Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 26 June 1897 — Page 6

(The Trapper's Story Continued.-) All this time the work of smothering the flames in the crater in the top of the giant mountain had been regularly carried on, slowly but surely, each day seeing some new chasm tilled with great stones dug from the rocky sides of the crater, and then with earth which was carried, absolutely carricd, in baskets from the sides and top of the mountain.

No wonder they made slow progress.

done and as had been done for ages if what Enoch had told me were true. About this time one day Enoch asked me to go with him to inspect this work, and after we had made the trip and were on our return home in the dark of the evening as we gaily rode along behind our hairy horn-decked team, he told me with much satisfaction that the great work was approaching completion, that the men were making great progress and that another year would sec the last chasm closed from which flames issued, and then his people could enjoy their inheritance freed from all conditions. That very

Investigation by the entire population the following day disclosed the fact that I there had been an explosion in the era- I

descendants of a ctoosen race. And so the work was continued in the crater with an increased force of men.

Thoroughly convinced in my own mind that the most direful consequences were in store for this devoted people. I told Enoch of my desire to quit the i«M«ntry by some means or in any way lhat would give me a chance to reach some more solid and enduring piece of terra firma than the Land of Nod. He did not seem surprised, but said there was no way by which 1 could leave tincountry alive.

Continuing, he said that much as lie

prized my company and friendship, he

would be pleased to see me safely out

Dl' the country and would aid me. "For."

said he, "your advent into the country I

satisfaction among the people where

before was all content and peace and

off country have even threatened to fight for the lives of their condemned offspring saying that they will get out of this accursed land rather than give them up. They cannot do it, and even If they could by some human aid make '.heir escape, we could never allow it, 'jecause it would be contrary, as we be'ieve, to the command of the Supreme Guide who so miraculously led our an:estors to this fertile vale. And until He again shall !ead the way, not one of our divinely chosen people shall go fcence.

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THE LOST TRIBES,

AND THE LAND OF NOD.

X/V ORIGINAL NATURAL. GAS STORY.

BY A.

P. KEtfR.

"And Cain went out from the presence of the I.ortl, and dwelt In the Land of Nod, on the enst of Kilcn. —(iKNERIS It I*

No people had ever undertaken so I people apparently hopeless and equally appar-! "So it goes and so it will go. and ently useless task as was here being where the spirit of envy and jealousy

ter. where the men had been at work the that it would a'o afford an day before and that their work had been destroyed to an extent that it might take years to repair. It was said to be impossible to estimate the damage done, or to say to a certainty how long the consummation of what was regarded as a national work would be delayed. But seemingly the occurrence did not in the Jeast frighten the people, or suggest to any that th«ir work of smothering these flames had been already carried to the limit of safety. Work was immediately commenced to repair the damage and to carry forward the great undertaking.

For myself I viewed the situation with alarm, and I set my inventive faculties at work to devise some plan to escape from this firetrap, as I began to fear the country was. As soon as I could lay my plans before Enoch, I did so. I first urged him to have the work in the mountain-top discontinued at once, and asked him what was to be gained by tarrying it any farther. I told him they had all the light and fire they needed. which was the object sought at first, and that it was the part of prudcnce to stop at once: that I believed the explosion ivas caused by their having carried the smothering process too far, and that if they persisted that the consequences might be disastrous—might even produce an earthquake that would sink their country to the bottom of the sea.

