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McCarthy.

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By

Ada

Cambridge.

SHUTTLECOCK.

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THE

Braddon.

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Rita."

CONVICT.

SERAPH

THE

IMPORTANCE.

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Pugh.

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MOONSHINE.

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40

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ALL

48

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ALL

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nobody

in

ticular, par-

ALL

52

The

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to

us.

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all

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set.

at

fifty and

ALL

54

occa^onal of

MOONSHINE.

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ALL

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55

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I

MOONSHINE.

ALL

58

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59

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MOONSHINE.

ALL

63

lacked

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and

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66

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68

ALL

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were

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of

nothing,

light

pens,

snow-tipped

the

yellow

life.

their

great

plans

into

relapse

they

of

ranges

in

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know

and

kinship

beasts

of

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cottage

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is

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saw

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of

us.

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the

by

delights

for

bat

sake

fish

bird

poetry

ever

marked was

as

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the

twinkle

city, is

for

;

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a

man

ray

is

littleness

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aid ;

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its

cage now

to

go

; ourselves

us

for

are

wanderer

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by

as

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being.

our

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kind

any

fragments,

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a

MOONSHINE.

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passion

terrific,

as

mileage

of

pastured to

or

begin in

ALL

70

have and

to

of

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very

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the

the

little

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Those

should of

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wadding

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simple

tufts

;

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hold of

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was

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all

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gathered

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mommg

gallop

started "

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in

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frran

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diampaign

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straight

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of

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on

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essentials

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bird

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to

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good

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wood

together

exercise

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cattle

mystic's

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have

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champing

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scene

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life

toil, the

soldier

the

squadrons,

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perspective

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recoil

in

h"ul

plain.

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a

the

confusion,

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yards

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engaged

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as

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model,

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three

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of

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figures

the

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sightseer

have

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battle

the

fair.

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the

gravity

day.

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curious

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scene

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it was,

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and

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day

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mdimentaiy

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MOONSHINE.

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in

and

mind."

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girls

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that

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enough beauty

steppe.

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rose

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in

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Nykie

show

lap

southwards,

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steered

happiness, less

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"

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were

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hoUday A

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to

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make

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last

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course.

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exhilaration

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wanted

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the

moments

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to

and,

them,

neighbourhood

Danube to

sentry-boxes,

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Rumelia.

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side

long

to

Russian

river,

glorious

sea,

a

the

saw

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fields

troops,

bodice,

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was

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scheme

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male the

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of

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for

peace

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trance.

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getting

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generation

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peace,

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was

domination

for

ever

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haven't

you

for

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recover

soon

passion

thought

rely

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for

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led

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said

way," guide

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me

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maids

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under in

far

speck

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another

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bow

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lee

our

curve

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with

for

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away,

plain,

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cry a

of left

the

peoples

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phecy, proThere

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thousands

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man

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mother, tufts

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globe.

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only

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echoed

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happily

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faded

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vision

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all

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the

coast

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me.

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for

other

marshals." "

of

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quest.

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could

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at

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herself

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if

blood

the

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Nykie

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as

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promise

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over

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province

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sort

mother

the

mountain

Happy

left

of

the

Father

to

MOONSHINE.

ALL

73

and

of

probably Kharkoff, at

the

ALL

end

of

the

meals

of

with

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to

Wight.

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Russia

sending

struck

populations.

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bounteous

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and

grey

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stocks

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hands

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as

as

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it

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wine,

ladled

till

it the the

ran

of

sugar-loaf, the

into

dishes their

as

business

filled

mess

their

early stood

piety."

and

silver

them,

of

delicacy

the

great

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more

drenched

down

clapped

champagne,

that

began

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she

skylight

objects of

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service.

effervescence

they

cult.

see

swiUing

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things

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fur,

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barbarously

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officers

file, fresh

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uniforms

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smart

rank

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officer a

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in

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table,

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mess-room.

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facings of

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still

for the

the

homes

them

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hovered

we

with

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so

of

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remembered,

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audit

weapons,

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fields.

about

the

peasant

cultured

her

in

and

their

garrison

delight

silver

folded

the

round

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morning

of

of as

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be

can

corner

the

glitter

the

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Nykie

show

to

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over

that

hat

the

earth

lingered

give

time,

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million

unimaginable

cannot

a

the

to

four

on

almost

in

ease

breadth

according

population

a

that

was

the

this kind

greatest

the

close

human

day

a

Europ"e,

all

yet

73

skimmed

measures

And

harbourage

had

and

now;

computations, miles.

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dip.

Europe

of

MOONSHINE.

on

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nances appurteof

with

cones

with below.

glasses,

the

sticky Then

and,

as

ALL

74

I

supposed, their

silly

the short

something the

to "

I

through

merely

awaiting entire No

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all

with

her

hers

pang.

in

a

the to

the

wall. but

what

as

we

territoiy

^

to

use

r^x."

beautiful

the

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cuils

to

of

thank she

lash

symbolic male

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was

o'

that

at

no

filthy of

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more

huts marital

weddings,

still

punishment

my ?

eyes in

on

saw

the

gear head-

soulful

God

that,

pretty

their and

than

the

women

their

embroidery,

connivance,

my

;

with

things

handed

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of and

plain.

clustering

sometimes

well

led

asked,

human

her

Instead

sense.

authority,

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out

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whole

central

short

they

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show

to

the

the

devotional

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mapped

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where

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to

with

in

beneath,

again.

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and

another

right

only

Rezan

imocks

that,

hands

that

her,"

still

promised

had

now,

with

nation

;

felt

perfection,

cross

passed

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mom.

her

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time,

gestures,

Caspian.

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the

to

clapped

first

and

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toast

creature

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huff

their

by

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MOONSHINE.

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as

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the

world.

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island,

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previous

Europe as

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had

cosmic

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Pacific ;

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bales

plumped strolled

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made

goods.

into

Khiva

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the

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her levies

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to

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early "

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them

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mighty

personally

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her

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me

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to

with

of

sense

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for

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of

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sight

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sea,

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talking

this, and

companion

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Macedonia

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her

had

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with

them

crossing

inland

time.

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of

chain.

