Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-20


feet of earth is a task that will take sew
eral nights. not to speak of the impossible
fty of concealfng our work In the daytime
| Or the risk OF your tunnel falling upon
| you, in which CASE added Beatrice, de-
murely. You would have much ground for
| complaint"
| at my misfortunes? I win defeat your
| hopes by finding the legitimate entrance.
And how do you propose to find it?''
| We'll. l conceive that the entrance Is
to say, 1t consists Of two upright stones a
| little distance apart. with third resting
horizontally upon them I shall have to
move round the base Of the hilIock with an
| iron implement, striking into the soil till
| meet with stone. A little judicious prob
ing will soon tell me whether 1t he boulder
or one of the entrance columns. II a
boulder merely. shall have to pass on. re-
peatfng my experiment"
But II these entrance columns stand well
within the hillock you may go all round
! without lighting upon them"
In that case 1 shall have to begin again,
| and strike deeper"
Even then you may fail You are ar
| guing on the, supposftion that the mouth Of
the passage must be on level with the
base of the hfllock. whereas 1t may be
higher, six, nine or twelve feet above level
ground And" pursued Beatrice. eff you
| conduct your operations In the manner yoa
| work secret. The disturbed state of the
SOIL and the uprooting of the heritage will
| tell tale to the earls bailiffs"
| Humph! ttese are difficulties which call
TOT cheroot replied Idris. you have no
objection, Miss Ravengar? Thank YOU"
| ne continued, lighting it. Now to put on
my thinking cap"
Reclining upon the grass Re pulled
tiiousHtiuliy at his cherOOt. and gazed at
the green mound that seemed to be ouietIv
| hooking his endeavors.
ormfeH appears determined to keep its
secret. said Beatrice. I'VE want BeIzoni
here
Belzonf? I thank thee. Jew'-or shall
say Jewess?-'for teaching me that word.
oaaii an Italian find his way to the heart
OF the great stone pyramid, while / an
Ensiishman. am to be defeated by a nal
Try cone of earth. fifty feet only in diane
Ter. Ter. Never!' he exclaimed. theatricaiiy.
in TOW; me-, ne continued. knitting his brows
themselves enabled to remember where the
left some mark to indicate it,"
For the twentieth time that n,orn,,,w Ia,
murmured the inscription on the runic rtna
Mthih the lofty tomb of thy sire Orm
the Goiden, wilt thou find the treasure won
tbe ms nst nlgn arm; The noontide shadow of
.o ci'-EdrFied throne will be to thee for a
sish. HOW long am to be baffied by this
carried throne''' He "it-
me light of understanding suddenly
ieaped into Beatrice's eyes and OBJ .n;r.a
the summit ' browning
DIeakspear, are not the words oft
carried very applicable to that STONE - A.
mas really been brought over sea and iand
alluded tor TIC throne
h, me cheroot dropped from Idris' Inns and
| ton. WIN d cry OF exulta-
r.att heaven! Miss Ravengar, Won arc
isht oft-carried throner Yes. that mms.
De ~ AS the holy baitulion of trihs
| marked with the image of thoir a .rioe.
would doubtless be the stone ON u,b;ni' ~
lev LEV, cnleI would stand when Invested viii th
ling nnsiy RUE That piece of basalt was y
| at Westminstar IKE the coronation stone
ormfell is becoming mora ,,.o.,
king e with n SAID Beatrice her eyes spar
problem that had perplexed Id1is 90 1 1o
w. we nave discovered the oft-carried tbro,ea
ana the oft-carried throne is to he to ne
'o .rnai s,sn, A sign of what?"
o.hni cauve or the entrance I presume
otherwise there would be no reason sor
engIaefns the fact on the ring"
~ the WORDS mean that the stone stands
ober tne entrance itself? II we remove it.
snail we discover the mouth of a SHAFT"
scarcely. think: for. IL so the sto,o
mouio De sign at all hours of the twenty
TOUR, whereas the language of the ring 70
| only ZIG h"oh.ioe hour
1T wants an hour yet to noon" said
beatrlce. referring to her watch.
Good! We will wait till then. I have
Rs,raneam' p"hon. MARK my words, Miss
trance Is On the northern side. The noon
toe hour WILL show whether I am right y
nhu Iaris' resuming his fallen cheroot
the grassy bank. waited for the time 70
pass. while Beatrice sat beside him in a
state OF pleasing suspense.
NOW II my grandfather were here" she
remarked, he might be able to tell us
whether or not Ormfell contains the treas,
ure. without taking the trouble to break
into the tumulus'
Then your grandfather must have heen
remarkably clever fellow
he was. BY simply walking barefoot
over the ground he was able to teII
whether metals lay below. and not only
that. but the depth even at which thew law
He has been known to point out and trace
accurately the course of water, veins of
metal. coal measures and the like"
II nave heard of similar feats performed
by miners of the Hartz mountains" said
Idris, but have always regarded such
stories as apocryphal. Had your grand
father any theory to account for his mar
velOus power?"
His idea was that the proximity of
metals impaired peculiar sensa ton to the
soles of his feet, the intensity of the i'm
preston being measure of their nearness
cast off subtle exhalations capable of
being detected by highly magnetic or
ganism. which his undoubtedly was
There may be something in that theory.
mint without fainting."
He always maintained" Beatrice went
on. that this valley of Ravensdale was the
center of rich coal field
Your grandfather's power of djyininp
for metals has not descended to YOU and
Godfrey. 1 presume?"
Il sometimes think II has-in a slight de-
gree. We still keep his walking stick cut
from the witch hazel. This stick would
turn visibly in his hands at the proximity
OF metals; 1t has sometimes turned in God
freys hands, and more than once in mine.''
Strange! Well, if this stick is capable
of being affected by metals let Godfrey by
all means bring 1t with him tonight" said
Idris, more In Jest than in earnest '.The
treasures of the Viking, supposing them to
be still within the hilIock, may lie con-
cealed under the floor of the chamber, and
we shall be at a loss to know at what point
to dig for them"
The minutes moved tardily on. and as the
meridian hour approached, Beatrice said:
Have you noticed how the shadow cast
by the stone creeps slowly along ever the
face of the grounds? This hillock could
easily be turned into giant sun DIAL
You echo my thoughts. Miss Ravengar;
and 1t seems to me that this shadow will
furnish us with the clue we want
"You mean that the shadow of the stone
will fall on the very spot where the en-
trance lisp"