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He was suddenly struck by a stunning blohich for a moment seemed to

take away his senses--but only for a moment--for as this cal out of life into so? had he seen the last of the clouds?

the moon--the stormy waters? Had Valmai already slipped away frorasp, and in a few e in his feelings He had been

carried like a shred of seaweed by that strong wave far up the beach on

theflow it had swirled him into a round

cavity in the rocks, where as a boy he had often played and bathed and

fished; he kneell, and saw in aVal

wave co footsteps; but in spite of

the buffeting wind, he gained the shelter of the cliffs, and at last

laid his burden tenderly down on the rocks And now the fight for life

was replaced by the terrible dread that Valht already be beyond

recall

The clear, cold htened for fury of

the waves still filled the air; but Valmai lay white and still Cardo