` Who is that ? ' he cried , standing upright instantly ; but only an echo answered him . Then his eyes grew fascinated with the dark waters of the pool close to his feet , and he looked at it as if he could never look away . He gazed steadily into the depths for some minutes , when he became aware that down in the darkness was a bright spark , which got rapidly bigger and brighter . Again that feeling of awful fear took possession of him , and he tried to turn his eyes from the pool . But it was no use ; something stronger than himself compelled him to keep them there . At last the waters parted softly , and floating on the surface he saw the beautiful woman whom he had fled from only a few nights before . He turned to run , but his feet were glued to the spot . She smiled at him and held out her arms , but as she did so there came over him the remembrance of Julia , as he had seen her a few hours earlier , and her warnings and fears for the very danger in which he now found himself . Meanwhile the figure was always drawing nearer , nearer ; but , with a violent effort , Alonzo shook off his stupor , and taking aim at her shoulder he pulled the trigger . The report awoke the sleeping echoes , and was repeated all through the forest , but the figure smiled still , and went on advancing . Again Alonzo fired , and a second time the bullet whistled through the air , and the figure advanced nearer . A moment more , and she would be at his side . Then , his pistol being empty , he grasped the barrel with both hands , and stood ready to use it as a club should the Yara approach and closer . But now it seemed her turn to feel afraid , for she paused an instant while he pressed forward , still holding the pistol above his head , prepared to strike . In his excitement he had forgotten the river , and it was not till the cold water touched his feet that he stood still by instinct . The Yara saw that he was wavering , and suffering herself to sway gently backwards and forwards on the surface of the river , she began to sing . The song floated through the trees , now far and now near ; no one could tell whence it came , the whole air seemed full of it . Alonzo felt his senses going and his will failing . His arms dropped heavily to his side , but in falling struck against the sea shell , which , as he had promised Julia , he had always carried in his coat .
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