The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-05
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or lucid.ty.@ said Professor chai-
lenssE rafting me upon the sheai'
der
uae rain must So somewhsrs"
repeated.
lie keeps a firm Strip upon act
uality The emily duNuaek h. that
We have CenclusisCly proved ny
ocular demonstration that there are
no water channels down the rocks .
Where. then. does ., Eo- /
persisted.
4 think b. may be fairly assumed
that Il h does NOT come outwaras it
must run lnuards"
Then there is a lake 10 the cen
ter"
so should suppose
1t Is more than likely that the
Lake may ~ an Old cmter" said
Summarize THE whoN formation
D.. OF course, highly volcanic But.
however that may be. should "a
pet 10 ind me surface o. the
plateau slope awards with a con,
siderable sheet q water iu the cen.
ter. which may drain or, BY some
subierranean channel into the
marshes 90 the Jaracaea swamp
~or evaporation might preserve
an equilibrium. remarked Chal.
lergcr and the two learned men
wandered or INTO one % The usual
scientific arguments, which were as
inromprthcntihle as Chinese 70 The
lAyman.
on the sixth day We completed
our first circuit o. the cliff. and
found ourselves back ~ tho first
camp, beside the Isolated pinnacle
Of rock We were disconsolAts
party. for nothing could have been
more minute than our Investigation.
and IL was absolutely certain that
there was no single point where the
most active human being could pos
sihly hope 20 scale the cliff. The
place which Maple Whites chalk
marks had indicated as his own
means Of access was now entirely
impossible.
What are Ne 70 DO now Our
stores OF provisions. supplemented
~ our guns. were holding out well
bust the day must come when they
would need rsplenishmsnt Ia a
couple OF months the rains might
be expected. and We should be
washed out Of our camp The
rock was harder than marble. and
any attempt az cutting a path Tor
so great q height was more than
our time or resources would Admit
No wonder that We ieoked sioomily
nj each other tina, night. and
sought cur Blankets with hardly
a word exchanged remember that
as I dropped or 10 hlscp my last
recollection wH that Challenger
Was squattinE ike a mousirous bull
frog. by the fire, his huge head 10
his hands. sunk apparently IN the
deepes, thought and entirely obi.
vious 70 the goodnight which
wished him
But Il was q very different Chai,
lenEer who greeted Us In the morn.
iSg-a Challenger pfth cnntcntmsnt
and reorganization shining from
his whole person. He faced ua a.
be assembled Tor breakfast with q
aeprecatiag false modesty In his
eyes, as VINO should eay. Il know
that ! deserve all that you can say.
but / pray you 10 spare ms blushrs
b. not saying IT," Hs beard bristl-
ed cxuitanfiy. bis chest Was thruwn
out. and his hard WIS thrust into
the front OF hts Jacket 50. In his
fancy. mag he see himself some
times, grucing the vacant pedestal
In Trafalgar Square. and adding ono
more 20 the horrors Of the London
streets.
Eureka he crlsd. his teeth shin.
ing thru bis beard. Gentlemen. you
may congratulate me and We may
congratulate each other The prob
lem Is solved"
You have found a way up
II venture TO think 80
And where"
For answer he pointed to the
Epire-llke pinnacle upon our right.
Our faces-or mine. AT least--fcll
as We surveyed IL. That Il could
be climbed we had our companion's
assurance. But a horrible abyss lay
between it and the plateau.
we can never get across ]
gasped
We can at least an reach the
summit" he said When we are
up may be able to show you the
the resources Of an inventive mind
are not yet exhausted"
TO BE Continued)