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These sounds were radually died away; and as I resuain silence, save for the unabated raging of the store calmness now fell on my spirits Some invisible hand seemed to hold an to consider that she must have known her fate beforehand This hat she hadon a journey The ht of this the quieter I became, and I hid my face in my hands and prayed earnestly

A touch roused htness, like a light cloud with sunshine falling through it, hovered above Zara's bier! I gazed breathlessly; I could not elically beautiful! It sled for speech, and ed to whisper: "Zara, Zara! you have come back!"

Her voice, so sweetly faain! I am too happy to return But save hiiven the rescue Save hirieve noup from my knees in haste For one instant I looked at the beautiful dead body of the friend I loved, with its set mouth and placid features, and then I smiled This was not Zara--SHE was alive and happy; this fair clay was but clay doomed to perish, but SHE was i in er--I determined to seek Heliobas at once Swiftly and noiselessly I slipped out of the chapel As the door swung behind me I heard a sound that first made erness There was noit--it was the clash of steel!