Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-01

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ly down into the Cave OF the Splur-
giles.
Before my head and shoulders had
left the daylight, felt both ankles
from below with a powerful
grip, and knew that I was being
drawn with superhuman strength
down into the bowels of the hill. I
to Fuller in desperation,
but my cry was almost drowned by q
ringing peal of terrible, triumphant
I saw my companion
Jump toward the trunk of q big tree.
He did his best to save me, but his
foot caught in the juniper bushes,
and he fell to the ground, the rope
slipping from his fear-benumbed
fingers. My own fingers caught in
vain at the loose dirt at the mouth of
the hole. The power that dragged
me downward was irresistible. My
eyes met his, and his were full of
horror. God help you'll" he cried,
as the darkness closed around me.
As was pulled down and down
with constantly increasing speed, I
lost my terror in the strange exhil-
aration of the motion, I fancied that
I was a flying express train tearing
through the night, I knew not, cared
not whittier. There I was, a light
boat towed in the Kissing wake Of a
swift steamer. The roar of the wa
ter took the rhythm of the singing,
rushing sensation that proceeds o
swoon, and consciousness left me.
The first of my senses to return,
after an indefinite lapse of time, was
that of taste. The taste was that of
incomparably good brandy.
He is reviving. You need at
tend no longer" said harsh, yet
not unkind voice.
I opened my eyes and looked
around me. I lay in a small apart
ment upon o comfortable couch. On
every side heavy curtains limited the
field of vision. The one striking pe-
culiarity of the place is difficult to
describe, for it involves a quality
which has no exact equivalent in
any of the languages which men
speak. Every object was self-lumi-
nous, radiating light, SO to speak,
instead of rejecting it. The Grim
son drapery shone with q crimson
glow. and yet it was opaque-not
even translucent. A stand of curl
GUS workmanship beside the couch
was apparently wrought in copper,
and yet the copper glowed as If cop
per were source of light. The tall
person who stood over me, looking
down into my face with friendly and
compassionate regard, was also self
luminous. His features radiated
light; his gentlemanly appearal ra-
dated light; even his boots, which
bore an immaculate polish, shone
with an indeseribable sort of radian.
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