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heard

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by

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war.

rape

Asia

over

no

the

and

arson

entered

south

of

sore

gardens,

rose

Europe,

from

escape

nmniiig

murder,

in

to

morning,

course,

I

had

observed. un-

seen

ALL

76 it

over

guidance

the

paved

of

rectangular

of

region

put

their

to

was

the

my

sunrise

a

later

tribal

this So

his

and

scanty

between This but

the is the

its

ease

is

there

good

for

still

the

no

doubt

of

his

sure

at

noon,

his

stars

"

of

blessing

of way

the

for

the

wild

a

"

the

cooked

halt,

herbage

life, and

accident

of

the

our

of ;

the

The

crop the

with times some-

camels

and

to

of see

Devons

own

acquiesce

no

on

the

garrisons rules

objection.

same

is

The and

Jerseys

as

lives

There

it.

garrison,

and

only

population

peace.

wants

the

Russian Tsar

subject

nobody

uses

the

it.

security for

enough

everywhere,

of

unpacked

day's

other

as

continuity

the

women

the

of

much

kid

was

scandals

and

graziers

"

anecdote,

that

and

wells.

development, is

of

the

as

policeman-in-chief at

the

seethed

the

passing

the

Beautiful

lived,

every

East,

snuggeries

them. of

his

at

this

plain,

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sense

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all

lordly

palatial

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swapped

caravans

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before

pipe

him

grazing

of

chestnut the

for

gods

as

are

soul

stands band-

herdsmen

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dispensation.

dinner, the

done

but

everything

"

the

morning,

night

at

nomad

their

had

every

changeless

steppe.

in

life.

simple

and

the

yarned

fathers

the

worlds

on

night

at

felt, and

it

wide

kibitkas

up

still

nades, prome-

the

Beyond

dervishes,

wide

Kirghiz

and

in

was

the

shops,

gardens,

was

begging

huntsmen,

painter,

civilization.

western

whole of

Russian modem

the

under

before,

century

a

great

a

streets;

the

East

of

quarter

a

the

the

MOONSHINE.

no

railway the

The

native cattle

included,

principle

in

the

ALL

78

mead

prairie beyond,

and his

to

bat

his

supremely

with

he

it

took

his

after

and

a

blue.

the

issue,

I

chiefly In

nerves.

and

quarry,

luckless

bird

did

wait of

way

second

on

still

was

How

calm

of

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by

world but

the

Where

he

the

nations

the

nonsense

peace.

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passed

the

very

gave has of

been

taken

yesterdays,

they

:

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in

out

in

pleted com-

of

marbles

man-hunter

awful

an

the

of

else

sword. have

must

while

again, a

vastated de-

his little

grow as

the

hfe,

known his

to

or

great

these

gleam

has

altogether

tomb

the

entablature,

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and

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trying

about

bird

in of

with

it

shadow

of

the

gave

twice

slab

lordly

the

he

peace

thought

the

at

its

below

up

to

history

light,

than

Samarkand.

sense

prayer,

soft

tucked

snugly

in

house

subdued

the

exquisite

speck

a

inevitable

companion's

my

his

sent

but the

see

way

under

transactions cool

our

ance, attend-

creature,

higher

were

in

was

to

while, Mean-

boy

which

sparing

we

speeding

Tamerlane mosque.

not

tent,

k"ad.

the

to

Hie

the

on

small

life,

God.

work

a

He

with

with

to

from

hawk

by

a

himself,

marching

the

to

were

thoughts.

with

feU

ing stretch-

which

second

compliments

for

spinning

breeches

baggy

people

added

soon

beard

very

circumstance,

his

over,

and

his

content

with

nature,

service

in

in

waist,

in

petticoat-maker's

a

seemed

it

MOONSHINE.

job.

bad

the

humanity

endless

gentle

All in

repetition Ufe

of

the

East. A

cry

the

process.

the

Worid,

from

served

Nykie We on

going

were

our

way

to

to

testify

strong China,

for when

the the we

cost

of

Roof

of

|

ALL

multitudes

over

feature

peculiar of a

the

is

sex

of

to

place after

day's and

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glared

skulls of

out their

roses

down

marked

had

conqueror

it

when

swooped

pyramid

Human,

leave

can

a

tidied

they

wonder

all

were

sockets

eyeless

the

at

"

up

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ways

Providence.

almost

the

as

But

it

and

we

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Roof

of

something

to

had

its

continent, dot

St.

all

aggregations to

we

men

it,

as

:

we

of

in

rare

face

of

fiight,

our

fltes

in

tion propor-

that

endless

seemed

do

might

the

because

Asia of

of

one

annoying

more

in

business,

on

the

population it

street.

next

sight

on

still

saw

speckle

and

the

India,

our

the out

were

the

The

lay in

seen

We

are

size. as

be

of

was

World

ouiselves

masses

It

the

us.

deny

to

greatest

these

for

not

was

planet.

merely

the

dome

of

Paul's.

Away

and

and

now,

if

ever

clear

land,

it

the

or

ill.

cultivated

waterfalls

to

only were

and

combed

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point the

trained, ; the

last

yet

coast

sea

visible,

in

microscope.

past

if not

garden

al^lute

its

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mountain

classes,

and

;

of

empire

for

quite

got

inunemorial an

the

Chinaman

had

his

the

seemed

under

We

of of

was

the

might

alone.

devils

saw

for

which

let

were

with

were

civilization

foreign we

perfection,

brushed

a

only

of

good

away

in

everything for

wild

growing

never

had

every the

curiosity

especially

She

that

work.

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to

alone,

a

gave

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they

;

things

where

that

landscape.

known

found

surely,

some

the

skulls

his

too

to

79

pyramids

importance.

no

of

squat

of

and

see,

of

well

aspect

new

seems

of

MOONSHINE.

very

summits the

masses.

8o

MOONSHINE.

ALL

all-sufficient

seemed of

One

of

of

as

loose

of

hand.

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porcelain and

it

alive

have it

and

and

by

was

so

importunity

course,

as

of

the

he

was

walk

painted

on

in

pagoda and

just

the over

brought the

the

He

edge.

at

group

wife

children

form

on

a

face

and knoll to

on

once.

I

attendants, of

Carisbrook,

themselves.

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a

from in

to

seen

packed and

portrait sort

a

shoe

peq"ed with

her

meet

and

;

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palanquin,

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him

identified

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of

centre

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small

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at

was

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ALL

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XX.

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ALL

152

The

decks

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ALL

154

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ALL

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late

and

them

bringing

by

conception

blue,

the

my

the

to

prophetic

in

grappling

existence,

its

justified

to

nearer

to

MOONSHINE.

ALL

i6o

my

look

for

appetite

Nykie. for

Somehow

the

review.

I

seemed

the

i6i

XXI.

