In Search of an Unknown Race — page 159: what you’re looking at

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VAN. | $47 immense column of flame and a strange fiery glow which shone from and around the distant cone of the volcano all that night. Fortunately, Ninada seemed to regard the phenomena as she had those which accompanied the lighter erup- tions she herself had witnessed, and nothing was said by any one to arouse her uneasiness. And though the semi-obscurity of the atmosphere, together with occasional mutterings in the bowels of the earth, was noticeable nearly all the following day, Ninada was so taken up with the new revelations of beauty which each succeeding hour brought to her notice, that all else was for the time forgotten. For if Van, who himself had heard and read of the wonders of tropic scenery, had found it so far beyond his most eager anticipations, think what it must have been to this young girl whose secluded, shut-in life had given her so little idea of what lay beyond ! Whether Flores was equally delighted and surprised was best known to himself. His handsome impassive face kept its usual composure through everything. Moreover, he showed a very evident desire to hold himself aloof from Van and Ninada in their conversa- tion. Yet Van could but notice that by day or night he contrived to keep within earshot of them, thereby preventing many a pleasant /e/e-a-/efe. When addressed, he answered briefly in the same old smooth even tones Van instinctively distrusted, but he seldom talked freely with either. » ‘Dat young chap studyin’ up some kind ob debilry for sure,” was Tom’s muttered admonition more than once—for Martin had confided to his colored associate Gomichooks (E(0)