The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-29

w continued See how those
particles Of ice, swept
from the face by the tenn
pest leap hitherward, and then whirl
round the peak We may touch Il. huu
the air, having q free vent on each side,
y'iI carry us one way or the other be-
fore a serious shock occurs
de ha- hardly finished speaking when
the crisis strrived- We had Just touched
the front OF cliff but 1t was narrow
and sloping. and the wind bowling mast
u. carried Us ia an instant round fha
obstruction
Scared ourselves for nothing said
r->-=-ft.7d We were really as safe as a
DO.I IL rapid The velocity Of the
current shsered US on
blL tnere was q worse danger. which
We nauu Z yet mad time 10 think about
We began 70 think Of il, however. when,
dlteI the scinLlllant peak was left be-
nlHQ. We saw Edmund again working
away at his machinery. while at the
same time the car commenced 10 sink.
" mats tie matter now 1 asked.
we seem 10 be going down"
80 we are, Edmund replied, and
IN AFRAID Wei not 90 up again right
away The power Is falling all the
while It Wil be pretty hard on Us TO
nave 90 stop Ia this frightful place but
q iooH- as though that were our fate
LuSl and helpless ia these mountains
or Ice Inc thought was too terrible 90
This adventure began heard connecre,.
words from Heury's lips. Their en-
phaSls was terrible
Edmund StoneWaII,-' he said, roarse-
~ IL YOU are the cause o. my death
with your internal invention may YOU
be condemned To-
SIT he lever finished tkc sentence His
face turned as white as a sheet, and he
sank upon the floor
Poor fellow said Edmund. He
tainted"
In a few minutes Jack and 1 had Hem
y in his senses again. but as weak as
a child. and lying on one Of the Cush-
iCned benches In the meantime the
car had descended upon the snow IN a
deep valley where We were protected
from the wind
IN the profound depression where we
now found ourselves a kind OF twilight
prevailed We got out Of the car. IN
ICSed our companions rom the sIeds and
then began TO look around
All about US lowered the crystal noun
taius, their bases-where they were not
buried in snow and broken ice-reGecl-
ing deep hues OF purple and ultra-ma-
riDe, while their upper pS-ts, where the
sunlight touched them. spErkIed with
amazing briliiance- Henry was now
able 10 join US, but not a word was said
concerning his outbreak
Was there ever such a situation as
ours2
Cast away, in q place wild and won
deTfCl beyond Imagination. millions Of
miles from ali human aid or sympathy,
million OF miles. even. from the very
world that had Witnessed our birth,
] could. in bitterness Of spirit. have
laughed at the mere suggestion that
there were any hope for US And vet,
at that very mt snents not only was there
hope, but there was even the certainty
OF Celivc-aDCe- II lay in the brain OF
tho wonderful man who had brought US
thIther-
have told you that II was twilight in
as frequently occurred, tempeSts OF
STOW burst over the mountains above
US and filed the air. the twilight was
turned 10 deepest night. and then we had
tC iuuniue electric lamps IN the car.
The natives. being used 70 darkness.
fact, we found that as soon as the sun
light reached US their great eyes were
almost blinded and they suffered cruelty
from an infection so utterly beyond all
their experience
Edmund never lost his self-Command-
H tried 10 cheer US uD-
I'm going to make some hot coffee.
he said, and then III sit down and
think Il out But first must see 70
0ur fellows there. Tor We may have to
stzy here q while. and even with their
furry skins they'll suffer from this kind
Of weather
Under his directions we took a lot OF
extra furs from the car and. stretching
them VI the upright stakes attached
to the corners Of the sie1s, we made
kind OF tent. under which the natives
huddIed for protection
There being TO wind to speak Of here.
this was not so difficult as II might
seem The fellows were very. glad OF
the shelter that we had given them, for