To all my urging he refused to agree,!

saying that this great work was a legacy

tion that to stop would not onlv be to

S0w

which had been handed down from gen- f,po

asM,ln

command whidi had instituted the 1, I"10'-

work, and that even if they knew that ,ns. The harness was dyed the completion of the undertaking would

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they make a tour of the valley. Tomorrow if all goes well, they will make the trial trip. Of course the other tribes will have to do something to equal this or excel it. What it will be I can not tell. The people below us seem to have a corner on white goats and will of course claim exclusive proprietorship in the property—something heretofore unknown. all property having been held

common and equally free to all our

and vanity and the determination not to be outdone by their neighbors will lead us all 1 can net see. But the result must in the nature of things be disastrous to our long-established customs— must end in a breaking up of our ways of life, our sweet content and unquestioning faith in the traditions of our race. Oh, vanity of vanities! Unlucky day that brought yon here, and may our Guardian Spirit who hitherto has watched and led us speed the day that shall take you hence in safety. Much as I would miss your presence, highly as I value your companionship 1 yet "Could 1 have foreseen the results

night we were all which have followed, our people should

awakened by a trembling and rumbling never have learned your language, and of the houses and all rushed out of they would also be traveling on sandals •doors only to hear a dull explosive roar as did their ancestors for all the ages to the northeast. The waving torches past." about us leaped into the air to twice I I then unM/ifid to him mv plans of their usual size almost simultaneously escape, first place I wanted them •with the explosion and then dwindled •as if they would go out. but did not.

I to dig, oi ,-irtlncr carve out of the rock, [a tunnel through the narrowest part of the mountain ridge at the lower end of the valley through which a boat "light be launched on the ocean, stating

ave:\ue of

escape for the dissatisfied ones who desired to leave the country, and who I thought should be allowed to go. To this lie strenuously and vehemently objected as I expected he would do. And as it was likely to be the work of years to complete the hole through the mountain I did not insist, for I was really becoming alarmed. The giant peak had been reported to be trembling at times by the men engaged on the work and I was sure that a calamity was in store for this land that could not be far in the future. So I said no more that day but resolved that on the following day I would perfect a plan of escape which I had long had in mind, which, though dangerous to the highest degree, I yet believed practical—and it was the only chance.

Sure enough the following morning our neighbors below came up the road in their new wagon, and as they came to a halt on the wide paved plaza in front of our abode the beauty of the outfit became apparent. The wagon itself was a great improvement over the others in use, being longer and handsomer in every way, having seats lor eight persons, and an elevated seat in the rear for the patriarch, on which he sat in much dignity. The whole vehicle had been stained blue, arid gold was

usf.,

,y.

wl c, er

possible. The

heels had painted golden

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eration to generation for ages, and that I' wheel and so thick as to it had now so near approached comple- °d

uc(

a point as they neared

ray-like effect. Hie goats

we ,lte

dishonor their ancestors but would seem contrary beasts seeming to have sacriligeous as well that it was a divine

as milk—beautiful creatures

almost sheep-like meekness

a ea oat

destroy the country and its inhabitants blanket t.irown over its back, the liarthat it was tfeeir sacred duty to g-o on,

eifbrmttrng to their fate as became the'

ncss a

tips

sort

hlue

blankets being trimmed out

with gold in a striking way. It was a gorgeous spectacle indeed! Such an outfit would make the fortune of any circus proprietor who would put it on the road. As it stood there in the morning sunlight, the strangely-clad natives gathering around, the shimmering light of glistening oars upon the river beneath, the flaring torches on the balustrade, the misty mountain ridge in front of us, the frowning cliff behind and above us, the beautiful road, smooth and clean as a floor, stretching away in gracc'l'ul curves on cither hand, the luxuriant tr'c'es which seemed to have donned a new dress for this especial

occaMon

stral

at onc

und your new ideas have brought dis- ^re.t'

all combined to form so

^'a.s P'

ann

crtles

humble submission to tiie laws which ?oon".

we had established as a necessity of our

ruin.

•solated life. Now, some of the young-! wanderings upon the mountain louder as I listened, the thought came ?r people who have heard cl* vour far-

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toward the upper end of the valley on their grand circuit of useless vanity, as Enoch had truly called it, I set out for the mountains with the determination to perfect my plan of escape ere I should return.