Nykie to

not

was

further

go

ship

far

so

for

now,

long

had,

all

struck

down

rather

ready

in

perched Oh,

our

understudy *'

*

for

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"

I

"

Don't

still "

them

feel

want

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!

figurehead

! '

figurehead

'

was

all

were

too

was

last, snugly

her,

at

you

might

;

be

the

"

I

don't

understand

"

know

you

yacht

search

The

discovered

are

the

I understand

seemed

lines

the

of

round

royal

and

I

sea.

prow.

you

understudy.' "

own

there

The

time.

I

the

circumstances,

inspection.

until

on

the

travelled

had

and

had

sun

wearisome

a

distance,

the

exasperating

on

in

of the

for

decks

the

which,

The

and

topmasts

the

in

everything

see

daylight.

start

to

waste

a

sight

"

the

towards

squadron,

in

glowing

was

I could

had

I

so

anywhere

not

was

; and

see

thejgalley,

in

She

I could

as

therefore,

the

found

afield.

since

swiftly

be

to

one

what

of

that

I

be

too

the

remind

you old

ought

Greek to

?

A

tory Vic-

ships."

feel

conceited

of

me

complimented." about

it ;

would

you

wings." you You

think

ought

I to

get

on

pretty

well

without

know." II

MOONSHINE.

ALL

i62

**

if

Why,

to

come

you

if

I wonder

thought.

Happy

think

of

I

told

are

you

Victory

a

it, that's

?

very

your

name." "

My of

One

name

is

the

officers and

settlement, "

So

is

the

an

alias, ''

I

to

stuck

Victory's

the

it

gave

fun,

if

Nykie,

at

our

it

spell

you

happen

you

ago.

since.**

ever

me

ever

long

for

me

to

name,

If

way.

that

you

"

it has

Greek

in

Nykie

want

to

Victoria."

take

thought

had

we

here

out

come

to

the

see

sights.'* deserved

I

it, for

the

them, with

sights sister

her

the

rest

The

light. and

the

ship

what

had

but

had

Nykie

taken

up

culminating

figure

her

This

in

to

as

so

each

evidently and it

see

from

greeting

the

men.

of

for,

watching

their

with

passed.

station

moment

alive

salute

been

more,

roared

personal

the

all

dancing

second

fleet all

grew

and of

a

whole

yacht,

move,

pathway but

the

yards

the

Imperial

the

as

was

of

remained

Nothing

their

lasted

royal

to

of

part

as

The

begun

except

guns

and

welcome,

had

craft,

stillness

then

Nykie

enough.

were

still

was

with

really,

she its

at

our

own

deck. The her

yacht

band

The

full

on

line swung

it to

struck

presented

guard in

towards

eyes

his of

abreast

was

clear

own

round

captain,

surrounded eyes

keel, to

see

of

the

national

the

arms,

quarterdeck, his

sight

the

up

and

imiform,

catch

girl straining

the

last,

at

front while the

by and

the

anthem, of

now,

his

at

in

course,

officers,

straight

Nykie sight

royal party.

all

the its

was

in

the

prow

glory.

MOONSHINE.

ALL

this

In

the

way face

them and

the

face

to

of

effect

reeled,

and

imexpected, Then,

straight

with

recognition But

none

with

nod

a

of

It

advance in

right The

before

whole

his

Une

of

able The

to

see

astrals

of

convocation.

The

exception

privilege

because

in

was

she

was

the

mortal had

world them

to

had

the

proved I

was

that

power the the

In

he

fiat,

rule.

Certified,

hension appreof

only

too, of

still.

of fiat

seeing had

I the

any been

was

power the

part,

have

would

though

under that

by

her

on

unimpaired.

Nykie

met

mighty

some

unbroken

insight

mere

had

They

and

less

hardly

was

sky.

them,

But

myself,

He and

stood

mortal,

doubt,

him,

her.

company,

the

in

and

no

given

mortal,

light

spiritual

circumstances,

doubt.

all

beyond

seen

it

as

between

her

kept

superior.

smile.

sense

ship's

their

volved in-

vision.

mortal tie

the

deck,

which

officers, as

a

have

incident

as

spiritual had

of

the

his

seemed the

from

himself

with

must

the

him

answering

she

turned

to

of

than

her

at

for

plea

sense

to

turned

he

whole

clear

He

defect

that,

looked

she

his

satisfaction

sheer

was

for

But

air.

he

rate,

any

dread

with

face

her

it,

To

compliment

a

Nykic

them.

part.

the

as

the

over

recognition

piteous

came.

invisible

At

his

on

of

covered

most

a

salute,

from

one

some

uncovering

the

at

savage

on

before

brought

movement

officer,

gentle

terrible

though

hands.

her

great

the

was

as

of

the

"

astral

The

and

accident

163

this one

them. the person

ALL

i64

for

MOONSHINE.

behoof

whose

the

island

the

to

host

entire

of

not,

his

of

sense

that

he

communicate

might for

the

and

tourists

the

by And

the

to

final

the

life

that

of

certain

he

it

he

lacked

had

the

full

force

in

the

seen

the

lay down

right

went

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not

vision

the

illuminating

had

least

at

have

not

question

Something in

sion occa-

passed

of

out

hers.

review

at

was

an

"

far

a

?

still

was

Nykie

as

and

prow,

tie

of

the

relations.

longer

but

was

for

that

In

that

all

population

might

spiritual

no

To

review.

for

this,

the

was

so

their

he

of

This

end

of

certainty

memory his

?

situation,

because

only

fiat,

him

the

root

naval

a

that

saw

of

tragedy

for

but

she

as

of

periences ex-

Wight

augmented

trippers

yet,

her

yachtsmen,

of

floating

a

solely

mankind.

Isle

with

watering-place,

a

and

extraordinary

of

entire

minister

simply

his

benefit

the

mortals

other

but

importance,

moned sum-

to

course,

"

to

been

had

made

ray

for

of

light.

was

the

concerned.

island

fled

She

again

with

the

the

ness swift-

MOONSHINE.

ALL

i66

**

Why

been

"

If

able

been

you'd

have

start

finish

to

and

Two

and

two

put

to

two

gether"don' to-

me."

tell "

from

talking

would

It

yourself."

about

only

?

then

so,

of

instead

easy,

so

said

have

not

"

together

two

he

perhaps

;

right

was

there.

