The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-05-26

ing IN the village OF PecOS, Ola-
tina, leaning against the rock
walled precipice, was bordering
his own wretchedness, and that
of all these people, labouring I'M
der the wizards curse, but
more than ALL, the unhappy lot
Of the captured Iutha. ShrondeA
in darkness, the fierce storm
howled around him, and at the
moment when the astounding
crashing noise was heard IN the
village. the firm rock-wall yawn.
ed, and drawing him, enclosed
him in the interior of the noun
tain. So instantaneous was the
act, that he was unconscious or
its occurrence, until he found
himself standing in a vast sub
terranean cavern. So sudden was
the opening and closing of the
rock wall, that flash of hghtn-
ing. which accompanied Olatha $
entrance into the cavern, became
imprisoned in it, and like fix
cd luminary, gave light to all
its amplitude.
Startle not. sceptical reader
that potent nature, in ITS prlmest
moments. is competent thus to
incarcerate the subtitle lightning
making it light mp her cavern
halls and palaces; when puny
man, in his past-time snatches
it from the clouds, and stores 1t
away, bottled up, amidst his own
TOYS. or hranesses it to his car /;
or impresses it as his message
bearer over tn Melted earth, out
stripping in its speed tire ante
lope, the pigeon or even time IT
self.
The arched roof of the subter-
ranean cavern in which a NOM
ent ago. we left Olatha, glitter
ing with brilliants, seemed sky
strewn with stars, it's floor, com
posed of precious stones, was a
gorgeous mosaic. and its walls,
lustrous with metallic sheen shOn
richer than furnished shields OF
warriors old.
Where ann L. exclaimed the
son of the renowned Montezuma
''In the cave of the three mir
rors,' responded "A voice, pro-
ceeding from the sole living in
habitant of that strange place
whom until he spoke, Olatha saw
not. He now saw an old man sit
ting near table, on which a
mirror was placed
Who art thou?" demanded
Olatha.
Il am the Genius of the Past,
he answered, and my throne is
reared in the realm of things
that were; but what strange for
tune has conducted thee hither,
where / alone can breathe and
liver"
Il know not" responded Ola
tina; for, but a moment ago, l
was leaning against the rock
walled precipice, and now l am
mysterio,usly here
Young man." he said, thy
eyes are yelled in mist, and
thou seest MT what surrounds
thee. Thou standst in the midst
of the wreck and rubbish of
Time, of the multitudinous dead,
and of the types of pre-existing
things. Approach if mortal such
as thou rat can rally the nerve,
and behold the past, glassed in
this magic mirror. Besides this a.
partment, over which / preside
this immense cavern contains tws
others; the one which is adjacent
to mine, is denominated the a
partment of the present; the 9TH
err, the apartment of the future,
lies beyond that of the Present.
Come, if thou hast the courage
and gaze into my mirror, and
when thou shalt have seen of
the Past what is proper for NOR
tai eyes. thou canst then enter
the second and third apartments.
The blood Of Olatha began to
CONCEAL, and his limbs to grow
stiff, as if he were turning to-
stone.
Shall the son of the renowned
MOntezuma cover or yield to
fear, he mentally exclaimed.
On he forced himself, each hal
of his head on the end, as If he
had been insulated and electrifi-
ed. his eyes popping out and mo-|
tionless, and his limbs waxing|
more and more rigid. Mechanical
" strobe he, however, across the3
mosaic floor, till he stood beside
the table.
Reassured and emboldened bvj