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Yet we do not know his name nor how he made his discovery." "But just what is The Ray?" I asked. "We do not know that either, nor how it is made. We only know that it destroys the oxygen carrying power of living blood. If it were an emanation from a substance like radium, they could have fired it in projectiles and so conquered the earth.

I have never been so much overcome by bodily pains that I could not say within myself, while I lifted my thoughts to heaven, 'Come what may of this ray. And great as these gains have been, I could not dream of comparing them with those sufferings of the soul that we feel so profoundly and poignantly in the recognition of our weaknesses and faults.

He also seems pleased that I have selected this one particular station from among so many. Pleased, but not astonished; he expected it of me. It is a very good run down in his train, and he shouldn't be surprised if we had a fine week- end. ... I stand at the door of ray carriage feeling very happy. It is good to get out of London.

Whatever he knew he was ready to tell, provided some one would ask. Mrs. Truscott and Miss Sanford stood silently by, still looking at the photograph, when Mrs. Stannard again spoke. "Well, Mr. Ray was never behind in any previous campaign, and I'll venture to predict he isn't far behind now. Now, Mr. Gleason, I'm going to send you home, for these ladies are tired out with their long journey."

She even shed a few tears of regret, for she was young and buoyant, and would dearly have loved to join that gay company of youths and maidens, if she could have done so as an equal. But after a few moments she bravely wiped away the crystal drops, saying: "I will not grieve; I will not give up to anything until I have seen Ray.

Thou wilt find him on board the Minerva frigate; no doubt he will not be denied. Stop these few lines will aid thy request. Addio, signorina." "And may I carry hope with me, Eccellenza? Think how sweet life is to those who have passed their days so long in affluence and honor. It would be like a messenger from heaven for a grand-child to bring but a ray of hope." "I authorize none.

"I prepared the samovar too early; it will boil away. Let them sleep longer to-day; they've worn themselves out, both of them." A cheerful ray of sun looked into the room. She held her hand out to it, and with the other gently patted the bright young beam, smiling kindly and thoughtfully.

From the pocket of his coat the detective drew a small electric lantern, the one that had served him so well earlier in the evening, and, touching a switch, he threw upon the ground a strong white ray; whereupon a confusion of footprints became visible, as if a number of persons had trod back and forth here. "What does this mean?" he cried.

He was stooping again, with his candle all but level with the ledge and a few inches wide of it. Held so, it cast a feeble ray into the black void below us: and down there thirty feet down perhaps as his talk broke in two like a snapped guitar-string, my eyes caught a blur of scarlet. "For God's sake," I cried, "hold the light steady!" "To what purpose?" he asked grimly.

There was another moment of silence. Ray stepped on tiptoe to the door as though he wanted not to hear. Blake looked blankly out of the window. Then the young soldier spoke. "I cannot tell you, sir." For full ten seconds the post commander sat with grave, pallid face, looking straight into the eyes of his young staff officer.