Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-18

The lever of the praetor q reed beneath the
whrwnd. still. at his word the guards had drawn them
selves along the lower benches which the upper classes
from the vulgar They made but feeble bar
rer-the the human halted for moment to
enable Art the moment OF his DOOM In
despair and in terror which beat down even pride he
sanccd his eyes the rolling and rushing crowdwhen
right above them through the wide chasm which had been
left in the vearia he beheld strange and awful appar
ton he beheld-and his craft restored his courage!
He stratched his hand high; his lofty brow and
royal features there expression of unutterable
solcnnity and command
Behold" he shouted with voice OF thunder which
scd the of the crowd behold how the gods protect
the Eltless The fires of the avengng orcus burst forth
against the false witness of my accusers!"
The eyes of the crowd followed the gesture of the
Egyptian and behcld with nenabe dsmay. a vapor
81 ootng the summit of vcsuvius in the form of gil
garuc pine treethe trunk backness the branches fire
"A fire that shifted and wavered in its hues with
n omcnt, hcrcely luminous of dull and dying
red again blazed errifcaly forth with ntocrable
glaze
There a dead heart.sunk silence. through which
there suddenly lion which echoed
within the building by the sharper and fercer
yoln of its fellow beast Dread they Of the
Burden Atmosphere wild prophets of the wrath
TO come
Then there high the universal shrieks OF
women the stared at each other but dumb At
that moment they felt the earth shake beneath their feet
the walls of the theater rembed and beyond in the dis
they heard the crash OF falling roofs instant
the mountain cloud seemed to roll toward them dark
aud rapid like torrent the time II cast from its
Ibogom shower of ashes mixed with fragments OF
burning the crushing vines the desoate
streets. the amphheater itself. far and wide, WITH
many mighty splash in the agitated fell that awful
shower
No longer thought justice of Arbaces;
safety for themselves their sole thought Each turned
Ito fyeach dashng pressing crushing against the other
Trampling recklessly the fallen. amid and
oaths and prayers and sudden shreks. the enormous
c ovid vomed itself forth through the passages
Whittier should they fly? Some. anticipating a second
earthquake fastened to their homes to load themselves
with their costly goods and escape while II yet
me others. dreadng the showers OF ashes that fell
fast upon the rushed under
the roofs of the houses temples shedsshe
OF any kndfor protection from the terros of the
or But darker and larger and mgher spread the cloud
above them It sudden and CHASTITY Night rush
ing upon the realm OF Noon!
Amid the other horrors the mighty mountain now cast
NO columns of boiling water Bent and knesded with the
haifburnng ashes. the fell like seething mud
ov" the streets in frequent intervals And full where the
priests of Isis had covered around the affairs which
they had vanly sought to kndle fires and incense
the herces of those deadly torrents mingled with
nnense fragments OF scora had poured its Owe
the Blended forms Of the priests dashed; that cry ha
been of deah-that silence had been of eternity TIL
ashes-the pitchy stream-sprnked the affairs
thu pavement and half concealed the quiverng corpses
tbs priests!
sudden fash of lightning from the showed t.
Burlo who stood motionless tho Threshold the flying
laden form of the priest He took heart he stepped for
10 join him. when tremendous shower of ashes fell RICH
before his feet. The gladiator shrank back more
Darkness closed him in. the continued fast
lfn hinh
steamed from them. The wretch gasped for breath-h
sought in despair again to iy-he ashes had blocked
the threshod-he shrieked his shrank from tn
boiling fluid. How could he escape? He could not elm
10 the space; he able he could not brav
It's horrors. 1t best to remain in the CELL protected
a. least from the fatal air He sat down and cenched hi
teeth. By degrees the atmosphere from wthout-shin
ana venomous-crept into the chamber He could endure
nc longer His eyes glazing round rested a sacrh
Cial AK which some priest had left in the chamber h,
seized It, With the desperate strength of his gigantic
he attempted to hew his way through the walls.
Meanwhile the streets already thnned; the
had FASTENED dispense itself shelter; ashe
there you heard the steps of fugtlves crunchng then
watiy their pals and haggard faces by the blu
glare Of the lightning the unsteady glare
torches by which they Cndeayored their steps
RI! ever and the boiling water the struggling
ashes mysterious and gusty winds rising and dying in
BREATH eXnguished these wandering lights with then
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but this the namely that volcanic eruption
caused earthquakes how is 1t that earthquakes
known in the vicinity of Vesuvius Aetna other grea
volcanoes in different parts of the world? have earth
quake shocks here in San Francisco but we any yo