Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-04-07


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,.".i h"' h''' soon '''' p q" %" W.
lA" az ' Ah' '''i ~ FN' '--''' va h''-ht
any AfI'h man. 90 ih'' '' ''hi forward
Hni s''iH"i 60 'af''l' F'i''" '" l'n".
u''' w" dafAh"'@ ~ '"' CANYON. ih'h
ra'lf tlrf 'afi'"l i'''h anu was '"'
intent ul"n liF''t'ri =" "'e'" tiin" rak'
iuf al"it ~ h" might ha'" s"rn ih" is'
a." finwlf ''Am'"fiuE down an ancient
fnd" pathway I'adiuE io ~" if"' terrace,
wh"fa fnih'i rlH houses AMI caves,
abandoned centuries aF'. WI" The only
e'id"nc"s - FORMER human occupation.
INT 'h" man "a th" heights had seen
TIE moving i"f' hes, AMI az where ho
was - wa hRht enough tochHily pick his
way
u was fuc bll"ft. AMI he was seek
ing l"ini - observation before ~ grew
light in order o. ASCERTAIN what manner
~ men these we're who carried ID" lights
Tar l~n"a'h him Hostile Indians he
Knew might ~ All reason !" encountered
In th"~" wlld.. and be had escaped one
danger too narrowly 10 tdl caf"l"sNly
into another
Events hal crowded 80 quickly upon
him during the last Few hours that he
was prepared for suything Cuawar"
even IN what state ar territory IN th"
Union he had been thrown ~ th" last
Wild bound 81 tbs balloon. he did not
know what he might encounter, aud
though thu craving for water and food
began 10 assert itsolf he was resolved to
let his caution govern hts necessity.
He had gathered tho instruments,
which he had thrown In heap near tho
edge Of the elin. and covered them with
. blanket. They consisted Of small
electric battery aud lighting apparatus
ian invention OF Pierce's). lantern. n
thermometer and barometer. camera
and plate box holding . hundred instan-
tan-ous plates. some medical instru-
menta In - case, q quadrant and few
other ARTICLES.
lilo carried his Winchester rifio in his
left hand. q blanket thrown OYER his
arm. and a carrier uigrou. whose broken
wing hung linn and flaming In IN.
night hand making M. descent a matter
~ car, THE Itch, was vro,,iny s,rnn,,.,
An the ,an,on when no r.a,h,d n l.y.I
.h.lf a, ,.,r,c. .dy,I with a r,uyh
.,one wall ami lin.,l with cnv,,. and cl,G
aw,llIny., ca,.. who.a mon,h. waro
huilt mn An cvc,o,,.., m.s,nrv l.av,,,,
. narrow entrance ,o Ia reached bv n
l.dd., ~ ,,,o a., nol..
IA. f.l, IN. na.d ~ h..,. .l,hor,h
even %, Ia conid .aa no,h,n,, in ,ha
shv.. h.iow .,J Smiling . cnnv.n,an,
o,.ul,y int . cav. d.. Al h.nJ va,
vh.,. ha co,la ovsr,ooL IN. d.n,h. ~,
I.id dox, Id. b,,,Isn ana a. It'll ,nr ,ha
light ,o AN ,hs canyon
Tn. O,,,., a, ,h. v,,,1.d h,,,
.,on..d h.. ,s,v AMI n. bo,nA 10. Vim,
a. il. ,lde Nth a .,r,n 81 nj. hsndLer'
chief ami laid A. u,on nj. bln,L., ,.sI.
l,y a ar, ~ cnmpaniou.hin an a. nr,..-
snce a l,nk with m. Guitar wnrla
Re.,i,g a. h. ,.as fr,u, n lon, v,gil ami
. long continued struvvlo. no stretched
hlm.alf leni,l, tho hard and f.l, asls.n
Lang ,,cfnr. cha SIM ro.o un,p A,yiap
. figure stirred upon tho top 81 the high
est bu,ldinv In tho city. whence arose n
slim, blue column ~ smoke. The figure
moved with slow. hesitating steps from
Dns side - tho low walled housetop 10
The other, as 10 from habit, although the
burden ~ years had turned the exercise
Into = ,oilaome Journey.
lilo was iklapel. tho high priest Of
Atslan. watching before tho sacred. mex
tinguishahle FIRE 81 Kinchahan. the sun
goi. which for centuries had burned
and would burn forever.
Even In the half light Of the coming
dawn u could In seen that iklapel was
old aud blind. and though his figure
bowed many an inch before his only
master. Time. fine and tall, thin and
withered. u still showed tho remains Of
powerful and graceful form. Now and
lhsn he held his wasted hands over the
languid hre "a measure its burning or
ssst few twign ~ cedar upon u. nut
lsrinR, ~ old men do. b. himself the
shile. AZ the shy grew brighter and
essider with the dawn he seemed 10 feel
4 and know that the day was approach.
hE. Zee he raped sharply several times
appn the roof. - II in summons 30 an.
s,hef IseFaon.
In . tnoinent . second figure appeared,
coming np through . trapdoor. and
a"od before him In respectful, yet
sssy And familiar altitude Then A. the
,eeh hlspe' tctssr~d u Hprang 10 hts
aas ana iofinH'y passed strong arm
'bou' hl,h' leading hin w Stone seat
.ssids the al'Ar and placing aim ten
'stiy ar'n " The old man reached
'as hs hsnd' FEELING Tor that OF The
/ founHef man, ana placing " against his