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Show TUB HEP I.AVEX. ,, On UU "'S11' cf ,b0 Nnllrl,r S bl?fljf jLj wm cummlttoil at Cnperoo. Mas- VTluu wuitli) man Mwut fifljr 1 ns tli ,wo ,nonl1'" '". i'1'1 lor cJ f" America with it Roodly MAncf M w kl""' 1T nnknnwn Kirl I ' t""1'' consternation, "an ",c j t, fantastic fear, nlgned through j.'tthe country When would tlio as-Hi as-Hi ln " iIeoreredr Tin cmlArnies, after scouring tlio 1 Be tut tk- Brow '' H"1 I ' MI liber -no trace, no clew ft. H nttm) vlicre Mitstro 1,-itiM l.ijr HjteJ w cor' rc'1 " '"' fl" c( "owi t jiin(rrudlgcr. after planting over I -Bi.jtouj-licr"" )"' cli-nted this lugu-. lugu-. Hj u antlphon, "Frozen li tlijr lied, A1 c,r Mtro, but tho mill in telio cut B! , tirjtl'ionlcr to possess himielf of ),, jrs will pan the winter Jo) ously i t beirth crunneil with Kttlen! H m grardlgg r mrned hit Imck Hcflt scrwsantl went Ids wayontof the Hh- ani, a lio-irsc, guttural tocndls- H ,- from tho lilent glt-oin of tho twl- E Tfce tltirlt Is huphliigr cxchlmed Mt's servant f tho d od, closing the V H pis MTho gcneLynioa will loso their l, HI 'from the peaks of Albeura to tho ral aK V"i I tJtma tlio earth waswlilto tho , HJ - i wiro eleserttd A four dimly r" l 4 windows tllsrloie I something of H L. la tho human Wings huddled to- V H t th r 1a frosty lints. Tho whiteness of H jm w seemed d-irk res twlllglitiwurod s. H oi r lu lumuuus hnglitnms. Hi A niu n rappid from miao to kneos In HJ stl k 'hmk climlMMl tho stfeproal that Hj liffitatho valky tf Bomu to Oupema V H F w s guing to Opmno. Tlio dlstanco ? H 1 4" '" ' ' '"'' r '''"' w" long night Hi Tit icttoori-rtako Mm oulils way. H ii till innu-joung, liLidthy, Uoroui H - jiafrai 1 of tho night H C mt gf.otn roTitidiionhiiwnyhoino " H tebisown tuountainous country, hohat H lib n Ihft iliurtost routo, uhich, bosldes - H lin tho shortest, nlso cnatileil liini to intd InlMbttcil (liccs lloclime.1 tho erp ldllith hurried steps, lilo n Lo-H Lo-H hi traveler vhoh in hasto to reach H bJ destination, Oo, on ho went. Tho IUI1 overcome, H Isstopi d on Instant, as if nt Uht of H ssoUt loor at tho Hound of n threat, H tbst h id ho socur What heard? H lis lnul serli tho tthlto wall of tho B rraetcry hud Loard t)3 hoarsocroik K (f tas racm K Oa, It is ) t to In reel that Kardo del Hi Bruil, the Intrepid hunter cf tho alky W ItstrsUof tho dead. Ha And tho Tiau tn tho cloak, shaking oil H !.. tenor, took up 1 Is inarch with a mM qulc step, that ho might leavo ni quick H ly as f enlblo a painful situation Amrcd beforo tho cemetery, ho H tcned his f aco from it and drew back, M stirtny the wall nt tho left Aisoonni It hmed snfllclcntly removed from tlio I sbods ef tho dead ho stopped, willed swsy tho perspiration whlcii rolled V down Lis face, and casting a backward j pLu.cs oer tho rond already tracred, I l.w ca tho whito carpet cf snow hop. 1 1 lai sftcr him, running directly toward I tlai-a small body, whoso form, out-i out-i lined on tho deep snow, n penred tint of araun with red tlumago, "Another 1 riKn!" cried lirlzti, with chattering Uctb. "Mastro'suas block. Whoever I law ono of tbetw cuned blnls w 1th fcath- srs tho color of bloody 1 V e red raven had stopped In tho mid- 1 dlj f tho road and seemed to bo waiting j f ir the man to taLo up his march again, I laordirthat ha might icsutnu his play I ef ranrlng after htm. I II Ur.zzt threw asldo his cloak, Icked aH en a handful cf snow from tho grouud, nwl-. It in n bail und taking aim threw HJ '' vltli an oath straight at tho lint. Hi Tho bird Jninpod aside to avoid tho HJ f rojoctlle, croaked thrco times In n mock- HJ lQ2 louo, then, hopping nlong on its tw o J straisnt nodulous clans, advanced HJ toward tho hunter with tho petulant j runner of ono who uoa Huh cd a chal- HJ "Whyhnvo 1 not my rood gun with m laer thought tho mountnlnocr, grinding HJ ,'1 teetli. Anl, burrowing his head HJ ''"P in tho folds of his cloak, ho v. out HJ nastily ou his way up tl o hill UU a H. 