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these

bring I

of

way

captain,

of

as

its

effects.

by

the

"

She

**

it's

'appen

"

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had he

state

"

it in

was

officer

a

home

Match

It

Three

the

away the

the

Garden

is like

that."

little

walked

to

poUce

the

beat

in

only

had

still

with

Nykie

of

incident and the

you

a

of

smart

and

the

;

lifetime, hour. chances

world,

the

his

callow

garden her

day

one

young

in the

in

earth

an

they

can."

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Then an*

chap,

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on

mused

see.

you

if

captain,

Heaven

of

ordinances

Eden."

of

world,

skies.

duties

side,

sailors,"

on

now.

Day."

the

her

she

herself,

the

experience but

perhaps

in

into

One

"

of

miracle

wrought

officer

young

of

be

to

the

at

on

and

to now.

gaze

full

myself,

smart

the

laws

sweet

one

grown

days

day

been

I'm

this

her

the

of

v^ery

enough

from

of

began

e5^es.

plain

had

visitor

last

a

meet

to

Sure

his

man.

suppose

"

in

conjunction

was

love.

always

was

old

the

miracle

fate

her

into

I

complete

all

transcend

of

power

read

to

already

That

time,

for

waiting was

to

was

lost

intensity

one

that

perception that

numbers

awful

the

for

up

mystical

recalled

and

making

words

with

had

her with

him

had

gone

He of

:

the

for

and,

and

as

his

cloth "

excitements

of

ALL

storm

of

battle,

or

life

and

girl had and

remained

soul

of

the

on

walked

with

her

was

And

seemed

I of

out

than

had

fashion,

ban

forlorn

hereafter

be

of **

not

joys

real

in

of

subdue are

in

denied

her

the

it

and

whole

to

of

is

to

the

cat^ories

might

to

share

majority to

ever

elementals,

hard

extremely when

papers, of

the

life,

so

"

race.

say and

purposes

happiness

"

write

to

main

certain

are

pursuit

inventory itch

the

to

she

vast

have

a

sad,

was,

seemed

who

kind,

under

as

the

of

going

one

she

She

me

insistently

as

There

shades.

There

her

her,

to

come

moonlight,

our

of

more

of

for

kind

a

marriage

returned

regard

in

being.

the

is not

think

her

of

had

It

rights.

of

us

the

other

for

which

entertained

all.

now

to

the

best

and

of

life

warrant

me

acquiescence

"

unto

liberty, run

it

in

melancholy the

as

again,

lost

new

a

ties,

myself

began

yearning,

the

asked

indefeasible

of

in

once

at

and

I

himself be

to

had

who

one

only

every

something

grove,

other

had

I

idly

ever.

The

sacred

give

to

warrant

any

recognition

as

death.

fancy

without

the

absorption

not

of

quickening

found

sight

The

a

the

seas

energies

memory,

part.

interests, of

this

when

his

other

curious

a

in been

of

realm

a

her

on

had

sense

feelings,

made

her

memory. the

as

her

rocks, all

revived

her

now,

her

The

strain.

multiple

concentrate

that

inevitable

in

with

but

sense

quite

sacred

alone,

had

ships

spiritual

its

pull

the

promotion,

imperishable

one

expectation,

an

with

to

stars,

167

of

hopes

the

action

her

of

MOONSHINE.

they to

they She

^

seemed

to

stand

out,

in

her

beauty,

as

the

great

sacrificial of

Most

of

into

old

and

vice.

maidenhood

Moloch

The

"

ships

several

their all

ashore

had

just

was

alongside,

passed

as

enough

to

of

seen

I

comes.

for

the and

planet, could

I

return

it

but

motley

cargo

of

and

multitudinous

another

what

considering

captain's

gig

and

of

the

womanhood

was

with

brasses,

decks,

gig

persons

The

boat.

polished

was

single

The

refined

it, and

the

graceful

^alivc

honour

in

side

last for in

herself seemed

guns

to

the the

of

the

day.

all

not

was

astir

and to

the be

with

he

led

and

daughter

When

they

near

with

the we

had

the

leviathan

trying liie

occasion. as

appear, wife

I

though

certainly

between

very

the

earlier

judge,

might

farewell

festive

the

enjoy

to

deck.

and

hear

The

was

to

their

as

"

chatter

look

the

her

in

of

litter

personal

Few

poor,

able

are

now.

immaculate

of

whiteness

and

weigh

the

servants

awning

feet.

own

throng,

a

their

with

above.

with

following

baggage

signals

on

it

to

toppled

be

to

the

among

distinction,

as

on

visitors

for

"ours"

it

waiting,

progeny

they

seizing

stations

"

out

gay

whether

some

War,

rich

to

poverty

appease

his

of

preparing

were

to

at

right

the

latter

the

not,

dust

surely

as

into

and

extremes

possession,

supreme

to

the

bom

slowness,

our

and

cherishing

former

or

but

him

at

blood

the

into

escape

it

wonder

speechless

comparison.

are

Luxury

of

Virgins

thousands

the

is

fancy,

I

all,

the

the

others

as

And

in

maidenhood

young

our

of

societies,

handful

mere

a

two-headed

over

tribute

annual

some

money-grubbing

Cologne

of

of

t}^ old

our

in

MOONSHINE.

ALL

i68

to

tain capway had

settled

ALL

in

and

proper

handkerchiefs

to

commander

the

the

places

their

MOONSHINE.

occasions,

the

waving promise

of

another

pushed

boats

in

such

169

the

off, of

state

and

good-bye meeting.

with

caps

excitement

bare-headed

the

that

was

but

I/O

XXIII.

The

astral

two

for

haunted

the

the

fleet

a

occurred

never

could

build

Had

it

astrals

immense

swarm

strained

for

harder

the

And have

stem.

and

this

for

for

fleet

view in

of

hope. mortal

of

better,

the

penny

or

a

the

eagerness of

entire

and

races

nations

pressed

were

for

the

training

good

desire.

the

along

being

one

They

an

assigned

was

most

for

part

the

fliction in-

shadowy

shrugged

way.

only

squadron

one

with

fulfilment

smiled,

only gave

it

the

in

squadron.

unhappy

in

settled

have

of

Luckily, were

island,

the

rampart

the

part

had in

strength

formed

no

leave

own

a

as

if Britain

entire

serpent

;

and

been

have

were

they

all

its

ever.

shoulders,

other

own

view

nearer

they :

a

to

their

brought

than

side

certainly

on

use

Asiatics,

her

would

shore

whose

to

the

that

possible

millions

northern

fear,

the

worse.

nearly

Their

either

been

British

in

them

to

make the

penny

that

ing clamour-

on

commanding

shore side

one

"

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went

war.

