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THE FOREST GOD
"Amen," said Clayton, fervently.
"Fo' de good Lawd's sake, ain' Ah daid?"
The two turned to see Esmeralda sitting upright upon the floor, her great eyes rolling from side to side as though she could not believe their testimony as to her whereabouts.
The lioness's shriek, as Jane Porter had been about to put a bullet into poor Esmeralda, had saved the black's life, for the little start the girl gave had turned the muzzle of the revolver to one side, and the bullet had passed harmlessly into the floor.
And now, for Jane Porter, the reaction came, and she threw herself upon the bench, screaming with hysterical laughter.
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