Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-01

sleeping. mist wrapped world below did
they scc bis glorious flames spring from
the far sens aud reflected upon the
heights toward which they climbed
though faint his glow till late hour d
that very. very enfly morning.
But No last. with their feet wrappinu4
cut to pieces, they stood upon the Dor.
ders Of the volcano Popocatopau Glad
enough were the wornout ladies' 10 rect
ia poor shelter. while their indian
guides aud cook prepared their break
fast.
iNvEsriGATiNo uiE volcano.
a faint mist lay rather than roso upon
the air Of the crater. aud the odor Of sul.
phur was already perccpiiblo. When.
breakfast being done aud all rrapnu.
ton, made. " became e,iieut that the
three Americans actually Intended 10 DO.
stcn1 70 the sulphur beds Ia the Bottom
OF tho crater, tie poor Indians were
seized with terror. No wUmau's foot
had over touched these lcus aud caves
thee mines oi sulphur, from which their
labor had drawn tor centuries. from
which C0rtcs obtained tho means Tor the
fiery conquest " their iorglithcrs. These
todrccs Of supply would hc buwiiched
d.spoilod. should womlns foot over
touch them
They fell upon their knees and begged
them TO dcsiit from tho attempt but
tho Americans had Dot bmyed the toll
aud danger u the nsccut 90 return un
satisfied Go down they would The
Indians shook their heads aud sighed
beneath their breath aud wondered
what kind ~ men those faig gentlemen
could bo who did not seem 90 b. able 10
hinder thuig wives from carrying ont
this awful resolution But. since ther
seemed to b. mo- help Tor %. they pre-
pared themselves TO lrt down these OK.
traurlinary burdens upon tho wind.
lasscs
Ncsl there was nothing else Tor Il but
TO go down o. tho gentlemen did upon
the crossh,am ~ the rope. which the ia
dians slowly unwound from above the
fair artist, " ~ she might De- called
keeping herself from being dashed
against the oaggy, yellow scanned aud
stained walls 10y means Of strong cane
or stick, with which she pushed hcrclf
away from the crater sides as sho de.
scondod.
Ono Of the ladies. not 70 strong ns the
others, became unconscious irlm tho
fumc, OF sulphur aud had 10 bc hurried
up 20 the air again
IAs.rR riAS Tou00uANiNa.
What was the interior likti An i'm.
monse, nearly circular chamber, Of
which the iOor was an uneven. yellow
tinted surface. like a caldf1n whose con.
tents have hardened. while boiling. In
huge bubbles Cugs and huge spikes. OF
half pillars or sulphurous masses filed
IN the weird shop u the sulphurgnomcs
No language can titly describe such an
interior only those who arc willing TO
pay iho price which tho Americans maid
can hayo tho remarkable sensation Vt
seeing aud being inside Of volcano
But once more restored 10 the upper air.
not the least remarkable part oil this al.
venture remained TO b. tried
Standing ou tho bordpr. the descent
over the nov slopes up which they had
iullcd the night before looked sharp aud
dangerous. and too sharp aud dangerous
IL was 10 attempt by foot ~ they had
come up The guides must take Thorn
down On the patatas. Bread plated straw
mats were these, ~ stiff m an ordinary
half inch board Tho guide vat Ia front
with steering pole. which was also
cfook OF safety, since II tho dcsccn, be.
came too rapid, there was Imminent
danger Of the whole party being pitched
head over heels down tho steep. pcrilous
slope OF ice Behind tho guide sat tho
ladies, ~ boys slide down hill. and at
given signal away they flow.
Such % sled tnall Toboggauing IA
child's ay compared toit. Tho distance
which It had taken nix hour. to climb
was passed over again IN Just fifteen
minutes. Then the whole party vorc
once more below tho snow limit and
feeling that they bad once molo returned
10 the world IN which thoy had proyi.
ously passed their lives, for their other
experiences had seemed TO belong to nn.
other sphere than that Of carth.-CoE
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