The shadow of the sword [electronic resource]: a romance . tless wandering. She has beenwaiting wearily till the cloud should lift and all become clear ;and there seems hope, for day by day he has grown morepeaceful and gentle, and now he can be guided like a child. He is silent, still gazing seaward. Behind him rises thegreat Menhir, with the village lying far beneath. The sun-light falls above him and around him, clothing as with awhite veil his figure and that of the gentle girl. All is notlost, for with his desolation her love has grown, and she her-self remains to him, chastened, subdued,
The shadow of the sword [electronic resource]: a romance . tless wandering. She has beenwaiting wearily till the cloud should lift and all become clear ;and there seems hope, for day by day he has grown morepeaceful and gentle, and now he can be guided like a child. He is silent, still gazing seaward. Behind him rises thegreat Menhir, with the village lying far beneath. The sun-light falls above him and around him, clothing as with awhite veil his figure and that of the gentle girl. All is notlost, for with his desolation her love has grown, and she her-self remains to him, chastened, subdued, faithful untodeath. 468 THE SHADOW OF THE SWORD. But he does not rave when he speaks of one who lin-gers in the waste out yonder. Far away, under a solitarypalm-tree, sits another Form, waiting, watching, and dream-ing, while the waters of the deep, sad and strange as thewaters of Eternity, stretch measureless around, and breakwith weary murmurs at his feet. So sit those twain, thousands of miles apart,Each cheek, on hand, gazing upon the Sea ) THE THIS LIFE is the GREAT SCHOOLMASTER. AND EXPERIENCE THE MICHTY VOLUME. We gather the Honey of Wisdom notfrom Flowers, but Thornb. The Healthiest occasionally suffer temporary Derangements of the Stomach and Liver. With ENDS VEGETABLE MOTO AND ENOS FRUIT SALT You can always relieve, and never doharm; little may be needed, but still,when you have a simple and promptassistance, many dangerous forms ofDisease may be arrested and removedat the outset, for this is the time orchance. DISORDERED STOMACH, BILIOUSATTACKS, &c. — A Gentlemanwrites: Dec. 27th, 1887.—After twelvemonths experience of the value of theVEGETABLE MOTO,1 I unhesitatinglyrecommend their use in preference to anyother Medicine, more particularly in BiliousAttacks ; their action is so gentle, andyet so effective, that nothing equals themin my opinion. They have never failedto give the wishedrfor relief, 1 takethem at any hour, and frequently in con-junction with
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