Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-23
CHAPTER XIII (ContinuedO

NTIRANDA'S voice shrillcd with excitement
4f1 He was elated with the Importance of
his discovery. And it was important. The spot
they had chosen for their lunch was the
furthest point they had reached in their oN-
plorations. the point where Miranda had
turned back to take Mrs. Quayle out of the
cave and where they had last seen t'aoul
Arthur. 1t was marked by a huge pyramldal
rock rising from the floor of the cave. Along
one side of this rock the path they mad toI-
lowed went on indefinitely, in a gradual up
ward incline. 1t was to the other side that
Miranda eagerly called attention. lIaclns
his bottle of claret down on the rock beside
him, he got on his knees and, with MS nose
almost touching the ground. made a minute
study Of the floor Of the cave.
Even Andrew felt the ContaGion OF the
doctors excitement. Fruits, bolloS' rassaFas
were abandoned pell neil as one ana al
crambled to their feet, eager to ma out
wbat new puzzle Miranda had managed 10
nick I'D The light from their lamps cast
~ ,rcertain shadows .on the irregular
masses of rock that everywhere hI"'heu 'he
yiev, AT first there was nothing I" De seen
that differed essentially from what lhtg d
grown accustomed to in thls SUM- ~ nc.
,,orId There was the same 'hd'H ~ J"o
ni,nacIns and powders, the same uiSplaE VI
irraoistihle energy that had been let loose
ond MIA we'd itself out here ages ago but VI
tho midst of it all, zigZagging thf"usn ms
maze of dusty forms, there was the ~" p"tn
announced by Miranda. 1t leu ""hG hnd
.aI,o, choir lunch, and formed an acute aHsle
With the path they had already 'r"Ntissu' ~
was not so plainly marked as tn' 80, ~" ~
red little more than a ri ''''oHe ~.
5000 tho door Df the cave. but
If was a path, there was no m's'"N,"e '""
.,o,g tho evidences that it had been re-
Il used was enc that particularly dc
lighted Miranda and justlhed MS o
n,Icroscopic examination OF the PAN ~
ny fnotnrints of a man wearing not sahoals'
but shoes.
"Raoul Arthur ~ exclaimed l'e's''o''
perhaps" agreed Miranda w
nyybara could he have gone asked Una.
..rh,s nath runs in nearly the same direction
g the one We followed
w will see"
a matter of fact, the two pains. start
Hatber at the central rock and going
- in the same general dlfeCtloH' sr"u-
nouy diyerged from each other muCh as uo
tha two lines that form the letter ". lneh,
! another difference was noticeaoie, rnp "n1.
nath followed a comparatively uhliotih !enei
=" N .acopd dipped steadily downward. inns
uacuIia rity, first noted by Miranda, Appealed
pporticularly to Herran. Gloom iau peeh
- dominant MOOD WIN the b'H'' w
80 he had entered the cave. lie mad maze
s'antal notes of things as they had happened,
hnt he had not shared In the discussions Oh
,na others. This was partly que 10 ms ls-
france of English, partly to a sense OF re-
Snonsibility that he felt as a citizen OF 30
spta whose duty 1t was TO GUIDE a party OF
soreieners safely through one OF the dlHicult
rerions of his native land. But now at last,
49, had something to say, something tha' was
ne srom him as their leader. Tugging at
S Si beard in characteristic fashion he gave
he result of HIS observations in terfe Span
ish. NIL
WA come back to it. just a little Then we
ca away. Now this path lake us right there
again. o,
It sounded rather mixed up, and no one
Maid much attention to It, But at least 1t
ppnt General Herran in a better humor.
"Perhaps this will take US out OF the cave,
suggested Andrew. THE path is nearly in
the right direction"
~ hope 1t means water, anyway said
| Una, thinking Of Mrs. Quayle.