The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-01-23

The opening disclosed In this won
derful manner was the commencement
of a tunnel, or shaft, extending at an
acute angle upwards into the body Of
the pyramid. II was rectangular In
form, and In other respects bore a gen.
eral resemblance to the passage by
which we had entered, save that It
seemed to be iloftier.
The question now was-should we
attempt TO escape along this new road;
or should we wait where we were, and
trust to the return of the Intel TO Its
proper place?
The light now began rs fade away In
the same gradual manner IL had
arisen, and II became painfully evt
dent that we should be again plunged
in darkness. Any fate would be prefer
able to the frightful sensation of being
Theoretically shut in amidst an in
tense and sitting blackness to which
the darkest night outside would be the
bright clearness of noon.
Taking cur courage In both hands
we resolved to make an attempt TO es-
cape. l seized hold of Annette round
the waist, and swung her form up un.
til she was able to scramble on to tho
ledge of the opening. With her rs
sistaace ] had then no difficulty In
climbing up myself, and as we were
both pretty active we contrived TO eS
tablish ourselves In the mouth Of the
gallery down which the pale green
light was now but family streaming.
The sloping floor was so smooth and
steep hat we were obliged to crawl on
our hande md knees in order TO make
any progress. In this way we clam.
bered along for fully fifty yards, with
much labor and WEAKNESS; slipping
back every now and again, and more
than once narrowly escaping a glissade
into the hateful chamber. It was o
fearful task! but ut length we reached
the top, and found that the gallery de-
bouched at a Spacious hall where
everything was brilliantly illuminated
in most peculiar manner by means OF
appliances which for want of a better
term must be called refiectors.
The whole of the upper part, or cell.
ing, Of this marvellous room presented
a most extraordinary appearance, be.
ing honeycombed-so to speak-by o
vast array of hollow cones, each zone
ending in n small aperture, or sky.
light, through which the beams of the
moon, or the rays Of the stars, were
shining with a hundredfold their nor
NAL power. The ,apices of these o
must have consisted of some magnify
ing material, and the sides were lined
with a kind of material that multiplied
TO an enormous extent their power OF
transmitting light. The entire series
was so s~killfully arranged hat the
combined pencils impinged on one
spot, where there was q most singular
and complicated apparatus for their
reception.
In front of the mouth of the gallery
| stood a manifold frame, almost com.
pletely filling the opening, which, how
ever, was scooped out on one side, thus
enabling us, breathless as we were
from our climb, to creep through.
This frame was In truth an extraordi-
nary structure. 1t was fitted with ar
Infinite multitude of lenses and other
transparent appliances, the like OF
which l had never seen before. ] very
much regret that / cannot give O bet
ter and moro detailed description OF
this piece of work, which to my mind
affords conclusive proof that the nm.
cient Egyptians were the possessors OF
a long since vanished lore. The read
er viii shortly be able to see why It Is
that any account Of these marvels is SC
vague.
Whilst ! was In the act of making my
way past this frame the never-to-be'
forgotten grinding sound again met my
ears, coming from below in the direc-
ton of the chamber we had just quilted.
l at once turned and looked down, but
could sec nothing. The track we SC
painfully had traversed was now as
dark as Erebus-' 1t was manifest that
our retreat was cut off; the pondcrou.
Intel had risen to its original position
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