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CHAPTER XXIII.
THE FLOOD.
HISTORICAL FACTS — THE STORM — THE HALLIG UNDER WATER — MA-
RIA'S ALARM — DAMAGE TO GODBER'S HOUSE — MARIA IK THE WAVES
— GODBER'S ATTEMPT TO RESCUE HER — GODBER AND MARIA ON
THE WHARF — HOLD'S DWELLING IN DANGER— THE LOST CHILD —
DEMOLITION OF THE HOUSE — THE WINE-CASK — THE CHURCH SWEPT
AWAY — DEATH OF GODBER AND MARIA — RECOVERY OF THE LOST
CHILD — HOLD'S FAMILY SAVED ... 272
THE DESOLATED HALLIG — SITUATION OF HOLD AND FAMILY — THB RE-
COVERED MANUSCRIPT — "SIGHTS" — THE HEAVENLY LADDER — THE
ANGEL — THE SUPERNATURAL JOURNEY — THE CITY — THE CHURCH —
THE SPARROW — THE RUINED HUT — THE DYING MAN — THE SPAR-
ROW A SYMBOL — "BEHOLD THE FOWLS OP THE AIR." ... 283
GATHERING OP THE ISLANDERS — THE CHILD OP THE FLOOD — CONSO-
LATION ADMINISTERED BY THE PASTOR — THE CASK OF WINE AND
GODBER'S CORPSE — HOLD'S "REQUIESCAT IN PACE" — LUTHER'S
HYMN, " AND SHOULD MY GRIEF LAST TILL THE NIGHT" — MARIA'S
BODY FOUND — HOLD'S APOSTROPHE TO HER — THE GOLDEN COM-
MUNION CUP — TABLEAU — THE PASTOR'S ADDRESS TO HIS PEOPLE ... 290
