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The Sacred Mountain

           Butthereweredangersinthisroute;thelastpartofitwaswithinpistolshotofnativespostedonthelowerslopes.Alreadywhentheyventuredontheexposedpartofthecrest,theyweresalutedwithahailofshotwhichdidnotreachthem.Somegunwads,carriedbythewind,fellbesidethem;theyweremadeofprintedpaper,whichPaganelpickedupoutofcuriosity,andwithsometroubledeciphered.

           "Thatisagoodidea!Myfriends,doyouknowwhatthosecreaturesuseforwads?"

           "No,Paganel!"saidGlenarvan.

           "PagesoftheBible!IfthatistheusetheymakeoftheHolyBook,Ipitythemissionaries!ItwillberatherdifficulttoestablishaMaorilibrary."

           "Andwhattextofscripturedidtheyaimatus?"

           "AmessagefromGodHimself!"exclaimedJohnMangles,whowasintheactofreadingthescorchedfragmentofpaper."ItbidsushopeinHim,"addedtheyoungcaptain,firminthefaithofhisScotchconvictions.

           "Readit,John!"saidGlenarvan.

           AndJohnreadwhatthepowderhadleftvisible:"Iwilldeliverhim,forhehathtrustedinme."

           "Myfriends,"saidGlenarvan,"wemustcarrythesewordsofhopetoourdear,braveladies.Thesoundwillbringcomforttotheirhearts."

           Glenarvanandhiscompanionshastenedupthesteeppathtothecone,andwenttowardthetomb.Astheyclimbedtheywereastonishedtoperceiveeveryfewmomentsakindofvibrationinthesoil.Itwasnotamovementlikeearthquake,butthatpeculiartremorthataffectsthemetalofaboilerunderhighpressure.

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