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Chapter 33

           Attheheadofthisprocessionwewereplaced,andthenwealladvancedtogethertowardsthetemplewherehumanvictimswerewonttobesacrificed!

           AthrillofhorrorranthroughmyheartasIrecalledtomindtheawfulscenesthatIhadbeforewitnessedatthatdreadfulspot.Butdeliverancecamesuddenlyfromaquarterwhencewelittleexpectedit.Duringthewholeofthatdaytherehadbeenanunusualdegreeofheatintheatmosphere,andtheskyassumedthatluridaspectwhichportendsathunderstorm.Justaswewereapproachingthehorridtemple,agrowlofthunderburstoverhead,andheavydropsofrainbegantofall.

           ThosewhohavenotwitnessedgalesandstormsintropicalregionscanformbutafaintconceptionofthefearfulhurricanethatburstupontheislandofMangoatthistime.Beforewereachedthetemplethestormburstuponuswithadeafeningroar;andthenatives,whoknewtoowellthedevastationthatwastofollow,fledrightandleftthroughthewoodsinordertosavetheirproperty,leavingusaloneinthemidstofthehowlingstorm.Thetreesaroundusbentbeforetheblastlikewillows,andwewereabouttofleeinordertoseekshelterwhentheteacherrantowarduswithaknifeinhishand.

           "ThanktheLord,"hesaid,cuttingourbonds,"Iamintime!Now,seektheshelterofthenearestrock."

           Thiswedidwithoutamoment’shesitation,forthewhistlingwindburst,everandanon,likethunderclapsamongthetrees,andtearingthemfromtheirroots,hurledthemwithviolencetotheground.

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