The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-01-13

''Oni onl's cricdt the white tofm 0efUte uat
for now the cloak had gone Nte WA roned
ID white, and looked more like . spirit rid
w, " Vii Vita fsl ia and an Ss dash : 70 piecsa.s Z Resp %
" hug the rock"
We obeyed her. andcrcpt painfully along
the gniveting path, against which the WIND
ehrtcked and wailcdSas It shook y, causing
. = To murmur like 2 vast %tuningstork. On
WI went 1 40 a.vx char IL was
gazing round nov and a0nln. ..
absolutely necessary, until at last We snr
that We were on the very tip OF the nu Q
table. and that thr36bed and jumped IKE
any tyef-enGtied steamer. There we. lny
on pur storiacis, ~clingiIg ia the yetgtnd,
and Looked. about while Ayesha st6Cd 1eat:
ing out against the wind, down which hef
long 9a3r ssreamed: and, absolutely 1esd;
meath. pointed before her. Then We. saw
why the narrow. plank, which job and. 4
had Painfully. drav0ed along between uA.
had. been provided. Before ms was. an
empty space. on asie other side :of which
what, for here@eitker owinstot the shadow
OF the opposite cliff. OF from some other
cause.-the gloom was that Of night.
rive must whit awhile" called Ayeshn;
sssnnn there will be light" .'in . -, :.
At the moment I could notfmAginew what
she meant. How could more light than
Whilst I wns still debating in my mind,
suddenly, like a. great sword Of fane,- q
beam from tho setting sun pierced the
Stygfan gloom, and sn0te upon the point
Of rock wherein we lay, illuminating Aye
ssha's lovely form with nm unearthly splen-
wild and marvellous beauty, Of that. sword
Of fife, laid across the darkness and rush
ing mist-wreaths of the gtt1t. How It got
there ! do not to this moment know. but
I presunae there was some cleft OF hole in
the opposing cliff through which It pierced
with It. All I can say fs thdt the effect
was the most wonderful that 1 ever saw,
Right through the heart of the darkness
TINT flaming sword was stabbed, and where
It Law there was the most surprising vivid
Light SO vivid iSa . that eyer eS M at I'D g dis sssg'a one one
side OF ft-yes, within q few inches of its
keen edge-there was naught but cluster
ing shadows.
And now, by this rny Of light, for which
She had been waiting, and timed az.
TOR thousands Of years Il had always
struck thus nt sunset, we saw what lay
before us. Within eleven or twelve feet
OF the very tip of the tongtie-like rock
whereon we Ivy there arose, presumably
from tlc IHr DONIOIM OI tDo CulI, u sugar.
l~oaf-shaped one of which the summit
was exactly opposite to us. But had there
been q summit only 1t would not have
helped us much, for the nearest point Of
Its circumference was some forty feet
from where we were. On the lip of
this summit, however, which was circular
and hollow, rested a tremendous fiat stone,
something like u glacter stone-indeed,
perhaps it was one for NIL I know to the
eontrarv-aHd the end of this stone an
preached to within twelve feet or SO OF Ms
This huge bowlder was nothing moro a
less than a gigantic fockiny-stone. accur
atcly balanced upon tho edge Of the cont
or miniature crater. like q half crown on
the rim of u w~ineglass: for in the fierce
light that played upon It and us we could
see it oscillatinS i'm the gusts OF wind.
'Quick!!" said Ayesha: 1.-THE plank-7e
must cross while the light cndurcs; pres
emily it will he gonc."
ooh, Lord, sir!" groaned Job, ~"surely
she don't mean us towalk across that there
place On that there thing" as in obedience
to my direction he pushed the long board
"That's it, Job,"I hallooed, in CHASTITY
merriment, though the idea of the plank
was no pleasanter to me than to him.
pushed the plank on to Ayesha, who
deftly ran it across the gulf SO that one end
of it rested on the rocking-stone, the other
remaining on the extremity of our tre.n-
bling spur Then placing her foot upon il
to prevent it from being blown away, she
turned to me.
.'Since last I was here, oh, Holly" she
called, "the support of the moving stone