Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-20

hind the storm; where, under q sheet
of low-lying vapor from which dropped
| the last of the rain, lay the peaks oil
the mountains, high. craggy, ~jostling
the lower clouds. From this region OF
shadow they emerged into the moon
| light again, and began their search fol
signs of human habitation-a quest
seemingly hopeless. not from any lack
of houses, but from the uniikelihood
| of finding the one place sought. Even
by day it might not have been easy
Yet the Virginia, Systematically scout
ing, no longer pursued her flight like
3 migrating bird, but flew here and
there as If for prey. At every light
ming fash, Carson peered about for
white walls, open pools. or other signs
Of so rich a dwelling. Wherever the
scarped mountain side simulated
masonry. they lowered and made sure
il was not a wall. Finally, just as
Theodore was at the point of retreat,
both at once saw what neither doubted
was Shayne's Hold.
The Hold was on the triple peak OF
one of the ruggedest and hlghes'
masses of the Catskills, rising steep as
a wall, hundreds of feet in the air. te
three SUBMITS, in the midst of which
stood the mansion. Soil from below
had been placed in the hollow between
the peaks, and gardens planted in 1t
The huge buildings had been built; this
animals had been introduced: the last
luxury had been supplied-and Shayne's
! Hold had been scaled up. Down from
the mountain flowed three streams. VI
which had run the precipitous roads tc
the top: and when the time came fol-
closing the Hold to those who had nc
way of navigating the air, Mr.. Shayne
had built across them immense dams
using materials blasted from the noun
tain sides at such places as to render
quite ~unscalable every place where as
cent might nave been possible before
The steepened preeipices thus carried
across the ravines in masonry made a
lofty wall entirely around the noun
tain. The water filled up the ADVISES
behind the dams; and thus. where
roads had been, were now deep lakes,
stocked with nsh. and cruised over by
every craft which sail or oar or motor
might fit for ministry to luxury and
pleasure.
The dams furnished electricity to
light and heat the Hold, and 10 pfopei
its vehicles. Every effect that could be
produced by lights. white and colored,
the electrician-artists had worked cut
for the illumination of this enchanted
palace hung on cliffs. Overlooking the
region. as its owner overloaded his fell
lows. the Hold was q place of mystery,
holding no neighborship with the peo-
ple below. who sometimes heard bursts
Of sweet music. "A voice lifted high IN
song. or the pealing Of a great organ,
descending as from Olympus. Forest
ers and woodmen, tranlps n campers,
rich and poor, were shut out from this
terrestrial paradise. fenced from the
world like Eden OF old by mountain
walls, and by masonry as firm as the
hills. The huge aeronats came in
sw;arms. sometimes, like fabulous birds
c~ongregating for some mysterious pur-
nose not understood by those who
looked with upturned faces, n with
hating hearts-for the. man below al
ways resents the Haunting and domina-
ton of him above. For this. however,
MIR. Shayne and his guests, in h high
attitudes OF GOODNESS and health. with
everything that wealth could furnish,
Isolated in a world of their own. cared
nothing. The sailing of the c a of air
had made this place possible; and by