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Harris, L. Dennis Johnson, .; William
Noyes, l; p. r.. FendaH, /: J. III. Brad
ley, /; Mary A. Smith, 4: Charles Lur-
man, ?; L. T. Barnes, .; Robert Dick.
3; Susan keene, l.: Eunia Sweeney, 2;
William Wilson, 2: Ann Z. Worthing-
ton, 2: Virginia Bell, 4: Elizabeth
Bohrer, 1; Ann E. Jones, 1; n. Prather
8, James T. Mitchell, /; A. Nailor. s.;
Ellen Jabbott, /: Delelah Clarke, q;
Albert B. Berry. 8: John F. May, Il:
Cornelius Baldwin, 1; J. Fenwick
Young. Ia: Mary c. Young. /; Clemen.
tina T. Young, 2; Benjamin III. Glen.
ents, !; Daniel Higgins, 3; Thomas c.
Cox. s: Martha Sherwood, 3; Rebecca
Waterson, ]; Mary Johnston, /; Will
liam S. Johnston, .: Jane Johnston. g.;
John A. Ruff. j; Rebecca Harrison, i;
Isabel Maury. 6; James w. McDan1rl,
:; Thomas Lyddam, /; James w.
Fling, /: Dorothy Williams. /; Joseph
Holt, l; Lucy B. Walker, 13; Samuel
G. Crawford, 2; Conrad Schwartz, Z;
Emily Beall, Is; Mary A. Manning, 9;
DIR. James e. Morgan, 8; Daniel B.
Clarke, 2; James W. Pumphrey, q;
Joseph Prather. /; Torrance Drury. l.:
BENJAMIN o. Tayloe, 2; Robert Beale.
2, Theodore Wheeler, 3; Sarah Cald
well, 4: Samuel Forrest. 4; Rebecca
Sears 8: Milton Garrett, 3: ELLEN NJ
Brooke. 3; Charles r. Stewart, 10:
John A. Peake. 3; Allen Dodge, q;
Mary Walker. a; Matilda B. and Mar.
garet J. Beall diving at Rockville), II;
William G. w. White, 3; Mary and
Elizabeth Queen, "a; Eliza Jenkins, g.;
Joseph T. Jenkins, 3; j. Madison
Cults, z; Ann c. Carroll and Maria
F1tzburgh, executors. =; Aloysia Gra-
ham. 10; Thomas B. Entwistle, l.:
Joshua A. Ritchie. 2: Virginia S.
Wood, /; Ellen Scott. S: Grace Du-
laney. 1; Margaret A. Miller. 2: Caro-
line McAllister. l; Rose E. Hall. L;
Helen l.. Joy. 2: Edward Hall, /; f. j.
Han, 2: Jane Z. Johns. 6; Daniel w.
Middleton, 6: Nancy w. Davis, 4: Jane
and Rebecca Turner. 3: Catherine s.
Lyons, 4; Sarah j. Somerville. 4; Ma
tilda Emory. /: Mary Eliza Read.
L; Philip I. Berry, IS; Clark Mills. IL:
Ann Maria Summers, i: Ann NJ
Warning, /; John Little, IL; Jane c.
Boone. /; John E. Smith, /; William
Gordon. 2: Rachel Giles, i: Peter G..
II. Admer, 8: James White, !; Mary
s. Yerby. /; Ann Green. 10: George w.
Hatton. 2; Charles II. Lieberman, l.;
Leah S. G. Wilson, 3; Mary b. Wilson,
?; Rev. Joshua Morsell, 8; Henry
weaver, /; Henry Weaver, guardian,
3; Samuel Riggs of r.. .; Stephen and
Georgiana Cough. 6: Rebecca Will
liams, g.: Thomas Knowles, 8; Mary
Harrison, 1: Verlinda Shaw. 3: Charles
f. Sherman, 8; Rachel A. M. Tolson
and John G.. Turton, executors. 16:
Henry kengla, 8; William F. Dickin.
son. g. Lucinda s. Mathews, execu
| trix, {: Lucinda s. Mathews. 4; John
f. Bridget, ]; Thomas Biagden, 5;
Presley w. Dorsey, 4: Sarah Dorsey, 1:
Ann Mcdaniel. s: Joseph lngle. L;
l.. j. Middleton, trustee, 8; A. E. Perry,
trustee, 6: John D. Hammock, .; En-
ily Lang, 1; Robert Il. Aylemer, 1;
Henry Naylor. trustee, /; Martin Ma
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guire, .; Elizabeth Minor, 2; Ammon
Green, L; Nancy w. Baimain, 4; Rich
ard L. Ross, 10: Isabella Morton, /;
Amos Denham, s; Thomas Young, 8;
Sarah Crane, l; Thomas Orme, 1; Mary
H. Murray. administrative. 8; John
Marbury. jr., 2: Bladen Forrest, 8;
Andrew Mercer of r., l: Louis Carusi,
3: Zachariah Duvall, 6; Edward M.
