The Blockade Runner — page 154: what you’re looking at

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THE BLOCKADE RUNNER. 155 The young girl did not reply. At that moment she had caught sight of a pair of dark. eyes fastened upon her like the orbs of a basilisk. They were just raised above the shoulder of a man, so that she could not see the lower part of the face. A strange and nameless thrill shot to Norah’s heart. while the eyes regarded her, and she was returning their glare with a questioning look when Captain Powell spoke the words last recorded. Did the blockade runner notice the eyes ? He glanced at Norah, wondering why she had not replied, and his look Seen baile to the ec through which they were still passing. 3 Presently the evil. black eyes vanished, perhaps be- cause Norah had passed on, but she could not forget them. They had welcomed her to Nassau in a manner not at all desirable. Had she ever seen them before? The fair girl thought of Flash Gilmor and shivered. Not long afterward Captain Powell rapped on the door of a small frame house which had a beautiful little flower garden in front, and a moment later a vision of loveliness appeared on the threshold. A sylph’s figure and a houri’s face—that is what appeared to Norah. | We would describe the person as a tall voung girl ef eighteen, with a. soft olive complexion, black hair, and large lustrous eyes, such as one often meets with in the tropics. She greeted the blockade runner with an exclama- tion of joy which soon became an. enthusiastic wel- come; but in the midst of her demonstrations: she | suddenly caught sight of Norah and started: COMMicoooks