Keeping to the road until I neared the lower end of the valley I then began the ascent of the mountain ridge at a point opposite where I supposed the chaotic stretch of unexplored country to the northeast ended and the coast iine began. Reaching the summit I found that I had formed a nearly ac-

Your invention for traveling by wagons and goats is also bearing its legitimate fruit, and jealousy and envy are springing up from this source in a totally unexpected manner. "Why," said curate idea of the geography of that seche, "would you believe it, at the house- tion of the country, having come out at hold below us, where the new patriarch

the point a little to the south of the

has lately assumed authority, they are I beginning of the ocean's domain. I getting up an outfit that is to eclipse then resolved to thoroughly explore the anything in the country. They have entire coast line, if nece-ssary, and to been capturing from time to time all the descend as close to the seething waters -pure white goats that they could find, as was possible for me to do in safety, md have now a fine lot of them broken Proceeding to carry this design into cxin, and propose to drive eight of them ecution I clambered over rocks, clingto a new wagon which was to be com- ing by stunted trees and finding insepleted today. The wagon is to be col- cure footholds on narrow ledges, up and ored blue and the harness also, and gold

down, keeping all the time as olose to

is to be used in ornamenting wherever the edge of the precipice as I could with it is possible. Even the goats' horns are the hope of finding a way by which I to be tipped with gold, and it is expcct- might reach the level of the ocean, ed to be a most gorgeous spectacle when But, although I could get down per-

haps five hundred feet below the summit of the ridge by taking dangerous risks of slipping over into the sea below, that was the extent of my discoveries. And so I spent the entire day until darkness began to dcscend upon me, and the mighty cliffs cast somber shadows far to the eastward upon the trackless deep whose mystery 1 was so anxious to explore, and to whose merciless, dark and forbidding waves 1 was so ready to commit my safety and my life if I could only reach them with a boat. For that was the plan which had slowly formed itself in my homesick brain. To get a boat over the mountain ridge, and with sail and oar to make my way to the California coast, which I was convinced was not beyond the possibilities of a voyage in an open boat if I should have favorable weather. Night closing down put a stop to further explorations for that day* and weary and sore, I mounted again to the summit, and looking over into the valley, now enveloped in darkness, I could see dotted here and there over the black expanse, as stars bedeck the heavens above, the flaring torches which marked the course of the great highway.

and beautiful a picture that I

was ascinatc

tor the moment, and then

Knowing that I had now remained upon the mountain top so long that it would be unsafe for me to try to make my way home that night I carefully descended until I reached the forest line, and picking out a sheltering tree, with a projecting root for a pillow I stretched myself upon the ground and was soon in the land of dreams as well as in the Land of Nod.

The climate was so dry and warm that had no fear of the effect of the out-door nap, and I was anxious, also, to test my powers of endurance in abstaining from food after having lived for over four years so easy and luxurious a life. It was my first night of exposure since that nremorabe night beneath the ash tree, and I wondered hat Enoch would think and concluded that he would be satisfied that I had left the country by the mysterious route by which he had seemed to liink I came into it. And as I dropped to sleep I wished, indeed, hat I could be as easily and readily transported from the country as I had been brought into it.

The next morning I woke with the birds, refreshed and thoroughy rested. I felt hungry but not so weak as I had supposed I would and had no doubt of •iiv ability to pursue my explorations another day without food without suffering any serious inconvenience.

The beautiful valley lay spread out before me in all the freshness of the early morning. Far to the northeast the giant peak towered skyward, clouds encircling its lofty summit in a manner that I had not noticed before—clouds strange and dark in gloomy contrast to the verdant foliage and golden sunshine—clouds to me portentious of coming evil.