Linthicum. 4; William P. Drury. l;
Andrew ]. Harding. executor. !;
Eliza Jordan and Ann Roberts, 4;
James E. Cassin, 2; Barbara Allnott, 1:
Francis Mohun, L; j. w. Maury, 3;
Harriet r. Marshall, 2: Leonard Har.
baugh, 4; George s. Kraft. /; Joseph
l.. Pearson, 9; Verlinda NJ. Wells, 2;
James III. Shreve. administrator, 3;
Woodford Stone. 2; Henry Naylor, l8;
Henry >Naylor, administrator, 5;
Martha A. Linton, 8; Leonard NJ. Will
liams, 8.
MY list of District slave owners OF
AVA 1862 is far from it's end. l doubt
the worth of using many more names,
but I will give you these: Susan
Osbourn, 8: Thos. A. Richards, 3;
X. NJ. Coombs, 4; Sarah A. Greaves,
IL; ]. Cuttings, 4; Charles Herne, s;
Mary A. Payne, &; Susan E. Sheriff,
1c; George w. Talburtt, 16; Jacob
Hines, S; Eliza OFT, 5; James c. Pick.
EFT, A; John c.. Rives, 3: j. c. and
I'll. A. Willard, 5; Elizabeth l.. Young.
5; Nicholas Callahan, /: Joseph Lib
bey, 1: Mary Ann Hall, 4; Joseph
Ehrmantrout, i; William H. Morri.
son, /: John Marbury, a; Joseph N.
Pearson, 3; Samuel Pearson, 8: Fielder
Magruder, s; Selby 3. Scaggs. IS: Hill
leary l.. Offutt, 3: J. P. Taylor. 5: Har-
riet Smith. 8: Benjamin p. Smith, Z;
Middleton and Beall, 4: Charles r. Belt.
Z; John McDermott, .; Gustavus
Waters. 8: W. D. c. Murdoch. 9: G.
W: orme. ?; Everett Wroe. Z: Eliza
beth Abbott, IL; George Mattingly.
G. Hesse, II; Quinter Barker, S;
Horatio Moran. ?: Bushrod w. Reed.
3; Sophia M. White, /: Rein Arnold.
l; Owen Leddy. 2: Green Adams. 2;
Col. T. S. Alexander, z: Elizabeth A.
Hilleary. d; Sarah A. Hilleary, 4;
Leonard Hilieary. 2; Robert P. Dodge.
=: John Bayne. 2; George M. Ceney.
IA; F. s. Walsh, Z; Samuel A. H.
Marks. 8; Mary c. Fenwick, 5; Rich.
ard Butt, 5; Elanor r. Lavig, 30;
Peter Won Essen. 20; Walter b. Chew,
s: c. p. Patterson, s; Catherine Pear
son. 21: James w. West. IL: John T..
Neale, 6; Margaret Loughborough, ::
Lucy r. Miller, s.: Eliza A. Gallahcr,
4; Benjamin Berry, 4: Marshall Brown.
5: James Riorden, /; A. NJ. Council
man. ]; George w. Cissell, ]; Mary
Ann Haslup, =: Jonah Kirkwood. 2;
Robert f. Taylor. /: Edwin Cotton.
>: Henry L. Abbott, 1; Thomas Tai
bert, a; Caroline V. Spalding. /: Maria
A. Queen, 1; Anna Bradley. 2; James
Walters. ;; Samuel Norment. S:
Benjamin B. Burr. 1; Col. James Eide.
A. King, /; Christopher Cammack. i:
Nathan c. McKnew, 2: Joseph Down
ing, 1; John Thomas. a.: Robert L.
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Teal 6: Margaret A. Pierce. 8; Eliza
g. Morehead, 4: BENJAMIN T. Thorn
s; Edward Chapman, 4; Christianna
Larner, 2; Caroline Mackall. z: John
p. Pepper, 2; Horace S. johnson, 5;
Catherine Windsor ~, 8; Ann Scott, s;
William Wilkinson, 5: Thomas r.
