Something New in Dramatics
I suddenly found myself sitting bolt upright, straining my ears through the lightness.
What was it?
What uncanny influence had snatched me bodily out of the depths of stupor?
All about me lay my companions. I counted them dazedly. Triplett, Sausalito, Swank,—yes, they were all there, not one missing.
"It was nothing" I thought, and stretched myself, preparatory to replacing my aching head in its original position.
And then my hair literally rose on that same head and a creeping chill crept up my spine.
Close at hand, just back of me, rose a soft, exquisite, purling sound, the sound of a woman's laughter! Whirling about I caught a fleeting glimpse of her.
It was just a flash. She was peering over the edge of the cairn. The instant my eyes met hers I knew that I had seen the most beautiful woman in the world!