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He held up a hand to enforce silence A deep hush fell on the ship

"Listen!" he ht the words "Can

you hear firing?"

She thought she could distinguish an irregular patter of dull reports,

and the behavior of the Indians showed that additional excitement was

toward Many of thenal to their allies on shore The canoes raced h-hewn native craft were far swifter than the

solidly-built lifeboat, with its broad beah they strained their eyes and spoke with bated

breath, never a sight of boat or canoes was obtainable for hours after

the latter were sed up by the trees which shrouded the creek at

the foot of Guanaco Hill

Isobel Baring, ht friend, tried

to induce her to leave the deck But she shrank away, terrified by the

fire which blazed fro on her for an instant

Mrs Somerville came, but she, too, was repulsed Elsie spoke no word

She hardly

shadoith the frozen stare of abiding horror All things around her

were unreal, fantastic; she dwelt in a world peopled by her own

terrible i