Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07


"wc can do few miles Of the cnvo by
noon,h said the captain as they went down,
"thon Wen get lunch aud return Ia time
TO get back 10 camp before sunset"
Faith, thnt'll be as ai,y a. fallin oG q
log" said Mike Finn. "Shurc WINS down
IN Diamond cave for moron siN hours, wild
only nlggcr iur % guide, and / know It
HAT well before came out that Ia not bg
Hkart 10 go through from ind 10 ind blind.
folded, Thin caves Is like iy'rythiu else
It's all IN helm used TO their ways"
This confidence encouraged tho captain
greatly, for a. the cold air beat into hi,
face aud he saw the light ~ his torch fore.
ing thin pathway through tho awful
bRckncsi that ro.r before him like wall,
his curiosity was not so keen nor his cuuh.
dengc Ia himself 30 great when he started
out that morning,
They passed. tho antcroom, with H.
smoked walls and its floor Uttered with the
debris 81 thousand conyiyih parties who
has preceded them IN tho good old days
before the war.
Then they started down the grand ave.
nue., but before doing 80 Captain Poo, who
was noted In tho army for his prudence and
i0rethouglt, tied the end Of biz ball Of
wrapping twino to rock and paid II out
~ he went on.
ut was by Just such q con,rlynnce a.
that string" hn replied 10 Mike inn,
"that the mysteries and Intricate convolu.
ilonsOf the famous Labyrinth Of Crctoworg
discovered
You don't tell mo 10, sor," cried Mike,
with all the oarucstnc.s OF a man just In
receipt Of - thrilling Item of news.
Down the grand avenue the black
shadows fed from their front to settle be-
hind thom Ia a hlackor wall.
Tho fall oil their feet woke mp tho sleep
ing echoes, Bats dropped from tho roof
aud their cold, ul1mmy wings brirylcd the
hrouzed faces Of the troopers anu made
them pallid.
On to the Great Hall, whose ceiling was
lifted too high TO be reached by the Hight
u their torches sayO whore here and there
from tho dropping ends VI snowy stalac
tites the light flashed back as II rciractcl
Into prlsmHtic lines by mighty diamonds.
On again 20 the Bridal Chamber the
bali Of twiuc growing less Ia Size, but Tho
trail stlll well defined by fragments u cX'
iigusted torches and Hu occasional empty
bottle
Wonder bnnlfhcd anxiety from the hearts
OF captain and man, and thcy spoke In
whispers, ns II afraid To wnkc up tho sleep
ting genius Of this sunless palace.
They cropt through Fat Mans Misery
Of which the captain had often heard; thea
they rested their torches against a rock
and rs IL was high noon In thc upper world
they Alto their lunch. ate everything ioi
~ they were going back Immediately It
would DO foolish TO burden themselves
with whnt was loft
Atiength they reached tho Star Cham
her, at least that was what tho captain
called u, and hos they came literally ll
"the end OF their rope"
The string was fastened TO rock In d
place which they agreed they could find
very easily and th,n they started In TO ca
plore this wonderful chamber Al length
the captain looked at his watch
"rhrca o'clock. linnl" hr exclaimed
by JuvG We must De getting back al
night Will catch uHn
"Sure itaalWnys and forever aud a da.l
nigiit down her" said Mike.
But now to find the string Then
searched and they 81, rchcd and thpi
searched without succet,. till there gorl
only twp candles loft. Then Hllod with DIES
pcration and horror they started down ~
avenue that "loofed ns u /. might lead IL
the right direction"
Up n maintain Of sharp rocks then
elamhercdi then down the other side, al
theS game too sudden bait and drew bael