Bird. 6: Hugh w. Throckmorton, s;
Mildred Ewell. 8; Fanny B. Ewell, s;
George Bender, 4; Sally T. Mathews,
6; Thomas Donoho, 9; Charles Vinson,
9; Thomas Carbery. IL and executor
of 3; Robert Prout, 2; Jonathan Prout,
3; Joseph Follansbee. 2: John E. Car
ter. 8: John Davidson. IS; Drucilla
Gray. 4; Benjamin J. Fenwick, S;
s. and Henry Hutton, 3.
Each of those named below owned
one slave: Alexander Sword, A. j.
Brown. Joseph Harbaugh, Samuel
Drury. Julia A. Bryan. w. N. Lang.
ley, John Dickson, Edward Deeble,
Eliza w. Ringgold. Elias Travers.
Henrietta Kerr, r. II. Speake, George
Savage, Marinus Willet, j. NJ. VIII
liams and w. J. Doniphan.
Here are three amusement adver-
tiSements that were in the Star, july
l. 1862:
The Canterbury-Mlle Zenfretta
will appear as the Daughter of the
Regiment and will fire a gun at
eighteen candles and extinguish them
all.
Apollo Concert Saloon, Sixth street
and the Avenue-"Pretty waiter girls
dispense refreshments"
Academy Of Music, south side of the
Avenue between Ninth and Tenth
streets-"Signora Seydel, a singer of
very fair ability. makes melody for all
who resort to Rosenthal's, while first
class refreshments are dispensed by
pretty waiter girls
*** -.
A FEW more notes follow: "The
season for rock (striped bass)
fishing at the Little Falls of the Poto.
mas Is now fairly open. Sportsmen
are daily catching there as many as SO
each of morning or afternoon,
weighing from / to 20 pounds each"
The mayor has approved a joint
resolution Of the Councils requesting
the mayor to cause iron drinking cups
to be attached to the public Pumps
and hydrants."
'"The Indiana friends of Mai. Gen.
Lew Wallace viii give him the com.
pliment OF a serenade by tte Marine
Band at the National Hotel at IL
o'clock tonight. There will be some
good H."
Monday. July IA, 1S62-"On Satur-
day afternoon about the time of the
adjournment OF Congress the City
Railway Co. started four cars and
gave free ride to any of our citizens
who chose to participate. keeping the
cars running up and down the Avenue
at intervals until about dark. The
road is In excellent condition and the
cars run very smoothly. A great
many of our citizens embraced the op-
portunity TO enjoy the ride
Laws to Be Executed-TheF recent
passage OF the act In relation to
cruelty to Adumb animals has sagain
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amber Reviews Incidents Of Emancipation in Washington

to have been a prejudice in The Star
Office against printing stories so long
that subscribers would not read them.
But The Star did say this:
The military yesterday was under
the general orders of Brig. Gen. Bacon,
who was supported by. Majs. Wall.
Watt and Morgan, Brigade Maj Ev-
erett and Brig @. NJ. Barthoiow. We
have never seen a parade of militia
of this District which did us more
credit and certainly none upon a sim.
liar occasion characterized by such
admirable order and such success in
carrying out all the movements with.
out a hitch"
Passing from The Star Of 1861 to
The Star of 1862, for a reason need
less to name. the Rambler saw in
many issues this headline: "Emanci.
patton Commissioners After the
heading was short list of District
slave owners, each of whom had filed
with the commissioners the number
and names of their slaves. From
scores OF those reports the Rambler
copied names of slave owners living
in the City and County Of Washing
ton. The names copied are but frac-
tion of the number of District slave
owners, but the report of that COM
mission must give the whole list of
slave owners and slaves in the District
in 1862. What follows is from an
article in the Encyclopedia Americana
on the Emancipation Proclamation:
Lincofn's wish was for compensated
emancipation; he sent special mes
sage to Congress, March 6, 1862, and
| that body passed "A joint resolution
April o, that the United States ought
to cooperate with any State which
would adopt gradual abolition. by pay.
ing for the slaves. and on is April
those in the District of Columbia were
thus emancipated."
