The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-25

of your tsme. and could not be certain
Of catching you Finally I decided 70
60 alone I travelled on horseback ns
way Of the Snake river canyon. ana AZ.
rived early one morning in JACKSON
hole. I can tell you IL was gloomy
place as barren and deserted as some
Of those Arabian wadiss that you nave
been describing TO me- The ra,fvau
had long ago been abandoned. ana tne
site OF the military camp could scarcely
be recognized. An immense cavity WIZ
ragged walls showed where Or, syx
mill used to send up its piums OF osaeA
smoke
aAs stared up the gaunt form OF the
Teton. whose beetling precipices mao pc"
smashed and split by the great expios'on'
was seized with a resistiess Impulse 70
climb II. l thought should IKE 20 pess
OF again from that pinnacle wnfen hau
once formed so Hateful a watch tower lot
me Turning my horse loose 10 craze
In the grassy river bottom. and carrying
my rope tether along "a a possible AID N
climbing, I set out for the ascent 4
knew I could not get NJ the precipices on
the eastern eide. which we were anie 70
master with the aid Of our balloon. an9
30 bore round. when reached the Steep
est cliffs. until was on the southwest
ern side OF the peak. where the ei'mo'ns
was easier.
But Il took me long time. and d'd
not reach the rift In the summit until JUST
before shutdown. Knowing that II would
be impossible for me to descend at night,
I bethought me OF the Enclosure OF rocks
supposed 10 have hecn made by Indians.
on the western pinnacle. and decided that
] could pass the night there.
THE perpendicular buttress. forming
the easternmost and highest point OF the
-Teton's head. would have nafhed me but
for the fact that I found long crack.
probably an effect Of the tremendous sx-
pios.nn. extending from bottom to TOP OF
the rock. Driving my toes ana fingers
into this rift managed. with q good deal
OF trouble and no little peril. 10 reach the
top As lifted myself over the edge and
rose TO my feet. imagine my amazement
at seeing Dr. Syx standing within arms
length OF me!
MY breath seemed pens in my lungs.
and could not even utter the ,exciama-
ton that rose 90 my lips. II was like
meeting n ghost Notwithstanding the
many reports OF hts having been seen In
various parts Of the world, II had always
been my conviction that he had persisted
In the explosion.
yet there he stood IN the twilight. for
the sun was hidden by the time reached
the summit. his tall form erect. and his
black eyes cleaning under the heavy
hrows as he fixed them sternly upon my
face. You know I never was given TO
losing nsy nerve. but am afraid lost
on this occasion. Again and again 4
strove TO speak. but II was impossible ~
move my tongue. 30 powerless seemed
my lungs that wondered how could
continue breathing.
THE doctor remained silent. but his
curious smile. which. as you know. was
thing OF terror to most people. over
spread his black-rimmed face and was
broad enough 10 reveal the gleam of his
teeth. felt that ne was looking me
through and through. The sensation was
as IL he had transnxed. me with an Toe
cold blade. There was q CLEAN OF devil
18Th pleasure in his eyes. as though my
evident suffering was n delight to him,
and a qualification OF his vengeance. At
length I succeeded In overcoming the feel
ing which oppressed me. and making a
step forward shouted In a strained voice:
You black eatan.
II cannot clearly explain the psychoiog-
ical process which led me 10 utter those
words. had never entertained any en-
nifty toward DR.. syn. although I had
always regarded him a. q heartless per-
son, who had purposely led thousands to
their ruin for his selfish gain. but knew
that he could not help hating me. and
felt now that. In some inexplicable man
ner. struggl not physical. but spiritual.
was taking place between W.. ana my
exclamation. uttered with surprising I'm
tensity, produced upon ma. and apparent
iv upon him, the effect of q desperate
sword thrust which attains its mark.
ssTmmediateiy the Doctors form seemeA
TO recede. as ~ he had passed the verge
OF the precipice behind him. At the same
time 81 became dim. and then DINNER.
until only the dark outlines. and particu-
larry the black eyes. xiaring serceiy,
remasned visible And r;iil he receded,
AZ though floating in the air. which was
now siivered with the evening light un-
III ne appeared to cross she lmmense
atmospheric gulf over Jackson's hole and
paused on the rim OF the horizon IN the
east.
.Thsn. suddenly. I became aware that