The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-07
CHAPTER XVI

For all of mans genius, one great mystery of life has never been even partly solved.
 It is the strange fusion of souls, of spiritual entities in man ana woman, when consciousness of love is declared, mutual and sincere.
 It grows with 8 sudden ecstatic surge. thence in gentle and some how staccato harmony, ever m. creasing, never reachoing an end of its own accord. It is as old as Adam, but each man must discover it for himself. Robert Barry dlscov- cred 1t there when death was hover ing. when he fully believed that both he and Melissa were losing their minds.
 They had been lost in utter dark ness for many hours, perhaps sev- eral days. They could not even guess how long. They had slept at times, ftfully. Embracing eacn other now, in the most sacred or moments, they remained silent ana very still. Seconds passed-Bob knew not how many-and then suddenly Bob got Q grip on himself. He saw himself as a whimpering DaDy airalo of the dark. Anger replaced 1ear' Then his trained mind took com- mand.
 "why. I'm not hysterical" He ,,,,rm,;red it to himself, even as he held Mary Melissa there. "On the contrary. I feel remarkably calm.
 He shook his head, as If to clear t,s eyes of the darkness. He looked behind him again, which would De down. ...s u
 nc was tense with excitement again. But he forced himself to pc annlvtical critical of his own re- acions. No. this was not hysteria.
 .TTssAl That IS light! LOOK -HEYl HEY! HELP"
 Thirst had muted his voice ter. ribly, but he made all the nolse ne could. He threw rocks. Lissa yeiIeo tot. and between them they mace din of 1t. .o,ov The two understood no words, put -they were suffused with happiness, salvation seemed at hand. They were almost hysterical with antici- patton now. -, ., Ard Hoffman! They must have 1ouno an outlet hole below somewhere. They're coming; Oh, Lissa, they've found usl They" ,,
 she too was talking, jabbering:. They called and hallowed, ana huVged each other as the lights grew stronger. Help was approach inR. They dared not move much, lest they fall over the ledge, but they suuirmed in righteous glee.
 The rescue party was slow Tn ap- preaching. It had been far below and the lights disappeared frequent ly as the men moved around rock formations. They fiickered, too, Bob saw. He began to wonder. Why in the name of goodness hadn't Hades used one of the lanterns, instead of torches.
 Hello. HADEsP HoLL1MANT" Bob yelled, when he knew they were within 30 yards or so.
 The lights stopped instantly. No answer came. Progress of the res- cuers seemed very strange, then, Bob and Lissa peered at them in- tently.
 Hey what's the matter? Can't you see us?" Bob was inpatient
 Other lights were ignited then, and the group separated. Bob and Tissa couldn't distinguish the ap- proaching men clearly, but he be- ran to think he saw a half dozen or more forms. Moreover, there was a new and absolutely strange murmur of voices. -
 "Hobl" whispered 'Lissa. Are you .-ail right? Do you see what doY I mean, are we out of our mindsp Is this another nightmare after all?"
 "Noi No, I'm surel But I don't know what. It's not our party, that's certain. Stand still, and watch. HELLO THEREl WHO IS TIP WE NEED HELPl"
 Somebody answered immediately, but-in . strange tonguel
 Bob was utterly amazed. He was A linuuist He spoke Spanish, the Mexican dialects of 1t, not to mem