Mr.. Petit of The Stars library
hands me a Columbia Historical So
ciety paper. 1900, by Walter c. Gle
phane. on Local Aspect of Slavery"
From it take this:
Fellow citizens Of the Senate and
i House of Representatives: The act
! entitled An act for the release of Ger.
tain persons held to service and labor
i or sobor in the District of Columbia
has this day been approved and
signed. | have not doubted the Consti,
/ tutionai authority of Congress to
abolish slavery in this District, and
| have ever desired tn see the National
Capital freed from the institution in
some satisfactory way. Hence, there
has never been in my mind any aues-
| ton upon the subject except the one
| of eXpediency arising in view of all
the circumstances. am graft
| fled that the two principles of compen-
| sation and colonization are both rec
ogniZed and practically applied in this
act. In the matter of compensation,
it is provided that claims may be pre-
| sented within ninety days from the
passage of the act. but not thereaft-
err and there is no saving for minors,
| femmes coverts. insane or absent per.
| sons. ] presume this an omission by
mere oversight and l recommend that
Evening star., 1927-05-22
BY HENRY BROOKHART

A CCOMPANIED by a friend. AL
~ fred Westover. l had gone to
"A the Summer retreat lin Ken
a u tucky) of a mutual friend who
spent the warmer Summer
months in a Cumberland Mountain
rookeTy that boosted a very consider
able cavern possessing natural won-
ders that We're at once beautiful and
awe-inspiring-
AS one might naturally imagine,
this cave was of great interest to my
friend and myself. and our host,
Richard Austin. lost no time i'm TAX
ing us through such galleries as had
already been explored and charted.
These were illumined by electric
lights whose power was supplied by
a small private generating plant Aus
tin had erected in a building adjoin-
ing his home on his mountain estate.
During the first three days of our
stay we had made as many visits to
the caverns, carrying candles for use
in case the power plant should sud-
denly fail. We were returning to the
house on the third day, when Austin.
who was in the lead. paused with a
muttered exclamation and bent to
examine an opening at his feet.
This is very strange" said Austin
81 have passed along here a hundred
times without noticing this hole.
am inclined to believe it has only just
appeared"
Next day we Jared forth with Aus
tin to the spot where he had stun
bled upon the newly formed opening.
He took with him a long length of
wire. one end of which he had at
tached to a service line at the gen.
Grating plant. On the other end was
an electric bulb protected by wire net
ting.
Turning on the current, Austin
dropped the bulb into the opening and
began paving ont the line.
was beginning to suspect the hole
had no bottom when Austin shouted:
''It has touched bottom. Two hun
dred and forty feetr' There was a
note OF excitement in his voice as
he added: That's at least SO feet
lower than the floor of any Of the
caverns we have been through
And now," he went on, I'VE will do
a little more exploring. / think we
may come across some hitherto undis-
covered wonders-something human
eyes have never before looked upon
Some time later we entered the
main gallery, equipped with candles.
rs before. in case OF emergency. and
made our way to the end OF the
'blazed TRAIL marked by the string
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nowsk, John L. Hayes, William Simr-
son, Lewis Clephane, Albert G. Hail.
S. A. Fl. Mckim, Foster Henshaw,
Col. John S. Keyes and y. A. Thomp-
son.
Assistant marshals: Martin Buell.,
Woodford Stone, John Hines, Job w.
Angus, j. +. Hodgson, James Lynch,
George Il. Wilson, Harry M. knight,
George A Bassett. A. c. Richards.
Edmund Flag, j. l.. Henshaw, J. M
Lucas, A. w. Fletcher. Francis o.
Phineas B. Thompkins, David T..
Brown, w. w. Bassett, Charles c..
Casey, James Nokes, Nathaniel e..
Towle. Charles S. English. F. A. Soule,
Hannibal c. Addison, Hugh G. Divine,
Samuel Strong. Joshua Howard. r. C..
Stevens, w. c. Dodge, F. j. Seybolt,
John p. Einsfield, Edwin T. Bridges,
A. J. Larner, Theodore Wheeler, T..
Crowley. Isaac Strohm, " Pulizzi, A i.
Duvall, S. Y. Stillings, T. b. Brown,
John Parsons, George c. Hardness,
Joseph M. Cowell. Joseph p Lough.
head, E. II. Chase, B. Franklin Guy,
John Alexander. John NJ Heating,
George S. Kraft, Thomas Weaver.
Marsh. ii. J. King, Lewis Parker,
y,
Il. c. Robbins, DIR. n. S. Lincoln. Or.
w. f. Waters. John T. Clements. +. /.
White, z. Richards. Jacob Bigelow
Daniel Breed, A. Edison, G. w. Gar.
rett. John II. Wise, Amos Hunt. b. r.
Wilkins, M NJ. Ward. w, b. Williams,
Joseph Heyes, Louis Baker, Sales J.
