Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-05
CHAPTER XVI (Continued)


AS the pain pro''t"'" '''' 49, ao,,d
less precipitous: on their sides opJeV's 'o'ld
he DISTINGUISHED that anywhere else wouIu
h,vo been taken for mans handiwork. IlhE
-, ,,,,,o1 90 h, carvcd out of solid
o"c''"e' "rF ,,i,,. hoisb.s
rock that jutted iortn lro" "'""F ''s
willie feathery forms of dwarf Uecs o.
nIauts whose leaves We're of spectral uans
parency. whose branches We're tWis'eo a.,
threadikc traceTles OF lileS anu is .,.,, ,,aa
sustenance wnerc not d ioo,'.Vi' i,, 70 hata,ical
discernible. Ihat such e' W,a,s " f,o,,,
life should appear IN cavern ie"'o ie,.i.i,,,
the BUNS heat ana nsht was tn,,on r
enough to all the explorers 10 ,-ean afr'o ,hc
savored of the miraculous i-Ne' sa,a,t
adventure with the bia'h M"sh'' Wv. -
inGeed mad drhtoG mo SUI ~ Salnlces in
wilderment that nc was ''oI I i,in -
erasping and overcoming the ulncuItleS ~. -
fronting them than tho"e OF the pe' ~.
had little OF his learning OF tNpe' - ;+b
dinarily he was accustomed 10 ue"t si
contempt phenomena that 10 others aPPe% ~,
inexplicable. Blu here he was mariner @ @aur'it
in midocean in ruddefless shp'
ss ills or compass. everything seeI.leu s q ,,.
with the settled DeIlcis anu t'ieoi c9 VI =,
ence as he knew them. Nothlhg was "S -
should be- He was thus less capablc as Il
leader than the volatile Mlrahda' VINO o..
though fairly well trained in the ln0uetn W.
of looking at things, did not Uouple hilHselt
to explain the marvels that met lhe'" "' e''''
..--,o,. ,i,o In tho walls these people - cN-
,,oi,,,cd ,he doctor. "and they have trees and
niarts without the sun and rain
:, H.. - 10 .,id Tho fact
Ihat was an va, ~ $3.50 80 focts inst
was lao'' ueIie ,,a ILL 60 onnosed 10
because was 50 y, snt,,oa nothinr in in
all experience, anu ~ e%''.u 49, e, oxn,ai,
teiest or 't'' ,Ii He ,i1 -, ncasion take
~, smxniaininr tbcse nuzzling matters
"""' "' .1,.-. ,,,z,,,.or;,I ,rd die.
cusslots hl's"t " "'N.',i' ~, ~ ,t,a,,ito5 h.,
they had stu'l,p'eu i'''V -, 'os''a ,anre. M
II race u I ~, IL ,,orcovcr had al
| known " Nv ,,ia,',o 90 mnf,iendIiness To-
ready given eF'uence VI i',r u,lt' -, ,to
ward strangerS.M"S my go. rh, "a
randa or any ol t'e - - -. ,,or,o,t ,,,ora
OF their auNentu'e 81" ' e. A,i,,o
puzzlihg Hi"oe ',,.' Npc 9 80 parhans
| they had not actual! any ;;.s ohe, -.
| this part Of the cave was NOT ihiao'teu "L'el I
| all. ferhaps A~ht."o ~ s,,.I'' 90 -r,,a ou-;o,s
not to be taken 700 seruSS t,' S,,ous Fa,. aho,o
objects proJecti"s I'm lit ~ a,ii,, ,I,o :
them mlgh, no. pe ,,oarad .ne Eyon the sirns
at iIrS' near,biv yeretation might prove a
OF an unea ,s'a,a or ,bev might turn out TO he
sorl VI '..'i i'ens 90 hasaltic formation-fan-
| mere pe,,nh cortainlv-wrought hy the sub
s',,nu taaslo rCnvuIsions that had given birth
tc' - ,,eosureIess ages ago Eut the
to TINS CaNe ,,, GO a,ro ngalV inyiroratlnr The
| air hah necV,I, ,,oryasi,.o a,d evcn hriI
| m9steI,pu' aa,'thin, aoe,ned nossible This
liant ,har ma, az ,itaiitS certain bracnp quail
Atmosphere bad Iecn noted. indeed. among
ity IN tne ,iace, an, ri1u in The outer cave Rut
| tnem ea m.", with this that now tingled and
compared - ,,ai,s Iil,a scr,a connuering
coursed III tmen III amter cave was chill
| elixir tne a., Ne Itch, germina,e and he s,,s
| dead mere in,1 thnr. lacked as Miranda
talneuLana tal,,aa ot,t che sun and rain TO aid
| had poihteu ou', W W, 20 ,t,,ro 49,
| in these dan! ihi'ao'e' VI
But II was idle TO theorize' useless to har-
bor doubts that led nowhere so tney wan
dered on. marveling at tne straheehess ana
| the magnitude Cf this underground world
| and yielding themselves, as familiarity dis
| armed their fears, to the charm or IT alt
For there was beauty OF rare ana thrilline