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The Interior of a Factory

           "WhyhashebroughtustoKazounde?"

           SohadpassedtheeightdaysthatprecededandfollowedthearrivalofIbnHamis’scaravanthatis,thetwodaysbeforethefuneralceremonies,andthesixdaysthatfollowed.

           Inthemidstofsomanyanxieties,Mrs.Weldoncouldnotforgetthatherhusbandmustbeapreytothemostfrightfuldespair,onnotseeingeitherhiswifeorhissonreturntoSanFrancisco.Mr.Weldoncouldnotknowthathiswifehadadoptedthatfatalideaoftakingpassageonboardthe"Pilgrim,"andhewouldbelievethatshehadembarkedononeofthesteamersoftheTrans-PacificCompany.Now,thesesteamersarrivedregularly,andneitherMrs.Weldon,norJack,norCousinBenedictwereonthem.Besides,the"Pilgrim"itselfwasalreadyoverdueatSunFrancisco.Asshedidnotreappear,JamesW.Weldonmustnowrankherinthecategoryofshipssupposedtobelost,becausenotheardof.

           Whataterribleblowforhim,whennewsofthedepartureofthe"Pilgrim"andtheembarkationofMrs.WeldonshouldreachhimfromhiscorrespondentsinAuckland!Whathadhedone?Hadherefusedtobelievethathissonandshehadperishedatsea?Butthen,wherewouldhesearch?EvidentlyontheislesofthePacific,perhapsontheAmericancoast.Butnever,nonever,wouldthethoughtoccurtohimthatshehadbeenthrownonthecoastofthisfatalAfrica!

           SothoughtMrs.Weldon.Butwhatcouldsheattempt?Flee!How?Shewascloselywatched.

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