The King's Talisman — page 166: what you’re looking at

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THE KINGS TALISMAN. , 157 God; and if He be, then you have nothing to fear from such threats as these, for He will not surely let yonder tyrant Kblis triumph. He threatens when he has not the power. Look up, Selina, and trust to the future. Noureddin is still at liberty, and the monarch knows that your father is beyond his reach. The poor black slaves and two defense- less girls are all upon whom he can wreak his mean revenge. Come, Selina, take heart, and trust to aI ERe power than the king’s.” Selina raised her head, and sipuly poet her eyes upon the girl who thus strangely taught her how to act the wo- man’s part. . ‘My father,” she uttered. ‘‘ Did you say he was beyond the tyrant’s power?” 7 «“ Yes, yes, my lady, for I heard it as we were brought hither. He is hidden in the same place to which we were destined last night, and no mortal power can drag him un- willingly forth, ie ‘* Miriam,” murmured the fair maiden, as she threw her arms around her attendant’s neck, “‘I thank thee for thy lesson, and God will bless thee for having turned a wan- dering heart back to its trust in Him. Go, sire,” she con- tinued, turning her gaze upon the half petrified monarch, ‘‘and do thine unholy will. Let thine anger seek its own revenge, but curse me no longer with thy presence.” Modad knew not how to meet this new power that had started up in his path. He knew that Miriam spoke the truth when she said that his most dreaded enemies were be- yond his reach, and in his soul he felt her words bore a fearful prophecy; and with dread imprecations upon his lips, he turned away from those whom he knew not how to face; but ere he went he swore that no power on earth should check his dire revenge. ‘Trust him not—trust him not,” Miriam urged, as she noticed her mistress pale beneath the king’s threat. Do (Efe) GComichbooks