The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-05-14
by Beatrice Crimshaw
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interior. right at the bottom Of ne
forests, judging our direction by con.
pass and by the rise Of the land. aad
seeing no moro Of the country In gsn.
eral than II We had been crsW1iAG
along In the depths Of the sea. But
the light ahead and above looked ~
" there were q big break-off oomo.
where. i pointed u out TO the Mar.
Quis. to encourage him.
Il believe that's tho Southwestern
face Of tho kiloki Range were
coming to-" I said. III there's Q No
drop there. and II We can get down,
Will give us a long lift on our way
TO the Government station"
The Marquis paused to wipe hio
dripping face: Il was atrociou1y hot
In there. sheltered from all coolias
Dresses. He cast q glance at hit khh.
n shirt and trousers. crumpisd and
stained and torn In many places,
Has he . wife o. a daughter, aad
10 she beautiful7" he asked.
"Who7 Tho r. Nj Don't know
who he H.: but I should think Il
most unlikely he has any womsnkind
The Marquis sighed and was silent
we were coming up to the light
nov. anu u grew clearer and clearer.
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where very near. And unless my
cars we're much mistaken, there we
also . big waterfall.
Hear that, Aarky." said. that
roaring sound7 You'ii probably Oes
Q young Niagara somewhere whom Ne
set to the top"
Well. II was not q NiaRara or n
Victoria Falls. but Il could have held
,ts own very well with any othor fall
IN tho world you might like to mon.
ZION. when We came out on the
summit We saw that tho whole
countryside was broken away under
our feet and that the nearest thine
20 US. as we stood up there on the
verge OF . mighty basait wall, was
the rcathery top OF q forest 40 far
beneath AZ TO be half blue with dis.
lance And we saw that the whole
or this immense rampant, greater
than any straight down drop I had
ever seen In my life. was taken AZ
ono leap BY a river that came down
from ridge above the one We had
been climbing.
The Marquis stood quite still on thu
summit. looking at the indescriba biy
magnificent Wow spread out below.
Tor some minutes.
To think" he said a. last, that
y r. ours alone-that 10 other ego
Get your revolver out" I said
Ihers was no use making a fuss--I
hate fusays-but there was also nc
use trying to deny that our unlucty
rate had caught up with Us again
and that the pussls OF the morning
was fully explained at last. Theirs,
on tho verge OF the precipice, Stand.
ing nonchalantly with their toes hal:
q nNal y.
we're dozen or more koiroros who
had slipped out Of the bush like
snakes ~ the Marquis was speaking,
From what could sec they must
have taken short cut. got to the
preciplcs before W and been com.
fortabiy waiting for our arrival.
This time there could be no doub'
Whatever about their intention. The.
had surrounded w before you could
say "knife"-not very close, but neas
enough to be dangerous-and yer.
creeping closer and closer. poisin.
their stone headed clubs In an omin-
Gus manner. From the dense wall OF
nreenery behind. n spear came whist.
Ing out, excellently aimed for the
Maruis: II missed him By no moro
than an inch. Another went into my
hat and knocked II OF.
We drew our revolvers and nrsd.
the Marquis got his man clean
through tho temple and dropped him
- neatly as one could wish. Mine
was hit In tho ribs; he fell over the
prscipice. art his cry. as he went
down. grew thin like the whistle al
train running away In the distance
until We ceased to hear II.
We had not much leisure for liz.
ieninx. In any case. The Koiroros
had bolted at the FIRST shot, a. ma
tlves usually do: but they were busy
throwing spears from cover now, and
the Marquis and I had to use more
ammunition than We liked. firing at
random into the green, before ~
succeeded In stopping them.
They did seem to BE- driven % q
last. however. and We began walk.
Ing along tho edge OF the preclpIcs.
TO try and find a way down, for that
was now . vital necessity.
There was none.
We tramped and climbed ami
looked for half the afternoon. Tho
sun got down In the west; We ate a
little Of our food a. we clambersd
about. seeking endlessly. and drank
from the po0s mnds by the spray OF
the waterfall. That WATERFALL! II
blocked W like q wall OF iron; Ne
could not cross II. or swim Il. or Set
ooWu etou8otuo ~. ~ W20s III tIuy0.
an efficient gatekeeper to the country
OF the Stone Ovens.
"Aarky. I'm OF opinion that thsv
know this all along" I said. 'sTho1
played with rs like cats with 4
mouse. They lot w 60 just this tar,
knowing We could get no further.
AZ TO what think OF the beasts"-
l said what I thought, without
laying any restraint on myself. The
Marquis listened for a moment, and
then jumped up--he had been sitting
on a stone-and gave a kind Of howl
Look down. ne cried. I looked.
Far. very far below saw the fl9.
ure OF one OF he koiroros. carrying
. dead body Oh his shoulders, like
an ant going homo With = graip Of
corn.
We were good way from the
waterfall at that moment, but the
wall was still urbroken. and ! could
not SEQ any place where the man
could have got down. Still down
he had evidently set. and tho sight
encouraged US more than I coul6>
say.
THE suns failins'us now. Marky."
! said, "but to-norrcw vs'n ind that
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