Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-09-29
A LOVER IN STONE

lumeraDlo geysers, the waters OF Whlcn
are strongly impregnated with calcare-
Gus and silicious sinter, white sub
stance which instantaneously .incrust-
ates whatever IL falls upon. Big mounds
and craters are formed by it. Travel
ers place under tho streams bottles and
other objects they desire turned to
stone," as they term 1t, and as soon as
tho sinter hardens carry away their tro-
phies in triumph
Mr.. Cyril Jacques was a morbid,
Dreamy and downcast young man. With
form, fine face and even wealth at his
command, he constantly meditated sui
eide and determined to become felo do
80. He wandered over the world 10 dis
eover some artistic method of departing
this life. lie paled at the thought oi. an
inquest over his mortal remains, Of ac-
counts In the press and of speculation by
his fellow .-uankind. v.sIe climbed Vesu-
vius and for hours contemplated u
plunge into the awful fires bolow,yySere
his body would never DO reveal He
| lid not fear instantaneous inciuention-
not that He conceived that In the in
! visible world In which he was bound ne
might desire to gather his mortal ele-
nents somewhere, sometime, In the
cycles of eternity. Hence, why so utter
ly annihilate them?
Mr. Jacques sailed 20 tho borders Of
the great maelstrom Of Norway and
considered a plunge therein, heavily
plated in "a metallic armor. Here again
no paused and forcsaw the decay of tho
metal and the possibility and absorption
II animal lifo
He studied aeronautios intently and
consulted tho worlds aerostatic engi-
Aeers, NJ. Gabriel Yon. Captains Renard
and krobs, as 10 the possibility Of an air.
ship which would bear him beyond the
earths atmosphere. out into homoloidal
space Again defeat, These great men
assured him that tor all his wealth,
inito power could not achieve the in-
Unite.
In the year 1870 he read Of the first ex-
petitions Of DR.. i. V. Hayden into the
unknown wilds Of the Rockies, Of tho
Initiation Of tho then worldwide respect
I'd United States geological survey, of
the wonderful gcyser regions Of Wy
0miug. Into the northwest corner OF
5his territory he FASTENED his fight
August was waning when he mounted
the terraces Of Mammoth Hot Springs
gnd saw tho clear blue waters gush from
the highest plaza and fall evenly in
veilllke sheets over the sides, which con-
stantly increased in size. He saw that
no had only 10 sit there 10 be pushed
higher and higher, while a mountain OF
,ncrustation broadened below him and
reared him about.
But as ho watched tho transformation
Of liquids into solids he saw that GER
tain objects at tho base Of tho mound,
ss fast Gs they became incased with
sinter, were pushed down hill, down
toward tho valley below 10 speculated
DC concluded that some tinlo a concus-
ion OF steam might explode tire mound,
md if body were therein it would
become exposed to beasts, men or sun.
So he determined to be incased sepa-
rately and allow his body TO be pushed
lown hill, TO become one Of the rapidly
forming, immense mass OF incrustated
objects.
Having formed his plans. Mr. Cyril
Jacques took chloroforn and laid down
at the base Of the series Of pla z2as OF
Mammoth Hot Springs, where the gey-
ser waters fell upon him and III short
time incasod his body in hard aned cali
careous sinteT.
While tho strange young man was ex-
hausting his life doyieing usthf.ic means
Of death, Miss MiShorotto Dlvre was
leading a dissimilar career of inventing
fanc,es and searching the w,,rld for
man who should be a synony III Of her
ideals 50 created. In her flights Of ro-
ruanticism she had investiga ted the
widest noble red man in the do epest of
unfreqUeU;el deeps, but ascertain ed that
his value set on a woman was Yes 8 than
that Of a horse. Sho studied q VIA lower
president, but, If lie fulfilled her dt cam
he did not tahe kindly TO her adva,ices.
She went abroad determined 70 fascIl Iate
a great prince, but ali the itinces sho
met spoke not of love, but OF an annn al
stipend to become her husband
In 1890 Miss Favro decided to enjoy
the summer In the Yellow stono Nations,
park, tract solely under the jurisdic-
tion of tho government, but form Grly -
part Of tho then territories OF Wyoqnil.
and Montana. The q Mammoth Hot
Springs hotel suited hex romantic ideas.
While hero she often climbed the pLazzaB
Of the great spring. She placed bottles,
combs, horseshoes and other objects un-
der tho trickling streams and saw them
turned to stono" to her hoaIt's content.
While sho filled big boxes with a varied
collection Of these and Kindred obiects,
her ideal IN this respect, Gs In the case Of
a man, was unfulGllei.
She saw The big heaps Of objects in
cruetated, which seemed to have slid
down into thr valley, aud 6hr vas indlg-
nant at tho government lor pnacting
laws to protect this "avGjancho' and
making il n misdemoanor 70 carry any
section away. She clampoTcd mp and
down tho aynlaucho-tor g1'ch the slant
iDg collection Of objects seemed 20 be-
aud each day paused bcfu;o a massive
cone Of white sinter, the solllity AID
great beauty Of which she aimigcd SC
much that it became ncnoiuania With
her. The cone was ahOui scvcn feet ia
length. witRa diameter Of two feot and
ooked IA IL II were a claSs!c Ionic col
INN
At least Miss FayEo concluded she
2ould not 1.-Two withoU. the cone In her