. The rifle rangers : or adventures in South Mexico. ^, a heavy objectburst through the roof, tearing the bricks and plaster, and falling with the; incT of iron on the floor. Then followed a deafening crash. The whole earth seemed to shake, andhe whizzing of a thousand particles filled the air. A cloud of dust and lime,mixed with the smoke of sulphur, was around us. I gasped for breath, nearlysuffocated. I endeavored to cry Out, but my voice, husky and hoarse, wasscarcely audible to myself. I succeeded, at length, in ejaculating: Raoul—Raoul! J. 1 felt myself giappling nith the lawny raon<;
. The rifle rangers : or adventures in South Mexico. ^, a heavy objectburst through the roof, tearing the bricks and plaster, and falling with the; incT of iron on the floor. Then followed a deafening crash. The whole earth seemed to shake, andhe whizzing of a thousand particles filled the air. A cloud of dust and lime,mixed with the smoke of sulphur, was around us. I gasped for breath, nearlysuffocated. I endeavored to cry Out, but my voice, husky and hoarse, wasscarcely audible to myself. I succeeded, at length, in ejaculating: Raoul—Raoul! J. 1 felt myself giappling nith the lawny raon<;t(.is u 1 h nl t p; tl t i o\e tl tl If Iti vsprang at mj throat and I thtewout myaini<! thi istnig them fexile h Ittneen titshining io\vs of teeth Ihen I «as fiee aguii and seizin^ a le^ oi a til oi the looseflaps of the neck I di igge 1 a sa\age biute towaidi. tlie brinl an 1 sunimonin„ all mystiength dashed him a„ iinst the blow, that he might tumble howling o\ t —Pvot. 156 .: I :/t TIIK KIFLK KANOERS. 157 I heard the voice of my comrade, seemingly at a great distance. I threwout my arms and groped for him. He was close by me, but, like myself;choking for want of air. Sacre ! it was a shell, said he, in a wheezing voice. Are you hurt,Captain ? No, I replied; and you ? Sound as a bell—our luck is good—it must have struck every other pjjrtof the cell. Better it had not missed us, said I, after a pause; we arc only sparedfor the garotte.^ I am not so sure of that, Captain. Where that shell came in, something else may go out
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