Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-03-24
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SouHtE tutuSht OF tuan proposed. ana /
ArNa sat down on rock 10 wait, while /
keene hurried away after his bar and |
shovel. He was back in a short time /
and crossed the causeHay TO descend |
by the rough path on the other side !
This did not take him long, aud though /
Arra held her breath and secretly wished /
that she had kept her discovery To her
self, he jumped safely down at last from
the lvwcrmoSt rock and stood en- the bot
tom. The bones protruded from Slop
ing spot about i've feet above. and there
fore nearly on level with his face. They
had clearly been uncovered by the shock
of the earthquake, which had shaken
down considerable patch of earth and
stones.
Seeing that Kecne was really safe. Ar
vas fears yielded To curiosity. aud she
edged along as near the brink of the
chasm as she dared. and then lay HAT
down to watch his operations. He had
landed on the little layer II fallen earth,
and staggered over ii in getting his bal
ance. but then steadied himself and
stepped forward TO examine the bones.
Arva was prepared to hear him ex.
press surprise, or even TO contemplate
the objects silently, as though witt Great
curiosity; but she was not prepared for
what he did do. He took one step for
ward. stopped and then turned his back
Squarely on the find and locked M at
her. No bones at all" came to her as
vessel"
"Of a vessel" she shouted back. as
| soon as she could collect herself. why
| that seems hardly possible, How could
| they get in there
| How, indeed. when the caiiseway rose
/ nigh and firm as a castle wall ut the
| entrance of the cut: He shook his head
instead of answering. and began to take
| on his Jacket In n moment he had
/ the bar in his hands and was prodding il
! into the bank. Then he dropped il and
began TO pull at one of the ribs He
seemed to effect nothing by this, and re-
/ turned to the bar. The noise of the
chug. chug, into the bank went ON for
Il few minutes, and he lifted and twist,
ed zealously and then abruptly stopped
She was about TO ask him what the mat
ter was when he suddenly turned ON his
heel amt raced. as though for dear life
across the valley. He was none too soon.
for he had scarcely turned before the
front of the bank started out. and in an
instant came laundering down She ut
tered cry of diSmay, but it was barely
out or her mouth when he answered il
with a laugh. lie was safe He caught
mp his shovel, which he had luckily left
a little distance out. and started back,
She struggled with her confusion and
excitement for moment or two, aud
then rallied enough TO look again The
hrSt glance was naturally toward the
scene of the slide, and she had scarcely
cast her eyes upon it when she uttered
an exclamation of establishments
In the shallow depression left by the
ran stood the bleaching frame and partly
uncovered ribs of a small and most re-
notwithstanding ship.
1t was very ancient affair, rs could
he seen at the first glance The single
mast tthe craft was technically a ~looDl
was broken or rotted to a mere stI1mp.
and that rose nearly amidships of a deck
that must once have looked IN ar both
ends. almost like Il crescent. The frac.
beadRl II Kadf tn Ea sfef 2Figna I1 kind
Il OF sfhis WAS rho framework nc I sn,aI
PLATFORM or poop-deck. There was
GOOD amount Of space preserved between
l1 1:i, us hS DOW and stern, and there were
sun plankS enough left TO show fhf
course of three rows Of square holes
Whleh clearly indicated three banks o,
oars. Shc was, then, Il very ancient era II
lndeed-a galley, or to be more exact n
trircme. - &
What do you think of that?" shouted
up heene. rs he stopped before the
strange discovery and pointed ut it, lie
looked an odd Snowman indeed in his
Nineteenth century clothes. with his coat
on, and this relic of bygonc ages stand.
ing up, as 1t were, on the stage before
him.
m amazed to know what to think. -
faltered down .Arya. at almost frighteus
me. How long do you suppose II has
Certainly for more than thousand
years, answered Keenp 1t seems 10
be an ancient war-gallcy"
But how could it possibly get thcre='
she asked.
II don't know" he returned: but il
must have been before that causeway ex-
listed. M going 10 see what else / can
discover about it, BY the way, the ends
OF these ribs are pctrihcd."
1t was rather tiresome work. shouting
up and down in this way, and he stopped
and began TO use his shovel He worked
cautiously. lest another downfall should
occur. but still made quite rapid progress
The bank at this point was largely com
posed of kind of clay. mixed with large
ana small stones somewhat like shalc in
appearance, and he soon discovered Guite
an AdmiXtureS of round pebbles and seat
smells. 1t was clear enough now. if il
/ had not been before that this parfjculnr
spot no less than the wreck which il
embedded, had once been covered by the
sea.
keene directed his efforts mainly 10
digging away the mass in which the after
part OF the ship was embedded, and when
/ he had obtained a considera bic clear
space, he struck eff a projecting plank
and craWlcd in. Even down i'm the gorge.
/
he could have no difficulty in seeing his
. way. There We're few minutes Of SuS-
pense, Arya feeling excited and little
worried. and then X eene broke away an
other plank and appeared in the opening
He had some objects in his hands. aud
as the light caught them they glanced
like metal. From her station Arya could
| not clearly make out what the objects
were. but She rather thought them to be
fragments Of weapons. One. indeed. con
Siderably resembled a segment Of a
shield.
He stopped and lowered these things
! carefully as far a~ he could, aud then
let them drop They gave out changing
/ sound showing them to bc really metal.
kecne then Withdrew 10 the interior
again.
Arva was placed al zoo great a distance
above the spot 70 be able TO get much
Of a view OF what was going on. but she
kept a careful watch 70 see what keene
I would produce upon Ms temperance.
AT least this strange discovery gave a
little variety and novelty to their life
But now. as she looked down, she saw
Keene come to the opening again. He