St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-02-02
ne take your hand. ! a1n familiar

with the steps.
Thus assisting and guiding Lapors,
they descended carefully the rude but
solid stairway which for some distance
was very steep. At the end Of twenty
feet they came to rock landing and
new opening leading downward more
gradually at right angles % the main
shaft. Laport saw that the entire pas
sage was natural rift or claasfn. lie
turned at the landing and looked back
at the stairway dinaly seen in the dark
ness stretching up above them.
II know what you are thinking OF,
said Kent, lit is that by the destrnc-
ton of the steps one IS caught like a
rat in a trap But gon forget that
there are other exits ands besides, |
haye bored into the stratum above
will, an tlrtesian drill and know where
lit Is t1iinnest. Let us go down.
A light shone Ia The distance, and It's
reflection enabled Laport to descend
without further difficulty. fnplaees the
natural slant Of the rock needed no
steps AT others Kent warned him Of
| a sudden rise or fall in the path. KS
! near as Laport could Judge the second
| passage was fifty feet long and only ut
| a few points wide enough to pass two
men abreast. On reaching the bottom
of the declivity, he found himself IN
an enormous stone room or areiis'' e1ias
was lit IN part Dy TWO OF .iifee poaeI- q.
full lamps ana reIeceofs. as stee.1i .l eseig
1 as he could determine with his eye,
the root rock was eighty o' a. nanu.se .l -
/ feet h1gn WheFe ~ wac ~ ~ s''e
rejected agnts, oeyoAu Wiieh .'.s
pltchy gloom. Inc Wails ., siis
rotunda were uneven ana slai'.ea
away at d1fferens angles, tliae pol s.on
through whose hsseFe sies nsea IL
being the nearest 20 q eit.,ie-
ular. Inc alfnensioh u siiis
room,' sa,a hen.' N. Y an eala eala'1 =
.ol5 way, :. - aa..;ao~ eftr foot
le.'us ~ :. 80 .asad - faat 1a,,r ~ =
woe anu e no-A ,r,,:s - ,e,.aso,,s !
.uuen ass,s.,,as, -. 2 80 ),
y NY ~. .As Ilaa f.n,;,;.r With the
as Aas = =. oe.,..s a-,ras r,ar;ng
ls ~, Iapo t1sa,..,,t 10 baard t1,e
| aoou.' anu le s..o ..r..a ~ 20 -,
souha VI hafh.ase 1r, -.
Workmen' shid hs'.e' a.saa -, !
peen 1lttil,s up sne plses -. 80. :.
heaoanalssis ass iA.s ''iiN'' Z - :, -
foualis. ,I,a a 49, .,.o. +fa;1. frnras
lhsS o1ns 80 sa.,t.s.sa -. at,
ii'lA1ns r, : a., ..sa,da,, st,na-
oHs' sai.., esslh! - = -, - tl,a al,
r.is ~ = = sA.,,s ,,.ad t1a a,,naar-
IA'ei - al.aa' .,,a.o - rl,artr h,,t when Kent
aiice =, :, ne - - = ..en,fo,s.
opehee si's 49, -, - s..-..:..saa 81 ~ l.,
ao.s co 7, -. staea az
iai la'h - a,,,t,d ,,,a,.s
ce5sei ai.ua :. haol.case
M e1lad nth baal.s handsome filter
hllsu 4saoaes1.s. -. sss. aa.1 little n,ffet
an : tI,e
e ....,,.,s rg,1 syaada,
plasas ~ y p..1,eIess nv
several pictures hnhs npo'1 80 80 ,,,,ar
Kent waited 20 see ene elss - - s.
ms yisleor anu sle1' .s.ssasser and !
comfortable retreas' pIole..,' ~.
think you viii now agree sslsn .las So
it is safe one. mere 70 : -
tube and sigma, oeii 1a.-.l.a Inn :; s1aar,
with the house aeose helt IL th9esr .7sal s,,
{ ing room, he at.'e..' s.,.. -, r,e,,
: SIDE door ansi uisolo.. s,...a,,sa 1,aa ! -
apartment WIN eoal'lol 49, -,
S all the neeessals .,.a.I, sa o,+ ranr dc
aiace'' ~ .-.s1a,,t I faa- "a interrnr
: s.giis ~ ,1t;..a1.- - e. from, the vari
eloh tti., ~ =. aeasa,, 4b;s thermo1n
r a.ioiis - - Mt ~ course ii
e eoai - =, ero,,d all vour tim
y ios espso. ss .ss1;,s1,t Tst,o,,1d advise yo
oue ~ s..e s..iss 49,, !, ,,o1f vo,,r dav /
S ~. ~ - - tha 1,1;shnent unles
G shls p.a ' aaaaar - 80 - discovery. You nj
.heie . aaAs - oo,,,a - vopr ;nc1ins
;. i!ee W
> 1loh. =. 49,, :, J .anfortabl
C hapois -, sas ".s.,a IN !, sslr vo,, n fe,
d chalI: as.ae.;ons sa 80 :, he said but I'll
plas.ieat aaI.'s' - .a;so1as.ra ;e 60 muc
'e ,act y 1'ie " s1l 10y s,s - 4be Arabia
d ,1se one y. -. ,nth;no 1sir practical seen
le .t N.s - - nlaea,,
ou. ..,UaI1 - v,..r d,sn,tss all notions
IL - "a ;,7,s;o, ), ranl;ed Kent wit
re inas ~ aAis. ..at 4ho on1v thir
is = ei,ihe A., ,,,;ra c,,lous-a
IN eiieo "A work. ~ +
r 1,ie iees - Ps1-. PD.s .a;as,aa r. renal,
'u sne .sl',i,.ss - f+a,. va,, have made
De ~ - - r,;,,.+;on If the place,
n. .iiol ,,1e for q veaa
ou II eau VIC 'iissue Ia 80,
n saoalo sas ~ o,,se a. ,,,aans . ut 20
"thas II you hase ''iI l..,,esse -. notb;,
mana-efiae ~ oa..' aal,,tr;tv of
about the Veisiis.e l eAohl - .bat
nd ana the Wo.h - y s.s.sa.,,a { - ,..t.,.;