Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-09-14

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L listened without understanding.
and thought that the Fairy was con,
tinulng to mystify me. How she could
nave made the earth out of dust still
passes my comprehension; that she
could have made marble and GRANTEES
and other minerals merely by shaking
the skirt of her gown, could not be-
ileye: But l did not dare to CONTRA.
dict her, though 1 turned voluntarily
towards her to see whether she was
speaking seriously of such an absurd.
Iity.
VIA. was my sorprise to fnd she
was no longer behind mel but hear
her voice, seemingly coming from
under the ground, calling me. At the
same time l also passed under ground
without being able to resist, and found
myself in terrible place where all was
hre and flame. 1 had heard tell OF the
internal region; thought that was it
Lights, red, blue, green, white, violet
now pale, now swelling, replaced day
hight, and, If the sun penetrated to this
place, the vapors which arose from
the furnace made it wholly invisible.
formidable sounds, sharp Kisses, e1-
plosions, claps of thunder, filled this
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enclosed. In the midst of all this 1
perceived little Fairy Dust, who ad
gone back to her dirty colorless dress.
She came and went, working, pushing,
plllng, clutching, pouring out 1 know
not what acids; in a word, giving her
self up to an incomprehensible Ia
Dor.
Don't be afraid" she said to me, in
a voice that rose above the deafening
noises of this Tartarus. "You are here
In my laboratory. Don't you know
anything about machinery"
Nothing at all, 1 shouted, sand l
don't want to learn anything about it
in such place as this"
"fes, you wanted TO know, and you
must resign yourself to me. 1t is very
pleasant to live on the surface of the
earth, with flowers, birds, and domes-
ticated animals, to bathe in still waters,
to eat nice tasting fruits, to walk upon
carpets of greensward and daisies. You
imagined that life has always existed in
that way, under such blessed condi-
tions. It is time you should learn
something about the beginning of things
and of the power OF Fairy Dust, your
grandmother, your mother, and your
nurse"
As she spoke the little crea-
ture made me roll with her
into the depths of the abysm,
through devouring flames, frightful
explosions, acrid black smoke, metals
in fusion, lavns vomiting hideously
and all the terrors of volcanic erup-
ton.
"These are my furnaces" she said,
"the underground where my provisions
elaborate themselves. You see, it is a
good place for a mind disencum bered
of the shell called body. You haye
left yours in your bed, and your mind
alone is with me. So you may touch
and clutch primary matter. You are
ignorant of chemistry; you do not yet
know of what this matter is made, nor
by what mysterious operetion, what ap-
pears here under the aspect of solid
bodies, comes from n gaseous body
which has shone in space, first as a
nebula and later as q beamlng sun.
You are child; cannot initiate you
into the great secrets of creation, and
there is long time yet to be passed
before your professors themselves will
know them. But L can show you the
products of my culinary art. All here
is somewhat confused for you. Let us
mount stage. Hold the ladder and
follow me-"
A ladder, of which 1 could not per-
ceive either the bottom or the top,
stood before Us. / followed the Far,
and foun+ myself in darkness, but /
then noticed that she herself was
wholly luminous and radiant as u torch.
, then served enormous deposits OF
oozy paste, blocks OF whitish crys al
and imm ense waves of black and shining
vitreous matter, which the Fairy took
up and crumbled between her ingers;
. then she piled the crystal IN little
heaps, and mixed all with the moist
!, paste, and placed the whole on what
she was pleased to call gentle fire.
what dish are you gong to make
of that?" asked.
"a dish necessary to your poor little
existence, she replied. al am making
granite, that is to say, with dust make
, the hardest and most resisting ot
! stones: it needs that to enclose Cocytus
and Phlegethon. 1 make also various
mixtures of the same elements. Here
is what is shown to you under barbar,
, ous names-gneiss, the quartzes, the
r tales the micas, et cetera. Of all thai
which comes from my dust, l, later
on make other dusts with new ele-
=, ments, which will then be states, sand,
and gravel. am skilful and patient
3 | pulverize increasingly to reagglom-
crate. Is not -four the basis OF al
i axes? At the present time | imprisor
my furneces, contriving for them some
necessary vents, SO that they may no
l hurst. We will go above and see wha
is going on. If you are tired, you may
take nap, for it will take me httlt
= 20 accomplish what L am going tc
do"
1 lost all consciousness OF time, auc
, when the Fairy walked me:
"You have been sleeping pretty
|, considerable number of ages!" she
said.
, "How many, Madame Fairy?"
"You must ask that of your profes
. sors," she replied, laughlngly. lie
g us go on Up the ladder.
5 She made me mount several stages
5 through divers deposits, W lere l saw
her manipulate the rust of metals, o
u which she made chalk, marl, clay
slate, jasper; and, as L questioned hel
: as to the origin of metals:
sYou want to know a great deal abou
s it,"sho said. "Your inquirers may ex
IS plain many phenomena by fire md water
Q bnt could they know what was passing
8 between earth and heaven when all n,
dust, cast by wind from the abyss. ha
formed solid clouds, which clouds o
q va .er have rolled in their stormy
whirI, which thunder has penetrated
W tn its mysterious loadstone, anC
i which the stronger winds have thrown
s upou q terrestrial surface in torrentia
II rams? There is the origin of the frs
r deposits. You are going to witnes
J, til E.se marvellous transformations"
}, We mounted higher, and came t.
chaiks. marbles, and banks of lime
= ne enough to build city as big a
D The entire globe. And as l was won
J. deri, e at what she was able to pro
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