Bowen and William j. Murtagh.
Aids to the chief: William
Rabe, John w. Jones, Ira Goodenow,
Nathan Darling, G. Alfred Hall. John
p Hilton, Gen. De Witt c. Clark,
Robert j. Stevens of California. Glenn
ent L. West, z. X. Panghorn, Isaac
Bassett. Reuben b. Clark and Mai.
Thomas II. Bates.
e. E. French was marshaiin-chief
In the pre-story Of the parade, The
Star said:
THE marshal-in-chief and his aids
will wear orange colored scarfs with
white rosettes and blue saddle cloths
with gilt trimmings. They viii carry
a baton feet long, of blue color. with
the ends gilt about 2 inches deep
The assistant marshals will wear
| white scarfs and pink roSettes and wit
have white saddle cloths trimmed witt
pink They will carry pink batons :
feet long, withs white ends inches
| deep. The marshal-in-chief particular
+ ly desires that the marshals. assist
ant marshals and aids will wear corn
| mon black hats, black frock coats
| black pantaloons over boots and white
or light yellow buckskin gauntlet
| gloves. All viii meet at City Hall u,
| Q am 1t is suggested that Stevens
and Co, under Browns Hotel. will
| furnish searfs and batons promptly
| at reasonable rates to all who ma,
| apply"
The Star, March s. 1861. did no
| have long account of the procession
| 1t was not then good form to print q
long description Of what everybody il
the town had seen. There seems, too
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drip of the lime-laden water from
above.
Austin marked the spot on his chart
for future reference and we passed
on, our way now lighted only bv our
hosts candle. --.,
Y "
1T was close on noon when we sud.
denly saw ahead of us the faint.
distant glimmer OF a light.
The new grotto"- exclaimed Aus
tin, and we quickened our steps over
the uneven floor.
The light, when we finally came
upon it, proved to be hanging from the
invisible roof of large cathedral-iike
chamber fully a hundred feet in diam
eter, through the center Of which ran
q small stream Of crystal-clear water,
The brook. Of which there was no
trace i'm. the main caverns, emerged
through the mouth of low tunnel
worn in the east wall of the chamber
and disappeared through similar pas.
sage at the western extremity. In
no place was it more than a foot in
depth or more than three i'm width
The rushing water had no doubt
taken many centuries to wear even
this tiny channel in the rocky floor
Having eaten the lunch we had
taken in with us and washed it down
with the ice-com water of the stream,
we started on the return Journey,
Austin switching off the electric light
after we had taken our bearings
Within short time we looked back
on that move as fatal. '"r''. -'t+
We estimated 1t should take us two!
hours to reach the farther end Of the
narrow tunnel by which we had gained
access to the new grotto." and where
the electrfcaliy-lighted trail to the
open air began. But aiasl the two
hours passed and no welcome light
appeared ahead. Three hours went
by and it seemed that our surround.
ings were totally unfamiliar. We were
passing along galleries and through
small grcttces that we had never seen
beforei
In a cold sweat of fear / looked
again at my watch. Seven O'clock.
We were lost, hopelessly lost. Austin.s
candle had long since burned out, and
mine, which succeeded it as a. means
of lighting our way. was burning low.
There was nothing for 1t but to back
track and find the right road.
Another hour went by-and we
lighted our sole remaining candle!
Looks as II we're in for bit OF
hard luck" Austin remarked gloom
ily., :Of course they'll hunt for us,
but the search will he useless unless
we can get close enough to make our
voices heard beyond the entrances TO
the main gallery"
For what seemed an age we
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r n The Evening Star, February 20,
1861, was an advertisement OF the
Lincoln inauguration ball, March
i 4. 1861, and in that advertisement
are names Of the managers of
the ball and the citizens committee.
knowing your liking for history and
for reading names Of friends, the
Rambler copied the advertisement.
Among the managers of the ball were
Jeremiah Sullivan Black. Secretary of
State; John A. Dix, Secretary of the
Treasury, and Edwin NJ Stanton, At
torney General. One among the mil.
lions OF Rambler readers may have
forgotten that these men were In the
Cabinet Of President Buchanan. An
other OF the managers was Horatio
king, Postmaster General.
Members of the citizens committee
were Mayor Berret. Robert G. Win
throp. Samuel Hooper, II. c. Cary. II.
o. Kent, George Opdyke, j. Vincent
Brown, D. Field, ]. T. Heald, Z. III.