They the

meanwhile

nations

coil whole

as

I

thought this

arm

of

some

proper She

?

would

What to

summon

might

surely

unprecedented

isle, unbroken

from

it

sea-

bow

to

MOONSHINE.

ALL

And

to

the

world

would

then

have

blackening

all

quiet

all

the

save

life,

within

its

The

it

of

with

Baltic

the

Italy

coast

on

The brine

Sweden admiral

still

at

their

big

and

then

the still

empire, if

afloat,

of

tons

of and

trifles

the

from

this

myriads

the in

the as

hail

of of

for

the

the

sea

good

and

marine

our

inestimable

fire, the

area-sneaking

of

subways

security

quick

China;

murderous

the

ships,

if

array

lordship

of

heaps

scrap

this

and

of

an

Americas,

the

something

of

and

And

gun.

Japan

with

of

looking

mighty

a

end.

on

provided

mine,

all

All

head,

thousands

torpedo, And

their

it.

and

want

perhaps a

unconsidered

broadside

baited

of

Little

Norway for

and

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shake

to

guns.

with

Morocco,

of

not

own

as

assize.

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and

absent

launch

a

much

bulwarks

their

of

fore.

Atlantic

so

this

water,

beginning

only

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stores.

his

rendezvous,

end

them

all

the

at

put

at

fire

sister

you

hold

but

the

ranean Mediter-

the

not

:

all

the

to

whole

the

world

coast.

a

the

but

fitfully

German,

navies,

Sea,

the

with

only

its

all

Switzerland

and

if

already

first, from

well

Austria

the

to

only

;

the

sending

under

even

French,

anywhere,

warranted

Greece

in,

of

Turk

pieces

to

fleets

Black

side left

very

of

the

one

gunboat

lethal

stir

yet

English

and

emptied

emptied,

a

the

Then

I

Russian,

into

it had

as

might

uses

folds

many

choking such

all

of

monster

how

not

where

"

seas

The

array.

waters,

own

fleets

inside.

own

think

Yes, the

its

for

the

the

all

know

I

been

deep,

of

the

complete

to

swallowed

think

further,

go

171

miles

plimger

I behaviour

of

tiny

a

its

killingly

they

in

them,

garden, his

corn-field

his

his

invention

the

of

horrible

It

her

hands

I watched asked

her

It

is all

All

f

on

soon

for

the the

to

for

cover

her

oh

and

punished

millions

these

opportunity

my

thoughts.

"

said,

she

she

height.

breezy

a

I found

read

and

Nykie,

many

as

to

me

fault,"

my

down.

me

it

as

help

to

but

us

without

situation over

and

her,

left

bring

a

?

dreadful

a

but

military

nothing to

worst,

they the

universe

a

the

at

match

spaces,

of

thing

was

wrung

"

starry

conception

ownerless

an

with

a

inhabitants

its

are

to

land,

earth

the

"

What

machine

the

for

conquest

cabbage-patch

back-yard.

settlement

of

of

and receive

to

make

one

every

too

men

waiting

could

is

emigration

hungry

mass

right up-

It

!

the

the

present

give

sea-grabbing

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I

MOONSHINE.

ALL

172

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me.

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174

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175

of

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MOONSHINE.

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they hillock

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the

MOONSHINE.

ALL

176

their

of

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177

XXIV.

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compatriot

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dignified 12

MOONSHINE.

ALL

178

still

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blow

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of

kill

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painted

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MOONSHINE.

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woman

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consolations, from

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presence,

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heart."

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victims,

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human

race.

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they

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than

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the

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XXV.

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all

was

include

the flash

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death.

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fight

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234

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236

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"

once

I

no,

a

mere

don't

mean

Horror

"

Yes

!

his

if he

happens he

in

flowers

however

;

wealth,

still

wields

him

in

told,

are

we

pretentious

his

fancy

to

for

the

the

and

variably

and

delicacy

with

rises

among

of

in

creature

the

knife

times some-

"

he

;

he

sketches

think,

love."

for

just

his

least

believe

I

"

and

simplest

existence.

all

For

I

respectful,

more

flattering

the

press.

the

"

me

you

be

read

British is

explicit,

"

"

!

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you

he

more

meat."

industry,

of

like

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the

be

to

creation."

course."

of

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dead

of

captain

slaughterman

"

going

all

in

packer

"

!

true

that,

biggest are

you

packer

"

"

barrassing. em-

by."

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"

rather

was

you."

is the

sure

silence

Nykie's

truth,

I leave

"

by

the

241

kills

and

lark, flocks

takes

and

herds.

sweetbread

a

his

calf

for

for

And,

his

fast, break-

himself

for

"

this

alone.

of

rest

the

is

Nothing is

carcase

stroll

a

this

wasted,

sold

the

to

restaurants." The

bearing dish. way

"

lovely

in

masterpiece something It

proved

this

time

sweetbread

black

in

enshrined to

of

be

the have

white

and

another

fleshly I

seen,

returned,

now

flowers

on

a

in

masterpiece school. but

Full never

silver

many one

that! 16

its a

like

MOONSHINE.

ALL 343

The

looked

who

lady,

from

an

sonnet.

^Sweets

of

flight

cooked

for

My

knighthood

right !

is

own

my

breakfast

paladin

he

"

still

cried

in

adding, She's

:

hand.

Well

in

for

have

a

you, her

away." the

flower."

said,

**

personification

with

gathered

fresh

sweet,"

the

to

graceful

*'

the

approached

apparently

up,

now

imfinished

"*

and

him,

from

it

took

Baron

enraptured

fair ;

243

XXXII.

Vicarious other

happens

person of

one

the

the

Isle

seemed

experience

The the

first

the

island.

information, met

in

the

happened views

of

and

of

It even

all

was

of relief

the

your

to

for

:

and

that

he

the

best in

or

has

his

almost

to

There

the had

same

a

bath

before.

vanity it

as

is

trials.

bringing

find

to

one's

the

own

reflection

choking

Crops the

that We

looked. for

solace luck

have two

are

never

as

happy

and

repentance

seemed

on

in

lately

had

I

simply

not

Francisco,

of

was

went

so

virtue

society

San

Nothing

national

not

neighbour

storehouses,

recognized

attitudes

and my

feeling in

shortcomings that

linen

was

the

had

stay-at-homes.

other,

sciousness. con-

naturally

and

he

their

in

was

dips

that

sented repre-

tremendous

duplicates

world.

one

the

I

York

edifying

the

America know

double

whose

Lazarus"

a

Beef

New

been

record

no

of

had that

yet

frequent

the

to

change

a

have

our

most

again,

man

to

others,

sins

the

for

Wight,

between

many

seen

of

whose In

left

just

Every

astral.

own

the

when

even

use,

your

had

Baron

person

little

be

to we

persons

in

I

is of

experience

railroads i6*

MOONSHINE.

