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“And the falling star,” 1 ‘“was that imaginary, too ?

He turned to- wards me as he responded

• • No, you saw

something then. \What the true story of the cause of this woman's insanity may be, we arc not likely to learn, but the explanation of the falling star, or rather shower of stars, 1s simple enough. On cer- tain known days in each year the sarth crosses the orbit of a strcam of meteorites above here. When this occurs a shower ot fall- ing stars may be seen, and the woman has accus- tomed herselt to

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jasper arch, you expected to sec such a adventure. [ hope we shall soon find our

way out of this valley.”

imterrupted, And, rising, we resumed our journey, and

before long fortunately reached the spot where Hassan was cncamped.,

“Will the [Lnglishmen for- give me?'" he asked. “ I could not speak to them of the one who, 1n a jealous moment, despoiled one kingdom of its prince and an- other of the qucen who reigned over it.”

We madce a suitable reply, and, entering the - tent, worn out with the events of the night, sought repose amid the words of Hassan, in which he de- L clared himself the (WNEFEIING WITH CLASPED nm:'fi." dust of our fCCt, T and expressed

connect a purely natural event with the his determination to ask the felicities to highly imaginative reappecarance of her abide with us for so readily torgiving lover. However, we have had a strange him.