Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-10-18
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
tinent is the translation Of an ancient M an,
uscript found in cave in the Canary Is
lands and opens with the installation of
Iath h3,d as Isl, yieeroy Of Yueatan provinces
ated in the Atlantic ocean. Taths succeeds
peucalion. who Is recalled by the queen.
Phorenice. to help prop the totterias threne.
he learns is crafty and very beautiful
woman, having besn born the laughter
of a swlneherd, although she elaiAs 70 be
and one of the high priests. She IL pos.
sessea of great ambition to rule and while;
capture her ara unsuccessful and she finai-
ly defeats the old king and takes the
throne
CHAPTER I1.--Tatho is much surprised
ship to take him home, believing he had
grown rich during his reign, a. he (Tatho)
would have done, but Deucalion IL poor
oans Tsngs ar ea for s' E09d hs
greed and selllshness being the universal
rule.
CHAPTER 111.-when near home they
demand the custody Of Deucalion. Tob, the
captain. refuses, and a fierce fight enSues,
In which he 10 victorious.
CHAPTER Iv.-Deucalion upon his ar
rival Is met with much pomp and ceremony
by Phorenice. Although women have had
no influence over Deucalion, he readily real
lied her powerful influence over others,
fall in love with her evidently piques her.
Dsucallon notices amid the grandeur Of the
city also the poverty. squalor and starva-
result of Siege to which the city has been
for some time subjected.
CHAPTER v.-Deucalien 10 taken to the
palace and magnificent feast IL spread
frail old man passes the guards and ap-
proaches the queen, declaring that she
must undo the evil she has caused, feed
mer greatness. II IL &asmon, her old guard
ian. This talk nettlss Phoreniee and she
nngrlly orders him away. He refuses. and
thrown by the high gods whom she has
tumult of passion and orders the guards
warns them A not s to touch him, an. md whom
one OF them does he falls to the floor,
writhins IN agony. stricken With fatal
leprosy. Zaemon then silently leaves.
Gallon decides to investigate the Siege. He
goes to one of the gates Of the city and there
finds a captain amusing himself and the
s.r sy hs epeuI t. ES
walls. Soon after his arrival q girl. entire
ly stripped. Is placed In the circus, but with
sn hsD Fl shs shs
was recalled to become the husband of
Phorenice.
CHAPTER vII-whils seeking robes for
suddenly drops and Deucallon is quickly
seized and bound. He later learns that the
bssisEer: had tunnsled under the walls and
up 1ndst t.:
walls He is taken to small. abandoned
temple. where Nais. who is the daughter Of
visit III, him She says ths ha.
and return to the city AZ soon A. darkness
arrives. mutual love having sprung up
between them.
CHAPTER vHI.-When night comes and
they are waiting to go the blowing Of horns
announces the arrival Of some enc. It q
zaemon, and he addresses the people. Mails
svsa ssa nt n Kim that
he (Deucalion) Is the only hope for the
saving of Atlantis and that he must return
1es city fRs ,sss ~ p.oa.
agrees to return and Ia lemon then leads him
to a secret entrance to the city.
CHAPTER 1x.-Inside the city he notices
Of the Lord 81 the sun He follows ss and
there witnesses tho arrival Of the queen.
sacrlaee and the queen speaks to her peo-
Pile, telling them of her wondrous birth, and
calls upon her high father. the Sun, to ac-
sSs S o hsf y sIyn ssn
lightning lights the woodpile and priests
and the people proclaim her goddess.
Deucalion. standing among the people. wit
CHAPTER X.-Phorenice notices him
and she asks him to escort her back to
the castle By gentle limiting on her
him WOO her and bsoaeS ths sssjest x
marriage. Ne does SO and they agree
to wed. Phorenice learn. Of how Dsssa!isn
angers her and she proclaims Deucalion
shall build her throne around the body
of Nails as wedding gift.
SO that the victim might not struggle
out and be crushed, and SO gain an
easy death when the stone descended,
there were brazen clamps to fit into
grooves of the stones above the hollow
where she lay, and these I fitted in
place above her, and fastened one by
one, doing this butchers work with
one hand, and still fiercely holding her
down by the others. Gods! and the
sweat of agony dripped from me on to
the thirsty stone as worked. Icould
not keep that in.
clamped and locked the last two
bars in place, and took my brute,s
hand away from her throat.
The hateful finger-marks showed
as bloodless burrows in the whiteness
of her skin. For the life of me, yes;
even for the fate of Atlantis, could
not help dropping my glance upon
her face. But she was stronger than
/. She gave me no last look. She
kept her eyes steadfastly fixed on
the cruel stone above, and so I left
her, knowing that it was best not to
tarry longer.
came out from under the stone
and gave the sign to the engineers
who stood by the rams. The fires
were taken away from their sides,
and the metal in them began to con
tract, and slowly the vast bulk of
the throne-stone began to creep
down towards it's bed.
But all, SO slowly! Gods! how my
soul was torn as watched and
waited.
Yet I kept my face impassive, over
looking as any officer might a piece
of work which others were carrying
out under his direction, and on which
his credit rested; and l stood grave.
ly in my place till the rams had let
the stone come down on its final rest
ing-place, and had been carried away
by the engineers, and then went
round with the master architect with
his plumb-line and level, while he
tested this last piece of the building
and declared it perfect.
1t was useless form, this last,
seeing that by calculation they knew
exactly how the stone must rest; but