Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-12

saw the water dweller waiting with an
 open mouth to eat me. It was the drink
 that made me think of all these things
 baas, and that is why have sworn to
 touch it no more. Yes, swore it as flew
 through the air and saw the water dweller
 beneath me. And now, baas, am little
 rested, so let us try to wake up the Shep-
 herdess and get us gone"
 Yes" said Leonard, though I am
 sure don't know where we are to go to.
 It can't be far, for am about done" Then, crawling to where Juanna lay
 wrapped in her cloak, Otter set to work to
 pour some of the native spirit down her
 throat, while Leonard rubbed her hands.
 Presently this treatment produced its of,
 feet, for she sat up with start, and seeing
 the Ice before her began to shriek, saying:
 Take me away. l can't do it, Leonard. can't indeed.''
 All right, dear," he answered, you
 have done it. We are over"
 ''OhP' she said, II am thankful. I-ut
 where is Soa? I thought heard her fling
 herself down behind us.''
 ''She is dcad," he answered. "She fell down tho hole and nearly pulled us with
 her. will tell you all about it afterward. You are not fit to hear it now. Oh, come,
 dear, let us go out of this accursed place." She staggered to her feet
 dIn SO stlIL uilu SOre Inab CtH DaT(lly
 stand. And, Leonard, what is tho matter | with youp You are covered with blood" II will tell you afterward," he said | again.
 Then Otter picked up their baggage,
 which consisted chiefly of the hide line and | the spear, and they crawlcd forward up
 the snow slope. Some 20 or 30 yards ahead of them and almost side by side lay the two glacier stones on which they had passed the bridge, and about them the | others which Otter had dispatched as pioneers on the previous morning. They looked at them wondering Who could | have believed that those inert things not
 half an hour before had been speeding
 down tho icy way quicker than any ex- press train that ever travelled, and they with them?
 One thing was certain. Did they re-
 main unbroken for another 5000, 900 or | s, GOO, O0O years, and that Is n short life l for stone, they would never again make 1 so strange n journey.
 | Then they toiled on to the top of the | snow slope, which was about 800 yards | away.
 Look, baas," said Otter, who had l turned to gaze a fond farewell at the gulf ! behind, there are people there on the far i ther side"
 He was right. On the far brink of the | crevasse were the forms of men who | seemed to be waving their arms in the air | and shouting, but whether they were the | priests who, having overcome the resist l ance of Olfan, had pursued them to kill them, or the soldiers of the king who had | conquered the priests, the distance would | not allow them to sec. The fate of Olfan | and tho further domestic history of the | People of the Mist were now sealed books | to them, for they never heard any more of these matters, nor are they likely to do so. Then they began to descend from field | to field of snow, the great peak above them | alone remaining to remind them that they l were near to the country of tho mist. Once they stopped to cat q little of such food as | they had with them, and often enough to | rest, for their strength Was .ttlc. Indeed | as they dragged themselves wcarily for ! ward, each of the men holding ,Iuanna by | the hand, Leonard found himself wonder ing how it came about, putting aside tho bodily perils from which they had escaped, ! that they had survived the exhaustion and \ physical and mental horrors of the li ist 43 | hours. But there they were, still alive, though in a sorry plight, and before even ing they found themselves below the snow
 line and in T warm and genial climate.
 II must stop" said Juanna as the sun
 began to set. II can go no farther" Leonard looked at Otter in despair.
 "There is big tree yonder, baas, " said the dwarf, with an attempt at cheerful
 ness, "and water by it. It is good place | to camp, and here the air Is warm; we shall not suffer from cold. Nay, wo are lucky indeed. Think how we passed last night" They reac he'd the tree, and Juan na sank down half fainting against its
 bole. With difficulty Leonard persuaded her to swallow little meat and mouth.
 full of spirit, and then, to his relief, she lapsed into a condition which partook mere of the nature of stupor than of sleep.