The Washington times., 1912-04-04
CHAPTER XIV (Continued).

~OSMO, with hlnS Richard, De
Beauxchamps, Amos Blank,
Captain Arms, and Joseph
Smith, became the guests of
/ Professor Pludder, and the President
in their modest dwellings, and as soon
Hexplanations began. Professor Pludder
was the first spokesman, the scene be-
ing the Presidents ''parlor.'
He told of their escape from Wash
ington and of their arrival on the Colo
rado plateau.
''When the storm RECOMMENDED" he
said. II recognized the complete truth
of your theory, Mr.. Versal--I had par
TALLY recognized 1t beforehand I made
every preparation for the emergency.
90 The downfall. upon the whole, was
not as severe here as it had been dur
ing the earlier days Of the deluge, but
! 1t must have been far more severe
elsewhere.
"The sea around us began to rise,
and then suddenly the rise ceased. After
studying the matter 1 concluded that
q batholite was rising under this region.
and that there was chance that we
might escape submergence through it's
influence"
Pardon me-" INTERRUPTED King Rich
ard, but Mr. Versal has already
spoken of a 'batholite.' What does that
mean"
smiling, that neither Mr.. Versal nor I
have used the term in a strictly techni-
scal sense. At least we have vastly ex-
tended and modified its meaning in Or
der to meet the circumstances of our
case.
''Batholite is a word of the old geol-
ogy, derived from a language which
was once widely cultivated. Greek, and
meaning, in substance, stone, or rock,
from the depths
THE conception underlying it is that
of an immense mass of plastic rock
rising under the effects of pressure
from the interior of the globe. forcing.
and in part melting It's way to the sur
face. or lifting up the superintendent
"Geologists had discovered the exist
enec of many great batholites that had
risen in former ages and there were
some gigantic ones known in this part
That" interposed Cosmo, was the
basis OF my idea that the continents
would rise again. only supposed that
the rise would first manifest iteslt In
the Himalayan region.
However, since 1t has resulted In the
saving of so many lives here, cannot
SAY that my modification goes beyond
the natural modification OF a man OF
science upon discovering that he has
II believe" said Professor Pudder,
"that at least a million have survived
here in the heart of the continent
through the uprising of the crust. We
have made explorations in many direc.
tions, and have found that through all
the Coloradan region people have sue
ceeded in escaping to the heights:
"Since the water, although 1t began
to rise again after the first arrest OF
the advance of the sea, never attained
a greater elevation than $500 feet as
measured from the old sea level con
tours, there must be millions of acres
not to say square miles, that are still
habitable.
IT even hope that the uprising has ex
tended far through the Rocky Noun
tain region.
Professor Pludder then went on tC
tell how they had escaped from the
neiehborhood of Colorado Springs Wher
the readyanCe OF the sea began, anC
how at~iast il became evident that thu
influence OF the underlying "bathollte'
would save them from submergence:
In some places, he said, violent phe
nomena had been manifested and Sc
we're earthquakes had been felt. ou
upon the whole, he thought, not man!
had perished through that cause
AS soon as some degree of conhdenc
that they were, after all, to escape IN
flood had been established, they ha
begun to cultivate such soil as tue
could fnd. and now, after months of fai
weather, they had become fairly estab
iished In their new homes.
When Cosmo, on his side, mad told o
the adventures Of tie Ark and of tn
disappearance of the crown of the worl
in Asia. and when De Beauchamps hA
entertained the wondering listeners VII VII
his account of the submarine eNplora
tions of the Jules Verne, the compan
at last broke UP.
From this point-the arrival OF tn
Ark in Colorado, and its wreck o
Pixies Peak-the literature OF our sub
feet becomes abundant, but we Canno
pause 10 review II in cetail,