ALL

244

to

stand

a

for

In

our

the

with

the

sheer

With

these, and

long,

These

things

"

What "

? "

to

are

said

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naturaUy

for is

her

they

law

of

spite

and

venture

would

this,

cabbage

say

have

stockyards,

fighting

Chicago, to

for

in the

patches

people

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such

have

and of

class

that

yield

to

the

a

spectacle

chance here

of and

a

the

the

tjrpe.

roads

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even

trived con-

specimens in

or

! a

even

magnificent

such

went

these

they

first

very

seen

of

tramp,

"

?

Nykie

do.

cannot

the

the I

I

gates

*

Britannia

airs

power

opportunities,

Pittsburg

Chicago

with

night

any

in

Rule,

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out,

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party.

in

between.

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themselves

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produce

have

dock

that

chuckle,

me

give

think

such

anarchist,

labour

to

nothing

to

at

all

imconstitutional.

was

humming

they to

heritage,

as

made

you

are

look

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elsewhere.

working

it

were

Nykie.

paused

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who

bosses

declaring

to

stop

finish

and

fashion

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a

empty

conversion.

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my

for

put

in

the

of

high

but

come

women

young

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to

to

imder

equipped all

another

after were

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tried

daresay,

I

them

pupils

for

bureau,

twelve

perfectly

the

throughout

cry

envy,

finishing

that

while

labour,

of

dots

ping Dip-

and

factory

found

reverberated,

halls,

mill,

and

sometimes

I

of

schools

seem

denied.

wholly

not

was

mine

into

way,

yoke

"in

this

case

my

again on

things

these

"

compensation.

require

to

scale

rapidly

revenue

a

power,

dollar

billion

the

reaching

of

want

point of

London

famished

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crust.

there,

the

to

some

of

calculations can

they

but

a

is

evil,

their

;

corruption,

their

A

the

things

finer

doubt

it,

democracy

a

control

no

Old

Man

of

of

the

and

give

fear

put

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first

and

the

trial.

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water

fight.

is

certainly She

sets

scheme

braves

a

them,

for

Ormazd

still to

be cast

examples.

elements

7

Her

their

mutual

defiance

across

hiss

especially hurUng

to

question, they

queer of

by

disposed

nature

to

theory

of

for

war

or

perpetual

may

such

but

meet

the

They

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ruler

or

strike all

with

in

quite

are

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good

never

some

many

a

whole

their

hate,

things,

in

never

light

priest

that

that.

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principle

all

stone.

her

not

fire

it

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ful. revenge-

this,

accepted

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wonder

of

up

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a

no

have

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have

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proving

of

way

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from

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all to

;

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round,

way

gangs

all-pervading

with

its

on

talking

the

good

tussle,

"

worth

and

well,

train

very ; their

and

all

order

tions exaggera-

fierce, pitiless,and

most

as

mould

bosses

their

their

;

larger

absolutes

of

case

of

colossal

Great

ingenious

most

the

proletariat

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start

scence Rena-

; their

resolute

leaders,

of

the

at

second

a

good

the

and

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the

wiU,

as

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Turpins

the

the

well

bold,

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robbers,

of

it all

are,

?

wrong

as

bloody,

date

of

gone

they

as

of

make

to

delirium

the

most

of

spaces. "

"

is

What

Nykie,

k

city

sheer of

the

Human

expected

be

all

potential, beyond

and

whatsoever.

garden

It

actual

soil, wealth,

climate,

to

MOONSHINE.

ALL

246

That

when it

it we

could

bragging went

to

quench

about, see

I

wonder

?

"

said

Niagara. Vesuvius

in

a

twinkling.

ALL

And

at

eruption

every

work

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of

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give

still

etc.

be

to

not

it

as

Life

stands.

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?

man

when all

badly such

the The

Wight, is not

tried

to

product, it is

quite

a

; but

hands

the it

primitives.

unthinkable.

I

the

in

courts,

savage, social

nature,

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by as

I,

have

not,

by

things

study him

found

means,

I

truly

this

closes, any

still

of

have

cathedral

is

dismal

exhaustive

most

man.

Such

to

come

Isle

I have

it

crown

others,

or

circles, and

and

the

as

inhabited,

of

end

in

us

planet,

it

an

forting com-

any

primitive

but

where

stands,

day.

in

;

of

empty

the

grateful

our

this

is

how

of

still

is

and "

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batch

well-nigh

conclusion

of

own

creation,

only

as

cheering

our

in

show in

wholly

it, the

or

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whole

of

end done

order

race.

Consider

me

the

have

in

earth-men

Race.

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the

in

they

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other

tell

win

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it

try

premises

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to

thing,

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of

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cleared

be

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race

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this

about

think

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fields

tunnelled,

for

experience,

what

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for

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;

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of

values

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affair

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cuts.

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ideals,

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short

tired.

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to

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lot.

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Liberty

sakes.

our

back

a

nonsense

the

are

you

for

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teachings

the

by

conflict,

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their

of

the

to

won

imitations.

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biggest

the

subject

reason

of

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"

in

revise

to

time.

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upset

going

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in

which

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and

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tain moun-

"

steam.'

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and

old

the

hear

may

happen

may

upheaval

an

in

247

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:

off

you

you '

back

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MOONSHLNE.

and

in

merely

slums.

in to

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cease

finer

think

especially

pushing

have

result

the

than

more

Norman,

be

blend

a

"

a

one

fact

new

fancies

of

as

the

race,

of

life.

with

Another ornate

an

still

another pass

without

this

again,

as

make

true

business.

for

foundation

doubt,

and

nature's

place,

he

interviewing

art, And

in

of

of

the and

the

then,

again

concrete to

of

find

may some

like

a

character him In

considerable

With

pulsation

word, as

a

solid

keep

final

to-day

all of

moments

stage,

no

in

amusement

of

the

as

"

to

in this

nothing

tion, combina-

of

in

marble

joke. the

sense

sense

honour,

''dogged

remind

progenitor

a

of

tude recti-

his

lets

in

^beauty,

"

my

puritan

fantastic

even

colour,

of

him

that

secret

grandpapa.

