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Between Fire and Water

           Glenarvancouldfancythecaimans’teethweretearingitupfromthesoil;forasheandhiscompanionsheldon,eachclingingfirmlytotheother,theyfeltthetoweringOMBUgiveway,andthenextminuteitfellrightoverwithaterriblehissingnoise,astheflamingbranchestouchedthefoamingwater.

           Itwastheworkofaninstant.Alreadythewater-spouthadpassed,tocarryonitsdestructiveworkelsewhere.Itseemedtoemptythelakeinitspassage,bycontinuallydrawingupthewaterintoitself.

           TheOMBUnowbegantodriftrapidlyalong,impelledbywindandcurrent.Allthecaimanshadtakentheirdeparture,exceptonethatwascrawlingovertheupturnedroots,andcomingtowardthepoorrefugeeswithwideopenjaws.ButMulrady,seizingholdofabranchthatwashalf-burnedoff,struckthemonstersuchatremendousblow,thatitfellbackintothetorrentanddisappeared,lashingthewaterwithitsformidabletail.

           GlenarvanandhiscompanionsbeingthusdeliveredfromthevoraciousSAURIANS,stationedthemselvesonthebrancheswindwardoftheconflagration,whiletheOMBUsailedalonglikeablazingfire-shipthroughthedarknight,theflamesspreadingthemselvesroundlikesailsbeforethebreathofthehurricane.

           

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