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Boyle or Gray had never relaxed their vigil by her side It was Gray

whoAs

the fleet crossed the bay it could be seen that they were towing the

life-boat But never a sign of any prisoners could the most careful

scrutiny detect The boat was empty; it was easy to count every man in

the canoes as they passed into Otter Creek And there ounded

Indians on board nificant, a tre, and the boat was captured, but

some, if not all, of the crew must have joined their comrades in the

sanctuary of the haunted cave The accuracy of this deduction was

proved by the presence of the senerally held that its spiral clouds were denser than at

any previous hour, thus showing that the defenders were endeavoring to

make known their continued existence

Elsie awoke fro to life, she was

transfor woentleness; the pleasant curves and dimples of mouth and chin

had hardened into a sort of deterure seemed to assume a certain squareness which betokened her

resolve to act as her lover would have acted were he the watcher from

the ship and she the prisoner pent behind that screen of rock and wild

forest

None suspected the hty force which worked this resolution in her