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veins

own

poesy

this fire

the

not

in

brilliancy

with

a

will

that

principle,

thoroughness

a

examination,

that

reverie

courtesy

English

him

and

rigidity by still

with

stocks

any

Saxon,

be

figure

again,

influence

emotion

the

its

its

only

justice,

for

and,

in

I

forecast

is

to-day

can

type.

a

English

be

alertness

the

another,

shall

first-class

passion

tempered

cast

it

creation.

with

one

who

of

most

pushing

most

into

not

yet

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doMm I

best,

other of

all

their

in

certainly

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the

man,

is

him,

from

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Dane.

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know

chemistry

will

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and

in

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?

real

settle

to

in

process

will

planet,

yet

in

soul.

millions

the

joint,

the

nutriment,

the

;

beginning

in

as

and

future

on

examples, a

heart

ninety

races

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freely

this, again

the

as

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bom.

the

of

is

he

fellow-creature

him

using

indeed,

there,

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from

cuts

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and

eat

still

though

of

MOONSHINE.

ALL

248

in

the

MOONSHINE.

ALL

"

ball

crystal

think

I

must

we

much

obliged shall

we

It

and

course

a

fellow

worthy

and,

I

say, dare-

me

they

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on

your

and

company,

ready

now

the

and

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promontory

a

were

round

you

sir,

good-bye,

say

and

'ope

again." the

was

now

for

to

meet

joined

faith,

well."

meant

"

In

:

249

world.

the

near

for

the

the

last

others

had

Golden

lap

Gate,

of

their

250

XXXIIL

It

was

business

only

to

journey

with

Nykie

miss

the

with

beings

her

Wight

;

all

to

in

chance

a

that

heart

only,

one

She

by

baulk

to

was

some

if

so

far,

as

flight

to

;

that,

day

be

to

me

of

she

insisted

threatened

my

in

to

together life

our

mine

from astrals

two

as

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of

find

of

dence. Proviof

it

it,

in

her

glimpse

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the

more.

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craving

fiat

a

to

the

on

other,

each

even

of

done.

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were

not

her,

was

seen

longer

we

ask.

had

strangely

and

no

with

journey

had

with

pleaded

I

that

we

been

were

alter

I

island

little how

when

globe, had

we

the

all

was

measurable im-

the

stoneVthrow

the

that

encounter

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all

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could

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Our

?

in

word.

back

the

of

last.

first

a

last

a

turn

of

her

girdling

our

quest

matter

complete

to to

reminded

in

for

allowed

promised

I

but

long

far

so

gone

powers. aside

her

be

to

and

still

I

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to

come

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was

no

"

better

somewhere

; us

home

our

I called

my

beyond

reckoned,

mortals

of done

called

she

once.

end

blue that

at

almost

was

I had

that

warning

sharp

a

isle

"

?

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troubled

I "

frustration

sure,

am

of

her

in wish

part, to

MOONSHINE.

ALL

She

consent.

seemed

like

have none,

last

plea

though such

only

was

was

it

to

came

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have

come

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are.

it

all.

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nobody

since

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all

were

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it

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rising

sheer

flight The

from

the

for

word,

had

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bigger,

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come,

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water,

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on

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a

been

judged

such

it

sea

rock all

by

Home,"

my

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after

sunmiits

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of

and

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a

reading

hasty Gardens

at

It

rolled

able

which

with

estimate,

once

word

almost

enthralled.

fect per-

soon

was

features,

my

strangely

it

recognized

I

in

glowing

lay

was,

descriptive

Kensington

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eve.

my

on

at

miles.

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part

hailed

and

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its

glance

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cry

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chief

as

and

for

more,

conscious

blue,

of

within

its

I

trouble

Francisco

a

a

the

for of

recall

I'm

but

"

moment

see

you'll

wish

the

San

and

But

across

you

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for

reached

island,

to

stand

I

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here

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never

from

thousands

something

be

flight

one

beauty

Park

fuU

with

as

as

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she

how

so."

be

we

on

of

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paused

companions

alighted

imagined,

line.

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sky,

or

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moment,

know.

could

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we

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can

you

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plimimet And

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course

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of

yes,"

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need

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there

persevere.

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spur

where

you

disappointment

"

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people won't

away,

go

then

peak

a

the

since

do.

far.

so

thought

on

island

the

see

me

often

thoughts

"

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a

to

of

might,

but

encouraged

mastering over-

an

aversion

insurmountable,

been I

was

under

one

Manifest

necessity. course,

251

was

than into

I not

Hyde on

MOONSHINE.

ALL

252

As

we

it

saw

in

now,

base,

it seemed

like

had

shot

from

round,

and

and

might

shoulders

almost

or

rising

fretful lines

of

plots,

above

;

its

exquisite

variety,

rich

the

hillsides

and

summits

down

right

slopes, settlement

trees

cocoa

again the

a

only The

one

this

on

of

people

their

doors,

as

work

of

day.

the

water's

cruel

the

though But

sea.

their

banyans what

by

and

the

infinite

of the

adjacent

inaccessible Below

edge. a

was

and

habitation,

evidently

bay,

in

guess

sharp,

terrace

no

the

civilized

and

even

the

lower

with

little

the

to

the

on

and

spaces, of

plants

clothing

growth

the

passion-flowers

creeping

and

trumpet-vines

might

east

on

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palms

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world.

of

like

in

plantation

settlement

view,

the

to

as

cliff

view

a

warm

and,

else

terraced

two

a

broken

from

with

filled

vegetation

trees,

nearer

lay

lapped

cottages

cocoa-nut

was

these

in

next

half

the

into

the

the

of

conunanding

other, of

and in

valleys

deep

seemed

nothing

island

edge

northern,

the

in

and

the

the

to

highest

mosses

this

sea

little

had

wave

with

calm,

ocean

it

beyond

but

the

perpendicular

and

the

shore,

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in

the

on

man

sides

hills, cutting

side,

southern

the

the

sloped

west,

On

all the

lay

of

base

heights,

enormous

it seemed, of

the

head

was

joining

water,

look

a

It

disappear.

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at

with

surf

range

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strife

way,

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to

beach.

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the

instantly

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take

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of

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sea

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out

outline

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some

everywhere

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up

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I

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254

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an

eternity

and

beyond

mating

with

a

264

XXXV.

