Gunnison news-champion., 1917-06-15

.Ths ~ssn. BY ossrssi- cried Ls-s
- Jeha.
Seventeen from the right and second
from the left This b the cave. sure
,enough.-
& I looked at the marx to which bis
dngcr pointed. and gave . sudden
csy OF Joy.
Il believe have II! Follow me. fol
low me!''
I hurried bnck along the way We had
come. my torch In my hand, Here"
said I. pointing to some matches upon
the ground. lis where we lii up
Exactly"
Well II is marked m q ,forked cave,
and n the darkness we PASSED the fosk
l'efs4s che torches were III On the
right aide as We go ont We should fnd
the longer arm
I II was Ms had said. We had not
gone thirty yards before great black
oIeulng loomed In the wall. We turn
ed Into II to lind that we were In
much larger passage than before. Along
II We hurried in breathiess imTatience
for amany hundreds of yards.d Then
suddenly. In the black darkness of the
arch IN front of ~. we saw q slean OF
dark red light. We stared In amaze.
ment.n A sheet Of steady dame seemed
to cross the ,passagei and to bar uur
way. We hastened toward @it. No
sound. no heat. no movement cauSe
fro0 It. but stllr the great luminous
curtuin Rlowei before US. riIverinK all
thstsve and turning the san.i to pow.
dereA Jewels. until ~ we drew closer
Il discovered q circular edge. sas
"Thc moon. BY Georgev' cried Lord
John I'VE arr through. bpyxi We are
thro6rh!~s -. ~
+ II vsS INDEED the. tull moon which
shohe Sti2teht down the av,esture whlch
.epened urtp the rlifTa: Il wa 4 smstI
.rft. moi l4rfer 'than I window. bat Il
was en6att for all vrir. purposeA., A.
We c.aned oar pecks thrIu&h n We
could - phat the descent Nas pvt 4
very 1i@ctltt one and that, The. teval
sruund WSs do very xrest way below
%. Il was NO wondee that from below
|awe had not observed the place, @ The
fciingyen1sA Asesossnu sn1s II saShess
st theNnef,wsul%fhesp ansmeA Aa,ims
posaihle AsstO 1AsrepRgeusloss ,tnspses
tioa- sati41ed oussslsss ,Hhat,yith
the tlelDNf snH Fvre ~ csnlAAuA anr
wast19Wpsond thea. reteteed,iss3eles
ing. 70 our camp - uake our prepara.
tions for the ne1H evsx1ng!x
What We AA wo had n Al S,nsrs,lv
'isaa1{ lou ssSiint ~ so'd I'd , 3. b.es es'
s0ur storss ws wousd' eave behind M.
:save oaiy our guns and cartrsNf yBu(
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muq otofdy4 ~ Ggfmfl4ila .sefihs
sieps, 6eg. lsekl - isel. Asok. a,,s
j, Iasts ne tApsfgys ~ th4t strnnse- land
I soody feaS e. " Nplg3rtew tber rpres
Of n4Aer 4p4 fpf, but n each
of w dtt 9fhfa6d 9f glam6f Ind. IL
mani hnd wbefs W had dared
mucl su&6ffetel .smuch and tear,ied
MUGS Sdf saSd; = ". shah ever fond
Iy calF4k Along upon our left the
peIsa10einA. cises each threw out its
ruddyg sehess3 arsiiaht sInto the sloom
Frons The slope below rs rose tthe
voice. ~ the Indiana ~ they laughed
and eong.r Beyond was the bong sweep
Of thes@poflk and IN. the CENTER shin
meraG syaRueIy through the gloom
was the great lake. the mother Of
strange monsters Even as we looked
q high whickering cry. the cali Of
some weird animal. rang clear ont of
the darkpesss II was the very voice Of
Maple White Land !liddinR ,us good3y
We turned and plunged into the cave
which led to home.
TWO hours later we. our PACKAGES
and all'w owned were at the foot Of
the tellR Save for Challenger's lug
gage ~ lad never difncuity. Leav
ing ~ al where We descended. We
stars 1t once for zamho's camp. In
the aas,y,s morsifiG we approached It.
but ~ - Anlk itesour amaneinenf, nst
one ~ but Aoaep upostthe plain. The
rescNe &ertz hedrarFived TheFs,'wsee
,twen9yf lpdiqns from the river. WITH
stakes. rppe~ and Ali that couid y