The Washington times., 1912-03-31
THE TINES DAILY SERIAL STORY
The Second Deluge
By GARRETT P. SERVISS tn. 5Gsss 5sSgr.s4 a., s CO.,
Copyright, 1911.
Frank "A. MunaeY Oo.)

But he paid no attention, working
away with feverish rapidity. At last he
was standing to his shoetops in water,
and many exclamations of dismay
over his work, and, with apparent re-
luctance, entered the boat. which was
rowed close up to the place where he
was standing,
As the boat approached the Ark, an
other volley of cheers broke forth, and
the Frenchman. standing up to his full
height, waved with a triumphant air
something that sparkled in the sun
shine.
Il congratulate you. NJ. De BeauK-
champs cried Cosmo, as the adven-
turer scrambled aboard. You have
stood where no human foot has ever
been before, and / see that you have
secured your souvenir of the world that
was"
Yes. responded De Beauxchamps ex-
ultantly, and see what 1t is-a worthy
decoration for the crown OF the earthr'
He held up his prize, amid exclama-
tons OF astonishment, and admiration
from those who were near enough to
| see II.
The most beautiful specimen OF anne
thyst j ever beheldv' cried a mineral
ogist enthusiastically, taking 1t from De
| Beauxchamps' hand. What was the
| rock?''
Unfortunately, + am. no mineralo-
! gist," replied the Frenchman, and l.
I cannot tell you. but these gems were
L
boat II l had had time
The amethyst" he added gally, is
the traditional taiisfnan against intoxi-
| cation. but, although these adorned her
| tiara, the poor old world has drunk her
| fill"
But it's only water" said Cosmo,
smiling.
Too much. at any rate" returned the
I should have said.", continued the
| mineralogtst, that the rock was some
variety Of syenite,. from it's general ap-
peArance" a.,
II know. nothing Of that" replied De
Beauxchamps, but J have the jewels OF
| the terrestrial queen, and" he contln-
ued. with a polite inclination, Il shall
have the pleasure of bestowing them
| He emptied his pockets, and found
that he had enough to give every wom-
| an aboard the Ark a specimen, with
several left over for some OF the men.
Cosmo, OF course. being one Of the recip-
tents.
| There" said De Beauxchamps. as he
| handed the stone to Cosmo, there is a
memento from the. Gaurisankar."
| 81 beg your pardon-Mount Everest "
you please interposed Edward Whist
lington, who, 1t will be remembered, d,
was the Englishman rescued with Lord
Swansdown from the Pyrenees.
NO" responded the Frenchman, 1T
is the Gaurisankar. Why will you Eng
lish persist in remaining everything In
the world? Gaurisankar is the native
name, and, in my opinion, far more ap-
propriate and euphonic than Everest"
This discussion was not continued, for
now everybody became interested I'm the
movements of the Ark. Cosmo had de-
cided that 1t would be safe TO approach
close to the point whers the last peak
OF the mountain had disappeared.
Cautiously they drew nearer and near
er. until, looking through the wonder
fully transparent water. they caught
sight of a vast precipice descending
with frightful steepness, down and
down, until all was lost in the profun-
dity beneath.
The point on which De Beauxchamps
had landed was now covered 80 decp
that the water had ceased to swirl
about It, but lay everywhere in an un-
broken sheet, which was every moment
becoming more placid and refulgent in
/ the. sunshine.
The world was drowned at last. As
: they looked abroad over the convex
3 surface. they thought, with a shudder
that now the earth, seen from space
was only a great, CLASSY ball, mirror
. ing the sun and the stars.
But they did not know what had hap
pened far in the West!
| A Continuation OF This story wiz
BE Found In TOmOrrOW's
- Issue of The Times.