The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-01-27
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l HISTORY Of ADVENTURE,

I HISTORY OF ADVENTURE.
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+ ssd5pl Ind third EavSf1n, ;SMs hi,
fSSI " length BY. ,peFhnps.. - 'arx.nt
s9SighS and. thirty. Mile. II Was. SSssr s 4
SG w. tnS white, sand; md its walls hsd
x6s MSEn s H% by tile ncti9n 81, I know
Tia tiEs N fhet.r aae .Ssysrn vvIs not dark hrs
g f9se-c9lpted light; more beautiful to LOOK
Il SnanianlytttnG. that can BE contceived.
Y urst We saw: no fiashes'', and heari
e. more ,of tho thunderors sound, pres
lny x ttS% o vsos as we Stood in a,aaze,, gag
9 Dcasltifnl thing happened. XcrosstSa
tar: ena OF the cavern ith,a grinding md
v. So noiss-a noise 80 dreadful md
. JI%heasp,r,m INIT we oil tremblel, and
400 actua!ly sank to his k~necs-thcre
m r. ont an awful cloud or pillar of Are
< a r:iinbow, many cOlorcd. nnI. Ike th.,
tlsatntng, bright. For a snacc. nerhans
tSray seconds, 1t tanned and roarcd thus
."rnlhS slowly round nad round, and Their
ty. degrees H the terrible noise ceased, and
whtther--leaving behind 1t the sa,me rosw
giow that w'c hal first seen. s
DRAW near. draw ncar!" cried Avcsh,
WIN z vot-e Of thrilling exnltntion. "Re.
nola the very Fountain and Heart Of Life
Re i. nfa sSe ~ sn lhs noso s,o Of the ,great'werld.
6Taw their energy. the bright S.irit of the
0l0hsr. without which 1t cnnnot live, h,,t
must grow cold and .dcsd us the denI
mnnn: Draw near, and wash ye In the iiV.
t ,,ns. Manies. And TAKE their. virtiie Into your
a. as" H r usM,n fsc N MI Its Virgin strcogtl,Snot
niIercd thereto through all tho fine strain.
ers OF z Thousand intermediates lives h;ii
~ u Is mere In the very foiint and seat al
M W. y t ffS''G Sssd b sft 81, sdht s,2s' a, III !, to; ~ GLOW s.y
SsoH ! a nc;ors the siinat where the great pulse
zen md tho great flame nnssed. AMI ns
Wy wen we hrcisnc Sensible of d wild and
spieiIii cYlilaratinn, of a. glorious sense
y sach h, a Esrce Intensity Of. life that the
$fsscmel fat md tnme md feeble beside Il.
t ~ WTs ne nero !efli,viun cf the flame, the
slID.Ie ether that It. cast of MS, Ii nossed.
wurklnS on us, and making us feel strong
as giants n swift as eagles.
,o w r 70 the head; of tho cave, and
S n Az each othcr In the glorious glow,
and Ian che olnul-cven job laughed, and
ne had not laughed for n weck@im the
!lgn1ness OF our hearts and the divine In
SnN!catioa OF orr brains. know TINT I
III, as tnough all the varied genius Of
descended npon mr.. i could have snoKen
IN blank verse of S;ii,alssnaarian beauty.
nti sorts OF great t1eas flashed through my
tGn,nd; N was as though the bonds Of nv
tssn mad been loosensd. and left the sHirit
1rss ~ sc Ts TO the e,nnyrean of its native
more ieenlv. to reaci. to n higher Inv. and
SIP IN goblet OF n subtlcr thought than
ever u had been IN. LOT TODD before. Twas
amnu,,eT aaa most s!oviiicd self. an.l all the
When it wns gone, Aycsna spoke.
Now, Kallfkratcs." she sail, "the
mighty moment is at hand. Wien the
IN 1t: First throw aside thy garments, for
1t will burn them, thou III thee it will NOT
hurt. Thon must stand in the flame while
thy senses will endure. md when it EN-
braces thee suck the fire down into thy
thy every part, SO that thou lose no moicty
Of its virtue. Nearest thou me, KALI
krates?"
81 hear thee, A%ycsha," answered Leo,
but, OF a truth-l am no coward-but
that l,sc myself AMI lose thee nlsoS New
ertiicless will | do it, lie added.
A,yesha thought for a minute, and then
1T is not wonderful TINT thou sbouldst
doubt. Tell me, .Kallikrates, if thMl sccst
me stand In the Il ,sle and come forth un-
harmed, wilt thou enter ;lsn:'
Yes" he answered, ~ will enter, even
II It STAY me. 1 have said that will enter"
VIVA. 1AIil t. my Il !, i a'SS 81. fs1s,!i aloud;
length OF days. Why, how is thiss" "a
Nay, | know not" | answered, sbut
there is that in my heart that calleth n,c
to t:lstc of the lame and live"
at is well,' She said. 'sTlaou art not al.
together lost in folly. See, now, | will for
the second time battle me in this living
bath. Fain would I add To my beauty and
my length of days if that be possible. II
It be not possible, ut the least it cannot
harm me-.
"Alo," she continued, after a momcn-
tary pause, lis there another and a deeper
the flame. When first I,a ;tel Of lis virtue
full was my heart of passion AMI of hatred
Ct that Egyptian Amenartas. md there
tore. despite my strivings to be rid there
Of, hath passion and hatred been stamped
upon my soul from that sad llour to this.
l3ut now is 1t otherwise. Now is my mood
q happy mood, and filed am l with the
plrest par. OF thought, and SO would lever
more wash and make Me clean, and yet
more At for thee. Therefore, also, when
thou dost in turn stand i'll the fire, empty
oil thy heart of evil, and let sweet con-
tentlnent hold the balance of thy mind.
thy stand upon the utter vcrgeof holy con-
temptation; ny, dream upon thy mothers
Mss, and turn toward the vision of the
highest good that hath ever swept on sill
Yer wings ncross the silence OF thy dreams.
rom the germ of what hon art in
That dread moment shall grow tho fruit Of
what thou shalt be for ali unrcckoned time.
NOW prepage thee, prepare wen ne
though thy last hour was mt hand, and thou
vast about to Cross to the land of shadows,
ana not through the ratcs OF most glorious
life. Prepare, 1 said".
CHAPTER xxvI.-wuAr WE SAW.