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All the energetic helpers were prepared to work all night, delving into the vast suddenlywith the dead,--and it was verging towards sunset when one of the priests, chancing to raise his eyes from the chaos of earth around him to the clear and quiet sky, sahat at first he took to be a great eagle with outspread wings soaring slowly above the scene of devastation It htness and ease,--now and then appearing to pause as though seeking so it for a minute or two he called the attention of some of the men around hirueso the dead

"That's an air-ship"--said one--"and a big thing, too!"

"An air-ship!" echoed the priest a expanse of sky through which the bird-shaped vessel made its leisurely way like the vision of a fairy taleweirdly terrible in the contrast it h clear space in apparent safety, while down below on the so-called "solid" earth, all nature had been convulsed and overthrown The wonderful result of huenuity as measured with the re to be real to the mind of a Spanish priest who, despite all the evidences of triu to the Cross and kept his sih above the waves that threatened to engulf it Turning anew to hisyouth just lifted froht of stones that had crushed hi eyes were upturned to the sky

"See the angel co?" he whispered, thickly--"Never used to believe in theh! Glory--!" and his utterance ceased for ever

The priest crossed his hands upon his breast and said a prayer--then again looked up to where the air-ship floated in the darkening blue It was now directly over the canon,--ih which the clamorous rush of water poured While he watched it, it suddenly stood still, then dived slowly as though bent on descending into the very depths of the gully He could not forbear uttering an exclamation, which made all the aze was fixed

"That air-ship's going to kingdo can save it if it takes to nose-diving down there!"