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The Sacred Mountain

           Butjustastheladieshadrisenwithadespairingeffort,McNabbsstoppedthemandsaid:

           "Glenarvan,itisuseless.Look!"

           AndthentheyallperceivedtheinexplicablechangethathadtakenplaceinthemovementsoftheMaories.

           Theirpursuithadsuddenlystopped.Theascentofthemountainhadceasedbyanimperiouscommand.Thenativeshadpausedintheircareer,andsurgedliketheseawavesagainstanopposingrock.Allthecrowd,thirstingforblood,stoodatthefootofthemountainyellingandgesticulating,brandishinggunsandhatchets,butnotadvancingafoot.Theirdogs,rootedtothespotlikethemselves,barkedwithrage.

           Whatstayedthem?Whatoccultpowercontrolledthesesavages?Thefugitiveslookedwithoutunderstanding,fearinglestthecharmthatenchainedKai-Koumou’stribeshouldbebroken.

           SuddenlyJohnManglesutteredanexclamationwhichattractedtheattentionofhiscompanions.Hepointedtoalittleinclosureonthesummitofthecone.

           "ThetombofKara-Tete!"saidRobert.

           "Areyousure,Robert?"saidGlenarvan.

           "Yes,myLord,itisthetomb;Irecognizeit."

           Robertwasright.Fiftyfeetabove,attheextremepeakofthemountain,freshlypaintedpostsformedasmallpalisadedinclosure,andGlenarvantoowasconvincedthatitwasthechief’sburialplace.ThechancesoftheirflighthadledthemtothecrestofMaunganamu.

           Glenarvan,followedbytherest,climbedtothefootofthetomb.Alargeopening,coveredwithmats,ledintoit.

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