The sun., 1919-09-03

loose so that you can wiggie II. Coming
out of this cave, the Yallingup Cave, the
guide asked US. to locate this tree. We
were away on in our guesses. He led us
long distance down the hill to where
the tree stood. 1t is hard to realize the
extent of the caves while you are In
them. In our walk through the caves we
covered about three miles.
THE next day we went to the Mann
moth and Lake caves by motor, trip
Of seventeen miles We went into the
Mammoth Cave, each with a candle and
the guide with an acetylene lamp. 1t
surely was some spookey at that. There
Is lot of climbing to do here, but /
had plenty of help for myself, for there
was only one other girl, little bride,
and her soldier husband, 30 he attended
her. We held our candles aloft where
there was something to see, imagining
that we were lighting UP the objects Of
interest with our candles when, as a
matter of fact, 1t was the guides power
full lamp all the time that furnished the
illumination.
THE candles were useful only In
lighting our path. There are candle
drips all along the entire way that rep
resent many thousands Of candles and 1t
was sort of company for us--ghosts Of
W
saw a shawl ten feet across, beautifully
fringed and draped in colors--a mag
nificent thing. The famous eagle1Hings
are here, the feathers all as true rs life.
Then there is a huge sarcophagus and
mummy standing upright against a
fiuted column. The beauties of this
cave are rather hazy. for II Is so badly
lighted, but II was surely an experience
going through as we did. 1t is the
largest cave they have, having been
explored for three and a half miles
toward the sea, and 1t Is known to be
longer.
In the Moonlight Chamber.
Coming out the guide said he was
going to take US into the moonlight
chamber. We couldn't think what that
could be and when he told us to put out
our candles we baked. He said, "Out
they must CO." and he put his lamp out,
too, so we were in total darkness He
said for every one to keep still and hear
the silence, and you can't imagine what
1t was like. 1t was CHASTITY. Then he
told us to turn around and look toward
the roof Of the cave. Gradually a shaft
OF light shone out, brighter and bright
er as our eyes grew accustomed to the
dark, and he said II we stayed for half
an hour we could read by its light.
1T was exactly like a moonbeam. In
some mysterious way the light from the
entrance is reflected from the floor Of
the cave to the ceiling then down and
up again until 1t reaches in far enough
to form that ghostly shaft of light.
When nearly ready to leave the guide
invited us to take drink at the wish
ing we'll 1t is a little shallow white
basin In the rock filled constantly with
water. which the guide assured us was
perfectly pure, so We all took a drink
from the fairy thing and made a wish.
Then the guide invited us to take a seat
IN the grandstand while he flashed the
magnesium wire, SO we got a lovely
panorama view of the whole and the
light brought out the reflections in the
lake very beautifully. am sure I
haven't mentioned all the wonders for 1
Keep remembering them from time to
time. For instance, in the Yallingup
Cave 1 forgot to mention the fine tor
toise and in the Mammoth Cave a per-
fect Jack and the Bean Stalk. We left
the caves we'll satisfied with our expert
ence and made the return trip the next
day"