The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-29

manly courage and drawing her along with
him; for she became timid again the moment
that he grew bold
And upward. accordingly. went tho pilgrims
Of the Great Carbuncle. treading upon tho
tops and thicely interviewer branches of dwarf
pines which by the growth of centuries, though
messy with age had barely reached three feet
In latitude. Next they came to masses and frag-
ments Of naked rock heaped confusedly together
like a cairn reared by giants In memory Of a
giant chief In this bleak realm OF upper air
nothing breathed, nothing grew; there was
life but what concentrated In their two
hearts: they had climbed high that nature
herself seemed no longer to keep them company
She fingered beneath them within the verge of
the forest trees. and sent farewell glance after
herchildren they strayed where her own
green footprints had never been.
1--WE are lost, dear Matthew" said she, mourn
fully; I'VE shall never find way to the earth
a-ain And oh. how happy might have been
in cottage"
Dear heart. will yet be happy there"
answered Matthew. 'Lookl In this direction
the sunshine penetrates the dismal mist; by its
aid can direct our course to the passage of the
Notch. Let us go back love, and dream
OF the Great Carbuncle"
"The cannot be yonder" said Hannah,
with dependence. by this time It must be
noon; II there could be any sunshine here.
1t would above our heads
But look" repeated Matthew In somewhat
altered tone. ut is Frightening every moment.
II not sunshine what can it be?'
For the simple pair had reached that lake of
mystery and found the long-sought shrine Of the
Great Carbuncle~ They threw their arms
around each other and trembled at their own
success for the legends Of this wondrous
gem rushed thick upon their memory they felt
themselves marked out by fate and the con-
scousness fearful. Often from childhood
upward they had seen 1t shining like distant
star, and now that star throwing its in
tensest luster their hearts They seemed
oh to to
liancy that famed upon their checks, while II
lent the same fire to the lake. the rocks and
sky and to the mists which had rolled back be-
fore it's power But with their next glance
they beheld object that drew their attention
even from the mighty stone At the base Of the
Cliff directly beneath the Great Carbuncle ap-
peared the figure of a with his
tended in the act of climbing and his face
turned upward If to drink the full gush Of
splendor. But he stirred not. than II
changed to marble.
ut is the Seeker whispered Hannah,
vulsively grasping her husbands arm. Mat
thew, he is dead
"The joy of success has killed him." replied
Matthew, trembling violently. "Or perhaps the
very light of the Great Carbuncle was DEATH
THE Great Carbuncle"' cried peevish voice
behind them "The great humbug! If you have
found 1t, prithee point 1t out to me-"
THERE" said Matthew, incensed at such per-
blindness and turning the cync round
toward the Illuminated cliff. Take OFF those
abominable spectacles and you cannot help see
ing it,"
Now these colored spectacles probably dark
ened the cynics sigth in at least great de-
gree the smoked glasses through which
people gaze at an eclipse. With resolute brav-
ado, however he snatched them from his
and fixed bold stare full upon the ruddy blaze
of the Great Carbuncle. But scarcely had he
encountered IL when, with deep shuddering
eroan. he dropped his head and pressed both
hands across his miserable eyes. Thencefortb
there in very truth light OF the Great
Carbuncle, any other light earth.
light of heaven Itself, for the poor cynic. So
Ion accustomed to view all objects through
medium that deprived them OF every glimpse of
brightness single flash Of SO glorious phe-
nomenon striking upon his naked vision had
blinded him forever,
Matthew said Hannah clingng TO him,
'let go hence"
Matthew that she faint and kneeling
down supported her in his arms while he threw
some of the thrillngly cold water of the
chanted lake upon her face and bosom. 1t