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But his lips refused to open and his throat gave out no sound Wainwright seee soft hand about his throat, and his little pig eyes gleaht, his selfish mouth all pursed up as it used to be when the fellows stole his all-day sucker, and held it tantalizingly above his reach One of his large cushiony knees was upon Caasped, and tried to shout to the other fellows that this was the time to do aith this tyrant, this captain's pet, but still only a croak would cohty effort he wrenched his hands and feet into action, and lunged up at thewildly for his throat, with but one thought in his drea brain, to kill--to kill! Sound ca body, and struggling himself loose from the two comrades who had fallen asleep upon hiave a hoarse yell and got to his feet

They cursed and laughed at hiood naturedly to their broken slu out the tiny crack into the dark starless night that hirling by, startled into thoughtfulness The dreaet rid of it His heart was boiling hot with rage at his old enereat horror at himself He had been about to kill a fellow creature! To what pass had he coht, a shite face gleamed, with brown hair blown about it, and the mist of the storm in its locks It was as if her spirit had followed hi the dreaht! For he knew by the wild beating of his heart, by the hotness of his wrath as he ca would have stayed his hand if he had been placed in such a situation

It was like a dream to hover over a poor worn tempest-tossed soul in that way and ain and again and face the future that would have followed such a set of circumstances He had to see Ruth's sad, stern face, the sorrowful eyes full of tears, the reproach, the disappoint of her chin He knew her so well; could so easily conjecture what her whole attitude would be, he thought And then he o on to think out once ht be between his eneirl he loved--think it out more carefully than he had ever let hirounds adjoined, how their social set and standing and wealth was the saht had boasted!