The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-18
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onwaria upun m} journey
The niEht had been exceedingly
uiill uul sa : advanced / trCamr
conscious off iov. rumbilng sound
q continuous mufmur somewhere
iu fFugl az mt Thia grew louder
as I pruerrdea uutu al last Il waH
clearly quite ,igsr % me When
I stood atm tbr sound was constant
90 that 81 scented 90 ,omr from
7uno stationary rausf tf va5 likr
"A boiling kettle or the rutbllBg ~
same Errat pot Soon ! gamg upon
Ihe source ot b. Tor m tHe center ~
a email rlrarns found a lake
ur p1ai rather rnr be- vas not
iarErr than che basin 81 Tmfalsar
Sluarr fountain ~ -ruta black
p5lrhuke stuff. tbs surface %
which rose AMI feu be- srv8t W.stsf,
uf bursting Eas The air ato,e b.
mas sbimmsuns with heat aud thr
EruuHd fuitud was a5 hot that Z
sngd haFsiy hear fu las m} hanI
eu ~ o. was clear that tar Efvat
Npianie uutbufsi which had raised
this strange plateau go many wears
aka had ust see entirely spsHi ss
fofrrs uia keu-d foeks aud mounds
~ lava bad already seen ever,
where rrrp.uE out from amid the
luxurious NsseiailaA which drar-i
fHsm but iba asphalt pool m the
jungle vBs EHr first sEa that We
had ~ aciust existing activity on
The slopes - The ancient crater l.
had NO time 30 rxsmiuz further
Tor ! had need 20 hurrs u we're
20 n hack ta camp In The morn
ing
~ Was = fsafsome waik. and one
which ash - with me as long a.
memory bolda In The great moon
light elsatinss ! skunk along among
,h7 shadows ou the usarsiu Ia the
jungle I rycpg forward. stepping
With a beating heart ahsasvrF /
heard ss ! often ga. ths crash -
breaking hraurbsa az some Wild
beast went pas, Snp and ,i.an
great shadows iaemed % Tor on
instant ard were gone great. 81
leut shadows which seemed 10 prov
upon padded feet ttne often !
STOPPED With the lntenylrp q ~
turning and set svefy tinr ny
pFals conquered my fear and snng
me on asatn until ms ohiegi sh1ufi
be attained
~ last lfmy watch aiiawra that
Z vas nur In lhr morning. I saw
The sgeafu q waiter amid Ghs nren
mas o. The Jungle and ten minutes
later was among the reeds unar
The borders Of me central laks 1
vas exceedingly dry. 80 / ay a0sr
and took tahE araaEhs ~ ne
aassFs whjch weFr fresh aad ead
There vas broad pathway u8th
many tracks ubaH h st TIE spot
whlh hsi found. ~ THAT R ass
clearly eue - thr drinking places
~ The aHiutsis Close "a tAs vatsss'
sdEr there vas hwgr Isolated
block ~ hva Up Tits / climbed
and bins an the tor I had an ~
eellsat visw Ia every dirsctiaa
The frs; thing which I saw fiiird
me w}th snsakrnisnI When e.
scritesl tl4e view from the summit
q ihs Eytat seev. said thst on
ths farther elm I could 80 a num-
her - dark spots which appeared
- b. mogtha % caves Naw. a. I
looked M - ffs same cliffs. / cav
discs 81 light iu.sysry sligreiia775 r4si
hY clearly .5sftasd patches. ike the
povt holes or HaeF IN thr DARK
uess Far moment I Thought tt
was tfe iaya xles from sonts VOL
esnie action bat fhis euuiI uos ~
So Any volcanic action would
surely b. dopu 10 'hr hollaw. ard
not hlEfs among the rocks. what
then. wsA the aitsruatiret u vas
wpudsrsui and yst IL must surely
- These ruddy spots must BE-
the reflection Of fires in the caves
Firrs which could only r. ne is
THE hand os man There wsge hn
man beings. then. upon The plateau.
Hos Etariousiy ny expedition was
justified Here was news indeed Tor
~ 70 bear hack w,th "a to Ion.
Gon'
For : long tirne I lay and watch
81 these rcd. quivsrtug bl1,ches ~
Tight. suppose they wers 10 miles
aff from me. set even az that die
tance one could observe how. from
time 10 time. they twinkied Or were
olscurcd NJ someone passed before
them. what would ! no, have CIV
en- 10 he abio TO crawl up to them.
20 peep In. and TO take hack Some
word 20 my comrades as 10 Tho ar.
pNarance and character Of tbs race
who lived in no strange y plaesi 4,
was out Of the question for the
moment. and yet surely wo cauld
not leave the plateau until wo lad
some definite knowledge upon that
poin,
TO Bc Coniinued.l