'rUhtcncd child H. Ins i s en followed him, beating his vicss, and that notsoof Uutterlug feath H ti, r'nolratlng tho big hood that en- j ch(ied tho head of tho llcelng man, j t ii-ccd his cars and frozo his blood M In tho denso obscurlt) of tho night, I jlinp with jicrsplratiou, Knrdo LSrizzt at I la-'t arrit cd at 0 rino. j Ith convnlsli o hasto ho oiened tho t door cf nn old hut, entered, cloned it J then, having Ughtwl a lintern, throwlts B rays through tho littlo lard to ma) o ml soro that tlio other had not entereil. j The other! A tiny bird that In tho 01- j MM mind of tho nilgiityhunUr lnul Ukeu on tho proportions of n gigantic J sollhtl Hj Joi tho ruven had not entered Tho f huuter breathed ngnln m 1 smiled, shak- HJ log his head, llowdld that lilth) Bme- H Jrd bird o crarouso such fcorinNardo H Hrlszi; H Heopeneil n bottlo, emptied it In a j ihalli and went Into tho noit room to 1 ilown H Lit scarcely ha 1 ho hid himclf mi m io bod, scnrcily had ho viUii6nhliiKl H tlis canuis which ho Ijd ilicod un a U chair Unlloldin- ' Ch ii chekl" "Tuodovlll Click' chelil chokl" And tho tuckliiot n sharp twikoni a window post made tho miserable M , J l w o liuu lor tun lioiueut liglluoil' c umgo with wlno burrow hli held HJ ' wien tho couuurpaiio and tho pll W tA,BI ACT,nl "lml" in rtio rod ral u was there, leanlug II Inst the window 'cl,i pi Mug II 1 King at tho frame, an I oier) blow of ti't fariius. b mg I .rc.,1 ao1 'c-y Mtals of hardo and lullkted u V qulierin w und I 'fl'ntwiisnlmig nl lit for the hunlrr m gprmol Hoy, many tlu.es lu order to makonnendto his atn-cloui suircrlng did he thlok to bound from his U-t on tho window Klu that acenrsol Mrd by tho nsck and stranglo liini .Motnlng came As tho llrsl glliumet of light Mnttritnlthf room ho leapnl from his U I risolute, angry, fuicrish. W Itli a blow and a salvo of oaths lis opened the window Unt tho raven was no longer thero It hid "divined hte Intentions and hi I pone, taking refugo in a path or thogar den. "Aid Do you think 1 cannot reaih ou, damneil lwnt Walt n moment nnd 1 will scttlo your nccountr Ho seized a gun, lci.l down tho Ftalr, was In the garden Nardo took aim, llml, tho ball sped. Tin raven, ti no wis frightened hopping, iH-crlng, scolding, cnino i p to 1 Im nnd slcpiw.1 a few steps awny from tho gun that was still pulntM at him Tlio eccoud chargo eij lodeil "I liaio flnallyblown )ou tnutoms oh, nccnrswl l.lnl'" howled Nnrdo I lunging eagerly into tho smokouftha jowder. Uut tho raven, from the branch of n t reo n hero ho had taken re f ago, unsw i ml w Ith it croak, and, coming cIom to tho man who had twice tried to kill him planted his claws In his e and prcecd his faco between his bleeding wings. Tlio mm let fall his guii-fell-rolloj howling In tho snow The iissassln of Mastro lansa had at lc.nta-i nn !mMsibillty ho had tried to LIU tia consciontmusii of his crlnie Translated from tho Italian 1) Harriett lJillluis fur Uoinanoo. |
