The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-12

| 49, stx3tttA wills mesa laIeT and
take a look around.
She spread her rug beside his
and lay down fiat. There L
something about staring at the
SKY snlr;ts tbst always so0thes ny
Then III try it after 4 while }.
He sat facing her. bent forward
RAGING the pattern on her rug
with his pencil. s's
Now tell me- she invited
He smiled at her. AS to the
prophecy In the heart Of the
Bekkan Bula mountains there Is
supposed to exist high level
plain on which is situated the
hidden city of Shy-a Nago.D
plain?''
1t can If surrounded BY higher
mountains inhabited BIZ a race az
nerce natives plcdEed Is KEGS all
knowledge of the place secret
from other men until the ap-
pointed time"
Which has conner" she asked.
1t all depends" he said with
an amused glance at her. refusing
to be hurried. Tradition has it
that in this section OF Asia a great
colonial nation. springing from
some continent farther west, "a
land of bliss and mystery, had
been established thousands and
thousands of years ago. before
the mountains rose. This country
here Is supposed to be the land
bridge between the Pacific conti-
nent and Siberia, reaching to Eu-
rope" He changed his position
land stretched out beside Anne
resting on one elbow.
With the rising of the noun
tains this one city was lifted up
Intact - neither shattered by
earthquakes nor buried in vol
canic ASH
n' s5hst seems impossible" she
$50 does the great pyramid
seem impossible when you think
Of it but there il stands The
story goes that ruling Inhabitants
OF this city Of ours soon sank with
their slaves to a savage remnant
from which has sprung the Ma
CARA tribe"
How wonderful If it proves to
be true?" murmured Anne with
shining eyes. Asst.
The only man not a Nagaran
known to have seen the city was
a Thetan hunter who came out
carrying this two-headed image
of mine III one hand and two
rubies the size of marbles in the
other. But his hardShips had been
too much for him. He died in
delirium few weeks later"
And the prophecygn Anne
prompted.
On The Horizon
CHERWOOD walked back and
- forth while he talked, and,
happening to lift his eyes to the
horizon. suddenly stfffened like a
man turned 10 stone.
Anne sprang to her knees and
then to her feet. She saw the same
object
Is it some one moving?" she
asked.
Y cannot tell. Let's climb to the
top Of the cliff" For the object
they saw seemed to move behind
a ridge of clay Ike a man behind
a fence moving with only his
head visible
From the crown of the rock
when they arrived there. climb
| ing swiftly, they could see no
sign of movement. Anne felt sick
with disappointment. The view
that spread out before them was
revealing in its desolation. An
endless expanse of shallow clay
ridges. dunes encroaching on the
east, reached to hazy distances
| that had no background save sky
except in the direction of the
Bekkan Bula mountains which
rose, afar off. to glistening snow
heights and merely served to
show the helplessness of man.
This viii be a furnace in an
other month"; said Sherwood He
| looked at Anne. who had dropped
down painting. I'VE shouldn't
race like this and use Up our
strength for so little profit" He
reached out a hand to pull her
Ito her feet. Lets go back to the
ftent.'
There's no object" she said
biistlessly.
.We'll have something softer
j 4, 80 49, ~
u am feeling bruised, she adj
mitted rising and examining the
weathered rock pattern indented
on the heel Of Ter hand.
They looked once more at the
ridges across the bowl. Slowly an
eagle rose and glided away IN
the sunset.
$50 that's what il was! AT
sleast we have aristocratic neigh
borS. murmured Anne. sherwood
made no reply.
Anne's feet Jagged as they APP
preached the tent and he slowed
down with her. She felt buffeted
by cross winds of secret emotions
trying to tear her from her moor
ing.
I'VE shall be rescued she told
herself vehementiy. II refuse to
believe anything else.
They paused before the tent
and Sherwood turned and re-
Igarded her in an odd way. his
Ieyes dark and narrowed under
their thick lashes. She felt her
pulses begin to race despite an
effort at calm
what about our relationship
Amer"
Lets not think about it. she
Icried, Lets wait
aWait." His lips frightened q
"a smile more grim than amused
siWaitl When there are only q
few more days in which to, feel
f.1o1Ixy nlfynTH