Retracing my steps over the uncertain pathway by which I had descended to my forest lodging place on the previous evening, I again ascended to the summit of the mountain, and again descended so far as practicable on the seaward side. This was accompanied by some danger and was only accomplished by actually clinging to and crawling down the steep descent until the perpendicular cliff was reached and further progress became impossible. Having reached this point I found myself upon a narrow ledge scarcely more than a foot in width the restless waves 2,000 feet or more below on the one hand and the towering steeply-sloping side of the mountain reaching skyward from 50 oto 1,000 feet 011 the other. Following this ledge carefully, sometimes on all lours, and again pausing and leaning back against the mountain wall in a sudden dizzy dread of falling over. I at length came to a point where the ledge began to widen, and the mountain wall assumed a perpendicular position. As

I proceeded the ledge became wider and the wall on the right began to project over my head forming, in fact, a covered passage cut in the face of the rocky cliff whereon I was threading my dai gerous way, the passage at length terminating in a oewern-Jike formation, open upon the seaward side with a floor of perhaps thirty feet or more in width, and a ceiling or roof of rock above at a height of twenty feet whose eave projected over the floor on which I stood toward the sea a distance of several feet in places, and in going to the edge and looking down upon the water below I saw that the sea wall receded from the perpendicular, and the surf sent up a hollow reverberating sound as if the waves were rushing into the cavernous depths of the mountain ridge. As further progress was impossible I seated myself upon a projecting rock to rest before retracing my steps, vexed at my-

having uselessly wandered into

much danger only to have to return

an( a a

recollected, with a feeling of re- le(lgC. I began to feel weak and wished

to leave it all, ^at

that. a I beliesed, the entire prop- thoughts were passing through my

Jcl, ar

soon t0

irrctric^lble

tempt fate upon the narrow-

Was

safely at home. While these

scene were ind. accompanied by the ceaseless

engultcd 111 booming roar of the surf below which in

]at con incc

at the lower end of the valley I to me that this was the place for which had discovered one place where I thought the cliff overhung the sea and, as the spectacle changed and the beautiful outfit moved off quietly and slowly

space seemed to grow

I was looking from which to launch my boat. For I now was convinced that there was no beach upon the rocky base of the tremendous precipices which guarded the valley around and that the only way of escape was by finding a projecting cliff from which a boat might be let down as a boat is lowered from the davits of a ship. Here was the projecting cliff, but how was the boat to be got into the cavern? As I became rested the plan slowly came to me. I would make a rope by which a boat might be let down from the summit of the ridge and suspended oyer the mouth of the cavern from whose floor I would be able to draw it in and make my preparations for the dangerous descent. A capstarr would have to be built upon the summit to furnish the power necessary and on the projecting eave of the cavern's roof as well as upon the mountain side, where the uneven surface projected from the plane of a line between the capstan on the summit and the cave below, Rollers would have to be constructed and anchored upon timbers to carry the rope and prevent the rocks from wearing and cutting it The transportation of the boat to the summit, the building and anchoring of the capstan and rollers, and all the work connected therewith, while difficult and possibly dangerous, I was confident could be readily accomplished

within a reasonable time with the aid of the willing and intelligent helpers of which I was sure there would now be 110 lack. But the rope! There would be a necessity for a hail mile or more of srong rope, pliable and light enough to be easily handled What was it to be made of? There was no lack ol strings and small ropes made from barks, splints from the bamboo and leather. Now I had it: The ropes should be made from straps cut from the inexhaustible supply of dried sheepskin in the subterranean rooms of our household!

My plan now being complete I aroused myself to a realization of my position, and the lengthening shadows to the eastward warned me that I must make haste to gain the summit or prepare to spend the night in the caveman alternative by no means comfortable or inviting. For, although the climate of the valley was warm and dry and wholesome, here the air was damp and cool, and the rough, uneven ledge forming the floor of the cave impressed me as the foundation for a most uncomfortable bed. And as I looked about and above I could see moisture dripping from the roof to little pools in the uneven floor, and the salty breath of the sea, and a faint fog which began to arise, all urged me to a hurried and unceremonious exit from the only practical wharf which I had been able to discover up.'.i the sea coast of the Land ol Nod. Hurriedly as I could with due regard to safety I retraced my steps over the treacherous ledge, climbing and crawling to the summit, from thence descending to the valley below without difficulty, the ascent upon that side of the ridge being comparatively easy at almost all points that I had explored. (To be continued.)