I

difference

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life, however

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AU

of

sort

a

too,

done.

hesitations,

sweet

in

except

life

between

It

entranced.

enraptured,

gazing,

CONTINUED

tations temp-

generous

the

lines

here

at

a

of last

her

rosy the

was

waist.

There

the

was

entire

her

being. all

in

spirit

Nykie

her

not]the"

tints same.

still, she the

soul

within,

her

soft

flesh,

of

hair

Even was

left and

and

the

at

were

as

now,

changed

The

rest.

record

of its

one

life.

skin

when, not

predominant

This

predominant

their

tints

in

identity

still

was

attributes.

nature,

gestures,

in

variety

same

was

dominant pre-

Expression, the

she breeze

same,

stood

fectly per-

without,

agitations every

and

moment

on

MOONSHINE.

ALL

in

tones, in air

was

with

caressed

her

very sun

and

they

she

had

other

Nykie's in

turned

by

with

such

for

I

tour con-

that

impression

of

know

ence differ-

the

but

did

I

so

felt

I

why

not

"

the

tried

into

experience

mystical

principal.

to

I

this

was

ever

take

vanity

yes

union

with

island doomed

in

to

seek to

of

another

why

the

living

only

not woman,

of

accumulation

tremendous

happened

her

vexation.

and

but

whole

the

had

;

and

Ufe

the

was

consolation

last

this

the

could

gone,

her

to

of

guide

was

find

was

Exactly

returned

rest

to

transfer

to

spirit

spirit

in

anguish

my

that

myself all

bitterest

the

other

Nykie

enter

of

mate,

what

that

thought.

I

in

everything

certainty,

My

told

I

?

glorious

same

"

reaction

I

?

Then

day

missed

her

emphasize

to

and

absolute

:

life, and

and

any

connoisseurship. ;

gone

was

counsellor

to

in

as

all.

of

thought.

place

"

ever.

There that

now

the

surprises

Nykie

effort

an

was

gone

in

towards

Nykie it

all

the

are

the

"

marble,

of

air, in

or

delicious

those

the

while

never

look

statue

stood

reproduction

The

sinking

reproduction

unchanging,

in

hue,

for

which

best

conceivably

in

makes

being

was

or

the

the

;

for

of

suavity

of

her

they

as

were

light.

Statue

glow.

statues

rigidity

of

part

of

which

fadings,

a

his

both

medium.

original

and

indescribable

the

something

I

in

succession

ever-shifting

the

her

were

that

against

of

effects

part

and

flushes,

tremors,

also

ever-beautiftil

ever-shifting,

an

265

night to

reunion

annihilation

and when

me,

with

by

my my

irate

It

at

once

volume

is

certain

entered

into

fuU

knowledge,

tiU

of He

two.

with

knew

him,

the

time.

instance"

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If of

possession

and

sympathy, utter

thought

the

with

but

only win

to

the

find

gazed,

of

to

could

looked

had as

Nylde

had

feel

sure,

I

enable

not

mortality,

sheer

to

absolutely

longing,

longing

me

and

to

a

interpretive

as

exceptional

The

laws.

place

vanished,

doubly

and

the

and

Nykie

as

I

had

one

lost

at

of

purpose, reunion

Victoria. With

who

own

purpose

such

intolerable.

Victoria

my

the

no

and

sympathy to

for

Evidently

was

bereft.

for

apart

between

anguish

reunited

subject,

and

free, of

current

been

being

a

convocation,

taken

had

I

had

mortal

other

whole-hearted,

Nykie,

there.

only

the

as

gaze

of

The

astral,

was

I

ship.

that

my

gaze

not

had

having

astral

own

anguish

back

met

unaware.

this

of

shape.

Victoria

was

at

power

with

her

at

her

the

the

myself

mortal

met

all

to

looked

than of

captain

gazed,

I

I

fortune

better

at

full

should

I

without

explained

be

in

mysterious

the

by

dual

its be

and

this

before

being

would

secret,

in

so

of

at

me

word.

a

Vain no

her

to

the

island

to

be

not

the

the

abroad

she

so,

heart's

my

in

intuitions

the

were

manifest

be

once

this

"

a

entire

the

passed

and

!

hope in

of

between

it

should

but

personality

shared

happened

Why

complete

be

then had

had

dehcious

mortal

possession

what

what

probably

was

the

that

both

and

same

me

that

though

counterpart,

phrase.

to

MOONSHINE.

ALL

266

knew once

Nykie me

the

not,

image

I

MOONSHINE.

ALL

and

reality,

the

all

in did

not

And the

me

now

the

glorious

of

heart

nature

beat,

my

tion distrac-

perfect

a

the

evening fold

the

to

in

from

the

home

duality

ture crea-

sense.

boom

of

discharge

wanderers

of

forlorn

most

; my

pang

bursting

to

loud

a

the

My

single

a

tumult

the

stood

world.

throbbed

of

I

wide

the

spare

temples

and

267

shape

the

settlement

the and

;

homewards

turned

all

calling

gun, of

annoimced

plateau

with

the

rest.

With

that

boom

the

hotel

the

beginning

to

or

dream

for

The

of

whole

in

I

ears

back

light crowded

I

itself

it

risen of

the

had

on

Life

mom.

their

yet

consciousness

most

the

and

death,

paler

ray

still

travel

and

being,

had

which,

hour

the

in

faintly last

the

stars

thriUing

was

of

realities

journey,

my

earthly

sounded

and

sleep,

hateful

the

stroke

first

to

of

spheres

of

brought

existence.

Suns

and

experiences

pouring

in

paled

love

I

my

that

had

that

and

seconds.

of of

of

nothing

variety

count

experience

but

day

and

its a

the

to

and

was

for to

and

travelled

night

!

shrunk

the

sank

to

soul, lost

alas

remembered,

now

as

had

all

at

pointing

had

other

transcendant

between

passed

had

being,

adventure,

me

still

The

in

myself

agitation,

"

fullness

as

the

in

adventure.

clock

dream,

marvellous

more

the

beyond.

"

flung

indescribable

while so

had

I

bed

own

my

wondrous of

of

hour,

minute

my

this

hand

on

where

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a

one

midnight a

of

in

find

awoke"

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Awoke

I

had into

had

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left the

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when room.

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without

wholly

its

though

perhaps, of

the

as

between

misery

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all

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and,

to

heighten

him

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This

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the

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