The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-09

stiil . little boy. panatiee shud
dercd; but there were caves and In
them she would 30 safe even from
the gr,-fs-
She found q place where the stone
pegs reached to the very summit OF
tho cliff. left there no doubt In the
final exodus Of the tribe when there
was no longer need OF safeguarding
the deserted caves against invasion
Fanatics clambered slowly down
toward the uppermost cav& She
found the recezs In front Of the door.
way almost identical with those Of
her own tribe The floor OF II. tho.
was Uttered with twiss and old nests
and the droppings Of birds. until Il
was half choked. She moved along
to another recess and stili another.
but all werc alike In the accumu.
lated filth Evidently there was mo
needsin looking further. This one
seemed larger and commodlous- With
her knife she fen to work cleaning
away the debris by the simple ex.
pediont Of pushing Il over the edge,
and always her eyes turned con.
SANITY toward the silent gorge
where iurked the fearsofns creatures
OF Pal.ui.don. And other eyes there
were. eyes she did not sea. but that
saw her and watched her every
moSe--fisroe eyes. greedy eycs. Gun.
ming and cruel They watched her.
and . red tongue licked fiAbby. pen.
duious lips. They watched hog. and
. half.humAn brain lAboriousiy
evolved . brutish design-
Az In her own Kor uija. ne nat.
urd springs In the cliff had bean
developed By the long dad builders
Of the CAVES - that fresh. pure w.
ter srickied now. ~ n had for
Ages within easy aecess 10 the cave
entrances Hsr only difficulty would
be In procuring food and for that she
must take the rink at least once In
two days. for she was sure that she
could find fruits and tubers and per.
haps small animals. birds and eggx
near tho foot Of the cliff. the last
two. possibly. In tho caves them.
selves. Thus might she i've on here
indefinitely. She felt now . certain
sense OF security impaired doubtless
by the impregnabiiity Of her high.
flung sanctuary that she knew TO be
safe from all the more dangerous
beasts. and this one from man. too,
since It ay In the abjued Kor-ul.
gryf.
Now she determined to inspect the
interior Of her new home. The sun
stiil In the south, lighted the interior
OF tho first apartment II was similar
to those Of her expcriencc--the same
beasts and men were depicted In the
race Of waz-don during the genera.
tons that hsd come and departed
since kor-ui-Rryf had been aban.
doued By men. OF course Pan at.lee
thought no such thoughts. for evo-
luton and progress existed not for
her, or her kind Things were as
they had always been and would
always be as they were.
That these strange creatures hav<
existed thus for incalcuiable ages II
can scarce be doubted. so marked
are the Indications Of antiquity about
their dweilIngs--dcep burrows worn
by naked feet in living rock: the
.hoiIow In the janb Of a stone door.
Nay where many arms have touched
In passing: the endless carvings tiMi
cover. oftimes. the entire face OF a
great cliff and all the walls and cell.
ings OF every cave and each carving
wrought by a different hand, for
each Is the coat OF arms. one might
say, OF the adult male who truoed IT,
And 70 Paratlee foun d this
ancient cave home-like and familiar.
There was less litter within than she
had found without and what there
was mostly an accumulation of
dust Beside TIE doorway was this
niche In which wood and finder were
kept. but there remained nothing
now other than mere dust. She had.
however. saved little Pile OF twigs
from the debris on the porch. In a
short time she had made light BY
firing bundle OF twigs and lighting
others from this fire she explored
some Of the inner rooms. Nor here
did she find aught that was new OF
strange nor any relic OF the departed
owners other than a few broken
dishes. She had been looking for
something soft TO sleep upon. but
was doomed TO disappointment as the
former owners had evidently made
lcisurely departure, carrying all
their belongings with them. Below
In the gorge. were leaves and grasns
and fragrant branches. but Pan-at'
lee felt no stomach for descending
into that horrid abyss for the graft
fication OF mere creature comfort
only the necessity for food would
drive her there.
And so. AZ the shadows heightened
and night approached she prepared
to make ms comfortable a bed as she
could by gathering the dust OF ages
into little pile and spreading IL be
tween her soft body and the hard
floor--at best II was only better than
nothing. But Pan-atlee was very
tired. She had not slept since two
nights before and In the interval she
had experienced many dangers and
hardships. What wonder then that
despite the hard bed. che was asleep
almost Immediately she had com
posed herself for rest.
She slept and the moon rose, cast.
ing its silver light upon the cliffs