and here, well hid from observation, I paused to look about me But (and all in a moment) I was down onof a dried stick beneath a stealthy foot

Very still I waited, every nerve a-tingle, and then, forth into the ht, sudden and silent as death, a man crept; and verily if ever murderous death stood in hu, his head twisted back over his shoulder as watching one who followed; beneath the vivid scarf that swathed his temples was a shock of red hair and upon his cheek the sas glittering; then he turned his head and I knew hiht aboard ship For a longback ever and anon across Deliverance, and so co into the shadow of the cliff, and I saw thepistol he clutched, as, sinking down behind a great boulder, he waited there upon his knees

Now suddenly as I lay there watching Red Andy'sfor swift action, I started and (albeit the night was very warm) felt a chill pass over ain that full, deep voice singing hard by upon Deliverance: "Go seek ye women everywhere, North, South, lads, East or West, Let 'eh, blo, Where e'er ye go The Silver Woman's best Aha! My Silver Woman's best!"