Hutchinson gazette., 1901-09-19


"Looks very like a hold stone chap
el, my lord"
"stono chapel Stone prison you
mean. However II has roof and
three sides, We will occupy 1t, VIII
liam"
Yes me lord"
The old ruin to which they had ac-
cidAntally found the way was one OF
tho relies of an ancient barbaric power,
the truth concerning which Is vaguely
guessed at by students Of today
inside this strange place. tho on
trance to which was nearly the entire
open front, the stones having here
fallen down, there were the charred
remains Of what had once been fire,
and other evidences that the natives
had adopted the ancient ruin for their
modern worship, even though they
were ignorant of It's early uses,
Lord Chugmough threw the deer
down on the earthen floor,
William" he said ut must occur
to you that we are two most fortunate
men,"
"Hit as. me lord, VERY true"
IL wish, William, that our friends
had not been socareless and lost them
selves, Judging from present indlca-
tions, we are going TO have storm,
and they may be less fortunate than
ourselves in finding shelter, II they
had not been 80 reckless--if they had
kept closer to us, William"
Eyes, me lord" said William, think
ing that the portly Sir Gallopng Grace
and others Of the party would have
some difficulty in keeping close up
with Lord Chugmough.
William" said the English sports
man, ito be prepared for emergencies,
you had better gather some sticks
While they are dry. You know, VIII
liam, that we have been in similar sit
uations before, and our greatest trou-
BILE has always been In trying TO make
wet sticks burn"
VERY true, me lord; they most
Railways splutter some"
William began at once, just outside
the solid inclosure, to gather wood,
and he was none too soon, for The gale
had become so furious and the sky 80
black that 1t seemed impossible for
even the old ruin to remain standing,
and with sudden BOOM" the rain
began to fall in torrents.
The wind walled and shrieked
around the thick stone walls, and the
slantlng roof OF thatch and hide SEEM
ed in danger Of being carried away.
But the ruined temple was not more
than twenty-five feet high at the high
est point, and the trees that lowered
above 1t and bent before the awful
blast broke its power, so that down
in It's sheltered spot the fastenings OF
the roof held good, and the interior oj
the old temple was dry and comfort
able.
All day 1t rained, and at night vii,
liam made a fire of a portion of the
wood he had gathered, and another
chunk of the appetizing venison was
swung into 1t to roast.
All night 1t stormed and torrents OF
water rushed down the mountain past
the stone ruin, where Lord Chug-
mough and William slept as calmly
and as peacefully as they would In
their beds on board the Cheerway, or
at Chugmough Heath, where, in fact
they slept most uncomfortably Of all
And another day worse than the
first followed, and Lord Chugmough
began to wonder IL the monotony of II
would last much longer
1t was the evening Of the second day
Of the storm, and Lord Chugmough sal
smoking in one corner of the stone
ruin, and William was preparing the
usual meal Of venison, when, in the
gloom. peculiar shadow loomod up in
the opening at the end Lord Chug-
mough at once saw that it was man
carrying a heavy burden.
He seized his rifle and took aim.
ITO be continued)