The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-01-08
CHAPTER III.

OrfAI l. Nh Ill.
Constable had incurred the especial
displeasurs Of the mother on former
visit. through the unabashed fashion with
which he had enaeaversd to pry into the
secrets Of the volcano. Old Pslee was
Identified with the inner life Of Martin
ique. like the memory and the statue Of
Josephine. Mrs. Stansbury felt that the
mysteries Of the mountain were not for
the eyes Of man: least Of all, for the eyes
Of an American, in whom the spirit Of
veneratien was not. She had a very clear
picture in her mind Of Constable as he
psered. and possibly spat. into the appall-
ing chasms Of the summit, and pottered
about in the dim gorges which scanned the
Titan's tanks The daughter had shared
a 1.-THE of her mothers opinion until Con-
stables monograph on the mountain had
fallen into her hands Then she realized
that this WAS no parvenu whe had car
ried on his studies in their midst.
Mr.. Stansbury was away on his annual
trip to the States. The mantle Of hest
fell, accordingly, upon the ample shout
ders Of Uncle Joey. He arrived within
an hour. and his trip out to the Madame
had not been futile. since he brought
Breen with him. The latter seemed to
divine at once the defective current be-
tween Mrs Stansbury and his friead. and
forestalled any slight tension during din
ner that evening by sprightly narratives
Of the voyage. He seemed to attrct the
attention Of the elder woman, and to be
stimulated by her clese scrutiny Of his
face and personality. That evening. after
dinner, the men moved out upon the We
raRda to smoke.
"This 10 second hand air, Uncle Joey"
Constable remarked. II shut my eyes
moment age and thought l was down
among the steel mills of the lower No
nonrahela."
you're the expert in Pelee, not I, Pc
ter" the old planter answered. April
and May aren't orr best months, but I
never knew such heat between rains ~ We
are having now"
Constable moved ont int the garden
to look at the sky. In No way did he
underestimate the seriousness of the time.
In the south, low and to the left Of the
Carbet peaks, the new moon arose, but
without the sharpness Of outline psc,l-
liar to the tropics. 1t was an orange
hue, Instead of silvery. and blurred. as II
seen through a fine wire screen. A faint,
low rambling was heard from the north.
1t was like thunder, but the hsrisen
above and around Pelee was unscathed
BY lightning. Miss Stansbury had been
at the plane. but the music now ceased.
"Hew long is it since the mountain
has had a session of srumbling, Uncle
Jeey?" Constable asked.
From time to time for the past ten
days Before that, twenty years, Peter"
"This is quite novety-vthis added
egg moon." Constable added. Its the
ash-fsg lying between. If there isn't
heavy rain in the night, we'll have =
white world tomorrow"
Miss Stansbury appeared on the We
randa, and moved out upon the lawn,
| where Constable was standing.
Are you really so greatly worried, Mr..
| Constable?" she asked in low tone.
why, the fact that Pelee is acting out
of the ordinary is enough to make any one
sksptical of his intentions. There ara
a few man-eaters among the mountains Of
the wsrld-Krakatos, Bandai-san. Coto-
paxi, Vesuvius Etna-chronic old ruf-
fans, whom yeu can't tame. A thousand
years is nothing to them. They wait.
still as crocodilss, until cities have formed
on their TANKS and seers have built tenn
pies in their riffs. They have tasted
blood, you see, and the madness comes
back. Pelec is a suspect"
(Te be continued.)