THOUGHT THE OTHKR RUDE,

But It was Only Ahsent-Mindcdn ess that Caused Her to Say It..

"I wonder why Alice Gray and Helen Armstrong never speak," ruminated the dramatic student as she and the musical student went out to the elevator together. "They take just the same studies and they sit next to each other in the class three days a week. But they're as stiff and formal as though they'd just met. I can't make it out at all." "I can," answered the musical student. "It was Helen's absent-minded ness that started it. You know how queer she is, and what a way she has of asking questions, don't you." "I should think so! I never saw such a girl for asking questions. Why, one day she—" "Well, when Alice entered the school Helen took quite a fancy to her, and just as soon as they met she began to as questions. Alice didn't understand her, of course, and she answered very shortly, and Helen began to feel queer. So, as she didn't know just how to leave off the conversation, and Alice wouldn't help her in the least, she got nervous, as she always does, and made one of her usual breaks." "What did she say? Did she serve her as she did me? Why she told me—" "No. she didn't. But she did worse. She said. "I must go home I'm wasting my time sadly!' So Alice made up her mind she was the rudest girl she'd ever seen, and she won't so much as look at her. But it was only that Helen was absent-minded, after all she didn't mean anything unpleasant."—Chicago Times-Herald.

The Great Mouse Hunt. A lady, while engaged in the pursuit of her domestic duties, encountered a mouse in the flour barrel. Now, most ladies, under similar, circumstances would have uttered a few genuine shrieks, and then sought safety in the garret but this one possessed more than the ordinary degree of genuine courage.

She summoned the manservant, and told him to get the gun, call the dog, and station himself at a convenient distance. Then she clambered half-way upstairs and commenced to punch the flour barrel with a pole.

Presently the mouse made its appearance and started across the floor. The dog at once went in pursuit. The man fired, and the dog dropped dead the lady fainted and fell down the stairs and the man. thinking that she was killed, and fearing that he would be arrested for murder, disappeared, and has not been seen since. The mouse escaped.—Tit-Bits. 4

To Gay for Him.

I once spent a week on Scotland lightship, near the entrance to New Yorkharbor. The assistant keeper was in charge, and he was nearly stone deaf. He had not been ashore for three months, and even a newspaper came to him only by chance from time to time, when a pilot-boat stopped by on her way out of the harbor. From sunrise until 9 o'clock at night he did little else but sit 011 a hatchway, smoking an old pipe and gazing reflectively at the great harbor receiving and dismissing its thousands of vessels. One day he asked me to use my influence to get him transferred to Cape Cod. I asked him why he wished the change. "Well," said he, seriously, "I want a quieter station it's too lively here I want to be where there is less going on. —St. Nicholas.

Tlic Urbane Chaunccy

Chauncey Depcw alighted from a Sixth avenue car yesterday morning just as another car came past, and stood for a moment between the tracks.

The newsboys recognized him at a glance. "Don't get rattled, Chauncey!" yelled a little, dirty-faced rascal, as he swung a pile of papers over his arm. "Stand still and you'll be all right." "Peach, Peach," said the youngster, who had just begun to cross the street. "Such impertinence," said the bank clerk to his friend, the young typewriter, for they were standing on the corner. "It must be very embarrassing to him." "Good morning, boys," said the great man. "Good morning, Mister Depew," said the youngsters, respectfully raising their hats.

Then the great man passed on.

THE VERY T-.VTKST STYLES.

Here One May Kind Fresh Gleanings from Fashion's Field.

The very latest bodice is no longer the bolero, but the kind that fasten'-, from the right side over to the ici't. Some are fulled and finished with a jabot just against the sleeve some have a double knife-plaited ruffle from the shoulder to the waist, while still others are finished with a point, just at the bust, with a narrow frill all around.

