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Allan hiht; but he forced hilass true as it slowly scoured the sky-line to north and west

All at once he uttered a choking cry The glass shook in his wasted hands His eyes, staring, refused their office, and a strange purple blur seeht

With the binoculars he stared at a point N N W, where he had thought to see the incredible apparition; but now nothing appeared

"Hallucinations, so soon?" hehis eyes "Coain he searched the place with his powerful lenses

"My God! but I do see the, too!" he exclaie! They're there! But--but what--What can thisbackground of the afternoon sky he had perceived a long line of hu to southeast over the distant hill-top, almost directly toward the point where his exhausted troop now lay inert and panting