Asheville daily citizen., 1892-08-08

nclbnt, Jne mUtlOn was That OF llOatlng |
along instead of walking. 1t wasn't over
twenty feet from us, and when it disap-
peared into the thlcket on the other side
the air was heavy with the odor of n
strange perfume.
Its nothing but II trick to scare us Off"
whispered Grant, after the fgure had dis
appeared. "If it comes again everybody
open fire on it,
We waited in nervous silence for five or
six minutes, when the appnriton appeared
again, prcccled hy the same distressing
noises. 1t was scarcely clear of the bushes
when we opened fire, each one of us with
revolver. 1t ilOatcd along rs before and tt
the same pace and we got in three shots
apiece before the smoke obscured it.
We've riddlcd one Of them, anyhuww
chucklcd Grant us we waited for the smoke
to clear; but II minute later, when it had
tloatcd away, the figure was not to be seen
We had fired point blank at distance Il
eighteen or twenty feet, and it was absurd
to suppose that all fifteen bullets had
missed.
"And how do you account for that?'
lsked aS felt my hair trying to climb up.
ITS one Of their conjurnS tricks" an
swered the engineer, "and was pretty WI
worked. I've seen stranger things than
that, however. We had best get out of
this ut once!'
We were hardly Off the blocks before II
rock weighing at least twenty pounds
crashed down through the tree tops and
fell where we had been sitting. Ten sec
onds earlier would have resulted in one
death at least. AS we made our way along
asked the engineer how such IA rock could
have been heitved into the air to fall with
such eXactncss, but he could not explain.
Instead of pushing along to the temple we
now made our way to the right to get ont
of the ruins, and in II short time were on
the open plain.
The temple is our objective point" cX-
plained Mr.. Grant, "and it's no use push
ing through those ruins to get there. Well
90 down opposite and then strike in. Now
look ut that, will YOU"
About hundred feet away from us and
right in our course was II bushy topped
tree about thirty feet high. There was
only II light mir stirring and yet the top of
the tree was waving to and fro, as if in II
heavy gale. We slowly advanced until we
stood at the foot of the tree | had expect,
ed to see II native up there, but nothing
whatever was in sight. While we stood
there the tree continued its antics, and none
of us was sharp enough to solve the mys
terry.
"lt's just II trick to scare us off, " said
Mr.. Grant, "and we'll see more Of 'cm be-
fore we are through. How they do these
things can't pretend to say, but they are
done for effect and would frighten native
out of his senses. Wcmust push along and
not mind them"
| Opposite the ruins Of the temple we en-
tered the thckct again, Mr.. Grant leading,
and the rest following in Indian file. We
had not advanced Il hundred feet when we
heard sobs and moans from both sides of
us, and one would have sworn that n doz-
en- women were wandering about in dis
trcss. The sounds appeared quite close l.
us, but yctN could not detect the pres
ence of humNn being. All of sudden, as
we continued to push ahead, the thickct
echoed such screams and shricks that my
knees gave out and had to clutch Il limb
to support me. expected to be ridiculcd
for my exhibit but the others came to ="
halt with serious faces, ard the engineer
said:
"Im blessed if the sounds don't give me
chill, though know it's all blooming
trick of the gang to keep us out There
must he lot of the fellows in there"
And Pm thinking it would be a wise
thing to send down for more help" added
Mr.. Grant. Good Lord but see thatr'
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