The very latest shoe has the modified bulldog toe not the very mannish broad one of the past winter, nor yet the oldfashioned round toe, but an indescribable modification of both.

The very latest bow ties are of Na poleon blue, or in Roman stripes. These add a very pretty becoming piece of color to the shirt waist.

The very latest belt is of moreen or silk-covered leather, with a jeweled or enameled buckle. These are made with catches after the style oi those on a man's glove, so that they are interchangeable, and the several belts can be worn with one buckle. Hardly second to these in popular favor arc the leather ones, with harness or double

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trace buckle, although these are not sc strictly new. The very latest stitching for gloves is in two shades, for instance, two rows of lavender inside, with black stitching all around, making the outside and inside row of black.

The very latest shirt waist sleeve lia^ the fullness laid in tucks just back of the cuff and stitched up about four inches, one-quarter of an inch from the edge of each.

The very latest trimming for the ruffles of the thin gowns is row upon row of satin bebe ribbon lace is considered last season's style.

The very latest style of visiting card is cardboard, almost transparent in its thinness.—Philadelphia Record.

BROINZE RED SILK.

'Sauce Hollandaise.

Put two heaping tablespoonfuls of nice, sweet butter into a frying pan when melted add two tablespoonfuls of flour, stirring until smooth. Add two teacupfuls of cold water and stir steadily until it thickens add a teaspoonful of salt, a saltspoonful of white pepper and another tablespoonful of butter, cut into bits. Stir until the butter is melted, take it from the fire and add the yolks of two eggs (use those left from the strawberry foam.) beaten with the juice of half a lemon and a teaspoonful of onion juice, stirring steadily.

Impromptu Cosy Corner. There was not a single inviting

or artistically possible" corner in I room It was altogether an uninterwf ing oblong room, with a door at end, two windows on the opposite and a dreary stretch of wall between Moreover, it was a room with a blwi northern exposure, which seldom W sunshine enough to atone for its form. But its owner did not desnai! At a trifling cost she had the carpe place a shelf a foot wide six feet fro the door around the corner and don" six feet of the long, uninteresting

w»h

Then the shelf stopped abruptly, but thai there might seem to be method in it! pause its owner placed a small book' case there. A cot bed, costing $4

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springs and mattress, was placed agaim the wall under the shelf. Pompem, red burlap was fastened to the wall be neath the shelf all the way around. Th bed was stained a clear oak eoloi. Th! cot bed was converted ifno a divan bi the aid of a Bagdad cover and a pit of cushions of rich, warm bright huts At the corner of the sneli, where turned, a bed lantern in a wrought-iroi casing, swung by a chain a foot Ions made a spot of brilliant color. 1 be loni expanse of wall and tne drearv

rnln

scheme of the room were sic

iluj,

and easily overcome.—Chicago Chro!| icle.

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MUSLIN DE SOU-: OVF-R

Denim Table Cover. I

One of our society leaders took as pick-up work while at Atlantic Easter a table cover of olive denim, which when finished was in three strips, joined by two-inc 1 bons of pale old rose, and 011 t^

bon strips a conventional runni tern was being wrought

twisted embroidery silk. Tne was then to be catstitched to tne 1 This is not hard to do

a,K''\Vin|ii|

fully nice to look at.-PI»ladclp1 Record.

Fed-Room Floors.

The floors of bed rooms in J[our 1 mer home may be treated in

erings match in tone,

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tistic way by using an ename to that used 011 metal bedste harmonizes beautifully w'' .ncoJ wall papers. Have the floor an

ot) I1

and use

niattiT'l

or denim for wainscoting

if yo«

These

enanje dl'l

to be particuarly smart. as come in a number of shades, copper color, moss green ]ari Dutch blue, which arc and apropriatc effective pose.