The Washington times., 1910-07-19
By CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT
Copyright

! L found tie exit without difficulty. II
/ was an ordinary wooden door, fastened
! only o. a .aJCh, aid giving admission
I u = narrow passage which rose steadily
/ NC ire DlS@Eness- ] took few steps
I alonE Z, bun concluding that il was
probably quite lengthy, I turned back
/ 20 prepare the rest for our departure.
AS L came through the door, Curly
say. loOtenant, look here. viii your
/ Hey Don't hold that there lantern
: too near, What dOu YOU call thisg-r
! BY 1ove, Powder
( Right you are! KEGS Of it, Enough
I 20 blow up the whole place. There
I must be ton OF IT. and say IOoten-
+ ant, We was sitting On these here
I KEGS eating dinner last nf-ht What
hight have happened II somebody
had got gay I hate to think
AIS well that ends well, Curly
Now, II yOu'H help me to make up
some bundles Of these cans, wei be
"Tu be burned glad Of It. Lord! Tow
/ good the sun and the air'lI taste after
1 being shut Up IN this holel Ny eyes
d, JouL your n o.
Mine too I responded briefly. Are
you ready2 Then come on
In another moment we were ascend
ing the passage seeking the unknown.
led the way with a large package OF
timed goods strapped 20 my back next
came the bishop with Marian close te-
hind him; and Curly brought up the
rear with a package nearly as big as
my own
I did nor know how long that pass
age was suppose we could not
really have been more than FIVE min
ltes IN TraversinE If, though the time
seemed much longer But IL ended at
last, abruptly, against a closed door.
/ examined its faSteufugs. which were
hlmsy 10 the last degree and then put
my shoulder against It and simply
pushed Il down Immediately beyond, [
through a screen Of bushes, we saw the
yellow light Of midday.
As Curly stepped over the broken /
door he gave il coutemptUOus kick
Amt that just Ike "a Ereaser2'' he /
demanded "A big solid stone for a front
door an o couple CT boards at the back. /
say tcotensl t- Just look where We're
There was cause for his exclamation Z
We stood on narrow pathway at the [
very verge Of a. funuel-shaDed depUeS- I
sion perhaps @1e yards across and 100 Z
feet deep At the bottom lay pool Of
Sunit water
On the level ground that stretched
away from The hole I'm all diTcCrig1s
stood dozens OF ruined buildings threlv /
mantled with tropical veCetation- Clear /
iF TINS was one or the water holes
around WHICH the ancient civilization {
had reared itself
stared at she strange scene in Won
der until an exclamation from Curly re-
called ma 90 myself
Great scott. Iootenant--' he cried I
" ~ l@- the matter with your faceT--
I started Ever since 7 had walked 7 !
had been conscious Of a riuzlIuE ove-
all my body. but especially on my face
and OF a most unpleasant soreness in /
nzE side which 7 had not had time 10 /
think about Vow. however. il suddenly
assumed -Eayer import
raised my eyes 10 Curly. and an e,- 4
cI1Uati5u broke from his lips. His sun
tanned FACE -ae flushed and swollen {
and his eTelids TufrJ. Win a quick /
Le--l-l1.lo1 what this meant. / spun /
The Iuase-- / easped. "ITaz-~
There was 10 need 10 finish the Cues-
ton Narisu's face turned 10 me ash
lovely as Tire dav when I had first seen
her
-TEaulz heHven"- 7 nlur.uured. draw
inE long breath we got away lust in 4
time You didn't 90 near the rock and I
escaped altogether Curly ana can
- ..- y - =. '.'.S-l i-''' any worse and
stand it, lowIed the plairsmau E
Yes III stand IL after T get even. D.
Before 7 could stop him he had turned /
ana fed back down the darkness Of the
Marian came TO me and lana her cool
laEGS upon my burning face
Does 1t pain much1-- she asked. 'Do
you think ir isl poiSoued1''
I shook my head NO, 7 don't think
50 j feels more Ike burn and I
thing thar Is just about what's the mat
ter It's the image. of course h-Ir il
ny llea IS right the effect VIII be only
Marian drew long breath. .T'ra s,I
glad" she uurmured
know something about mineral
g-Er ] went on, and 7 examined the
image closely 7 am sure IL = carved
out OF pitch5lende. and pitcHbTer7a Is
l4e ore from which radium is r.yr-7rr
ed- p-olnarly II contains less than =
gram 20 ton but this particular nfe-e
may wei be vastly richer.
il Z contains say. uar ra-- %
7 dlluEns exposure to &c for Io0e would
BRING about the effects we have heard
-, gu l..Ils, Ultimately causing
.leal-- snort exposures would be less
L-s-l--lI VI mere * no positive va- Of
JelIUE how badly we have been fnf-r-s.5
except oy waiting 10 see, out on r7-
now The fact that you two have e.
capped entirely l. certainly cheering
Relief dawned in The faces OF nv
But why began the bfsbo7
j tzu you I interrupted pei
lore lett the chamber I hacked or a
pc OF lne If2--ge and put il I'm myi
pocket Later. after dinner. I pat IL
IN a TIN can and transferred il 10 an
other pocket
What is the resuIt9 The side m
which / put the naked rock is verv.
very sore while tnG other side is nm
hurt The emanatiOn, wherever f. h
couldn't pass the tin. Thai FSu-- moot
OF my radlun theory OF course. but
we ought 10 be better by tomorrow
The sound OF running feet came from
the pas SAGE into which Curly had
plunged a moment before and the ron
tie-sma appeared. his aSDer- even
wilder IAN It he'd been before.
I've lxet thar blamed Image" he
cried rlHIApleIlytE. He won't hurt
no more people II there's any virtue fn
suupC 7yder-'
7 grabbed him by the arm.
What have You done2'' demanded