The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-18

magician miFht have caniured then
I up and yet he vas no magician. but
/ only Duncan dray
Ile sat upon stone and We grouped
ourselves about him, Peter hhKt
/ took out pipe from hia pocket and
/ Was not forbidden O. hRht t. There
was "a distant Houud la the cave IKE
/ that of water rushing. aud once an
other sound 90 which I could givc pt
meaning
sIiaya" said the doctor. ffi tell
yea the whole story. This place was
discovered by HORT Dptehmhn. II
Csarny had read bis book. he would
know of IT, hut he hasn't 1 took the
troubie b. WalA in because ] thought
ID mtght be ussrui when he turned
nasty. ~ IL going 10 be that, as you
can soc yellow through - the cad
81 q and you are IN csrrnF'u house
VIII YQu 80 there or hold bacAf itH
for you 10 say
a sailors head tells me that theirs
IL a road from here t. the reef Il
that truoF asked Al Last, lie II true.
dortafr'
Ito put on hia glasses apd looked
al me with those queer. clever eyes
~ his.
a sailors head sueaaeu rizht first
time" aas hls answer There is a
ruad under the sea from here O.
CHsrnyH doorstep I'm waiting ta
know " its ON OF hack You knaw
fhs risks and are not rhlidrra. Say
that Yea turn Il up and we'll All 50
baak together o. stay here a. wiz
dom dictates nut tia for you -
speak -"
We answered MIN All tneethef.
though Peter nAeh was the fret h.
hrard
.Ths lodgings here bsinE free and
$50 charge foF extras" said Peter.
saaeiY.
And Dolly vean. he said
we are five. at any rate. don.
suppose they would muraer m After
all Edmond cAarug 10 a gentleman.
who shoots the poor aailorfnen
that's wrecked on his shore" put ~
seth nsFker. aeaEediY
ur uray beard them patirntiY-
more patiently than 1 dld-snd then
went on again:
II you step here. ysu stArvs. n
you a. on we'll. ynu take year luck.
should enc feE uft up Youaer. yea II
bs having cEsfa3 back aEain. ttH a
ruis-ef three sum. Fontlemsn. For my
part. I ssy - Oh and tahs your isak.
but 1 went speak fof sou unless Toa
are WiiltnE
''sona mnre willing cried I. con.
ing % resolution GA the spot For
ward los u be and lurk 80 with uH.
We'd - foai- O. die ike rats IN a trap
When thrrrs light and fees net a mile
away And eownrds teo. hoys-eows
ardAr / Addea
- -
30 towards And ali being u one
nlaa. We aua eut together ghropEh
that home ~ wnEastara Edmond
csernYs house we sought. and thithst
this irua rad ~uaid carry "a A
path more besutlfui no man has trnd.
den A. last We left ths daylight
aftazssh.r. anf EoinE downward as
a. the heart Of TIE earth | knew that
the land lay behind 90 ard that the
ga FiaHsd aizage Gar hnSda.
TO me fhs scene lives as though ysn-
trrday had brought O. see the
assetaF H1fh bis lsnpa ttsnt strip ! nen
Peter niiEh sfumhlinx aftsf htfn.
hraFa nttir Dolly Nnnu's manly voice
help Seth Barker ever the rocks.
And these fazr stand side ~ side
With ne -, The white paars sdgs The
danger comes Axain The fear. the
iaathimK are unfnfeutsra.
Tho ~atrf lay. mayt-e. a Third n a
mile from the iRnd. ~ 4 clear. trans
parent hanin 81 some quarts az other
shtning mineral ~ that u gave oat
crystal uEhts even 70 the darkness.
ard the ssrhsd srutfa Which held u
vas al agiow. m though with bid.
den tiraa
A siisnt peai n vas. sc said. and
our path seemed 20 ena upon itn brink
bat even as ~ Etsod asking for a
rad All the SIN water began % hoarr
ard foan ana. . great creature ris-
tag up from the depths. the lantern
showed us . monster dsvii-fish. and 80
fen back one upop the either With AZ
ffixhtei cries. Nor lee any man
charge um with that A situation mare
psriiaus have never been IN. and
never shah
me fiah's t@rgfl,is suckers search
iua all the rocks. the frtKhtfgi eyes of
the hrusn. the rushing water. the hilf-
Nsht verse thar darkness. might wsli
have driven bach a ntrunErr man thar
q And upon ths top ~ that was the
thouKht that ~ such lay the rosf
10 safety We must pass the zrotts
o. perish ~ stsrvaiion.
Now. the first fright Of this en-
counter waA done with ln a minute
or two. and when q was plain 20 us
that TIE devii-flsh was stuck In the
pool which some tide % the sca fed.
perhaps. and that his suckers could
not reach the higher part ~ the
rock. we bcKan 90 speak q u RAJ
tiunatly. and 10 plan a Way Of Eoins
over. I was for efnptyina cur re-
voiNers Into the fiah straight away.
but the doctor would have none ~
II. fearing the report
sffIuyt went over the rocks" said
be. calmly. while we stlii drew back
from the pool affriEhted. Its not a
sweet road. but better than none al
alt Keep behind me. boys and mind
you dor slip or you'll find something
worse than sharks. Now for H. and
luck 60 with vs."
Win this he beshn TO Chamber
round The edge 81 the pod. hut 20
high up that Il dld not seem posnibls
sufor tho nsh 20 touch him. There was
coed foofhold on the jaEsnd hunks