Rollins. w. B. Thomas, Reverdy
johnson, Hudson Taylor. j. 7. Wads-
worth, Thurlow Weed, A. II. Bellows,
William Keim, r. w. Seward. II. l..
Tullock, A. NJ Clapp, S. 7. Vinton, J.
Z. HARDY ~. n. R. Judd. G. w. Gage.
Ben Perley Poore, J. ". Simonton, Y.
w Smith. w. S. Wood. w. G. Snee-
then, Richard WallRch. ]. r. Mitchell
J. F. Coyle. Nathan Sargent, J. J.
coonnbs, Joseph Z. Brown, Andrew
Wylie, jr.; c. W. Boteler, jr.; A. s.
SoIomons, V. Blanchard, Montgomery
Blair, George w. Fogg. Thomas +.
Franklin, Amasa G.. Parker, ]. NJ. S.
Williams, l.. Corning, Moses II. Gun
nell, Simeon Draper, George p. Fisher,
George Ashman, Ezra Lincoln, w. w.
Seaton, Marshall Brown, Horatio Sew
mour, - V. Kellogg, Thomas L..
Smith, Thomas Berry. f. c. Caring
ton. j. II. Lathrop, jr.; John w. For
ney, Edward Everett. Charles A.
Dana, ]. C. Abbott. NJ. o. Roberts. NJ.
j. H. Paleston. z. X. Pangborn. w.
Curtis Noyes. George II. Plant. FitZ-
hugh Coyle, c. Fl. Fisher. Dean Rich
mond, Timothy Davis. d. S. Dickin-
son, S. G. adrews, Amos Tuck,
Aaron Ward. William Sutton. Frank
lin Philip, J. c. Willard, William Wall,
J. Fl. McBlair. George Hinton, c. B.
Smith. ]. y. Arnold, ]. Grimshaw,
William Rabe, T. G. Alvord. Alpheus
Handy. J. w. Tillman, A. w. Fletcher.
q. B. French. Geors Parker, r.
Lowndes Jackson, John i. Hayes. NJ
d II. Stevens, ]. &. G. Kennedy, John
Savage, II. VI. rdul, d. w. 1HoiHpSoAt
John A. Linton, w. ID. Wallach. Gen
r c. Weightman, w. III, Corwin, l.
SWEPT (?), W. 3. ogden, w. A. Wash.
burn. G. c. Davidson. A. B. Dickinson
John A. Goodwin, Lewis Clephane. s
A. II. McKim, John f. Ennis, w. b
Shaw, Theodore Wheeler, j. W. An
gus and George A. Bassett.
The Rambler copied from The Star
the names of marshals. assistant mar
shals and aids to the chief marshal ir
The Lincoln inaugural procession
Monday, March 4, 1861. The names
follow:
Marshals: J. J. Coombs, George II
Plant, James w. Decide, w. krzya
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of electric lights suspended from the
rocky walls.
Austin, after studying a map or
| Chart that be had previously made,
proceeded to work his way into a
small opening which was little more
than a foot above the floor. 1t was d
painfully slow process. and it must
have been five minutes before the
soles of his heavy boots finally disap-
peared from view.
Its all right" he called. Come
ahead"
The passage was not more than IS
feet in length. and l had Austin's bea-
con light to guide and cheer me. but
all the same l was very glad when /
got through.
WHEN Westover joined us We
w found we had entered a vast
chamber, considerably higher and
broader than any We had yet trav-
ersed. 1t was quite evident, however,
that we were still some way from our
goal-"Austin's new gru;to"-even if
we were on the right road. since there
was no sign of the electric light our
companion had lowered.
AS the day was still young. Austin
suggested that we should take our
time. exploring as we went. @
In places there We're grotesQue stall
agmites. some of them resembling ami.
mails, birds or human forms. and
others having the appearance of .chis-
eled pillars and statues. Tapering
stalactites depended from the invisi-
BIZ dome above. while. from the walls
hung great folds of stone drapery.
hard as flint and yet apparently as
fragile and delicate as spun glass.
Myriads of crystal facets reflected
the r., s of our Pickering candles,
weaving the glittering points into
evt changing patterns Of dazzling
light.
We had been in the grotto about an
hour, slowly making our way by COM
pass in the general direction marked
out by Austin on his chart, when our
host paused and called our attention
to an object that lay at his feet. At
first glance it appeared to be a rough.
naturally formed earthen vessel, a
thing no more incongruous in that
place of wonders than many other
shapes.
Rather well done as a bit of ma
ture's pottery work." remarked West
over.