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THE SCHANTOIT TRIBUNE-MONDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1897.
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The qt'ory Is narrated by tho aulhoi.
why, wUh his friend Crawford, Is seeking
tht rulnod, city pf Aranapura, In south.
castern.Indla, Tho object of the search Is
eome. treasure, that the men bollevo lies
hidden, In tho ancient hall of Buddhn,
within tho ruined city. They have ob
tained this knowledso from a. "document
that a Krateful fakcer haB tflven to Craw
ford. They Interpret the contents to mean
that at full moon tho beams will fall
upon tho spot In the hall whjre tbe treas
ure is concealed. The men find the ruined
city, but to locate tho hall among the
mass of cnJmbllnft walls Is nmiurenlly a
hopeless task. At least, so It seems to tho
narrator as ho gazes upon tho shapeless
mass that was onco a noble city.
PAIIT II.
I was In the very act of turning to
Crawford with a rather disappointed
laugh to say so, when my eye was ar
rested by a phenomenon. The sun was
going down, nnd nt the moment his
level rny streamed In a dazzling river
of flashing light through the narrow
gorge In the hills. It blazed on the still
turfuce of the lake; It ppread In waves
of liquid gold over the desolate site of
the city of Sondavnlluj It crowned with
a perfect hale of glory the huge pre
cipitous rock that rose darkly between
me and tho western sky. My eye had
rested almost unconsciously, on the
citadel rock as I turned, nnd I uttered
an exclamation of surprise. There, at
a distance of perhaps a third of Its
height from the sharply-defined sum
mit, there glanced from the black wall
of stone a succession of sparkling ar
rows of light that darted through the
long shadows cast by the rock across
the plain, For a second or two I stared
In wonder at the sight: then like a flash
its meaning burst upon my mind.
"Eureka!" I exclaimed, In a sudden
turst of excitement. "Eureka!"
"Why, what the mischief do you
mean?" said Crawford, rather crossly,
"what have you found now?"
"The hall, man! Your black and
ancient hall, as sure as I'm a living
sinner!" I stretched out my hand as I
Bpoke, and pointed to the rock. Craw
ford's eyes followed the- direction, and
he started.
"Bless my soul!" he ejaculated, after
he had stared at It llxedly for a mln
uate. "I believe you're right." ,
We had both sprung to our feet, and
for some minutes we stood without a
word gazing at the phenomenon that ;
had suggested so much to, us both? It
could not have been more than five
minutes at the most, yet it was long
nough to exhaust the sight. Even as
we looV.cd tho flashing points of light
shifted, contracted, and suddenly went
out I turned startled eyes on my com
panion. What did It mean?
"Oh, that's all right," he said, "It
could onlv last for a minute or two
while the sun was directly on the level,
but it was as good as an hour. All
we've got to do now Is to make the
most of our luck, for upon my soul it
was about the greatest streak of luck
that ever I came across."
We stood for some minutes gazing at
the rock as If we expected to see the
lights again, but of course none ap
peared, And at last we sat down again
and dlscuFsed our next proceedings.
We were both persuaded now that we
had solved the mystery of the hall, as
it was evident that the setting sun had
shone through the citadel rock from
side o side, showing plainly that it
was holjow, and had window openings
looking both east and west. We were
agreed that there must be some means
of entrance . from below, though of
course it might have been blocked up
in the course of centuries, and all wo
had to do was to find it.
"Ticklish, isn't It?" I observed, when
wo had arranged our programme to our
mutual satisfaction.
"Dovillsh!" replied Crawford, son
tentiously; "but you don't expecc to
"EUREKA!" I EXCLAIMED.
pick up diamonds on the parade ground,
You've got to risk something."
It was clear that Crawford was right,
and, now that I was fairly committed
to it, the risk seemed rather to add to
than .detract from tho interest of th
adventure. There was no huiry, bo.
cause, as Crawford pointed out, all we
could hopo to do before midnight was
to find our way to tho place, and that
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f could scarcely take many hours to do.
we had our evening meal, and, as wo
did bo, watched tho gradually waning
daylight as It dted away from the lake,
and tho plain, and at last the sky, till
the shadows stole over the scene In
darker and yet darker tones. The
moon rose, clear and liquid, from be
hind the forest and flooded both sky
WE FOUND THAT A NARROW PASSAGE WAS LEFT.
and earth with silver light. We wait
ed till she had risen some distance in
the heaven, and both our attendants
had gone to sleep before we stared.
At last all was ready, and we set out.
Neither Crawford nor I seemed dis
posed for conversation as we proceeded
on our adventure. There was some
thing strangely mysterious In the busi
ness, which, In spite of myself, op
pressed me with a sense of foreboding,
and tho effect was heightened and
made more intense by the solemn still
ness and beauty of the scene. Moon
lightthe marvelous moonlight of the
Innermost tropics steeped the scene In
a ghostfV splendor. It lay en the sil
ent lake, a burnished shield of silver; It
rested on the soaring masses of the
mountain range that towered up Into
the violet blue of the sky; it brooded,
soft and misty, over the silent ruins
of the dead city Into which we -were
making our way. There was some
thing startling in the silence. A sound
of any kind the rustling of a leaf, the
note of a bird, even the cry of a beast
of prey, would have seemed a relief in
that impressive stillness. We followed
the line of the great avenue which had
been eo ''plainly marked out by the
h'enps of crumbling ruin on either hand,
leading, as we knew It did, directly to
the great central mass of rock which
now rose gray and ghostly before us.
The distance from our camping place
could hardly have exceeded two miles,
and we met no obstacle in. the path.
Our silent tread on the mossy turf
disturbed no echoes among the shape
less mounds of what had once been
stone, and only the soft, weird whisper
of the night breeze reached us as it
Etolo through the ruins and barely
stirred the leaves of the great trees
that rose so mysteriously from un
seen depths among the crumbling
heaps. Wo made our way steadily
onwards till at last the mass of rock
rose frowning and perpendicular over
head. It looked black and forbidding.
Seen close at hand, even the moonlight
failed to brighten It as it stood out.
black, bare and threatening, against
the sky. There were no ruins close to
the rock, and In most places the level
ground reached to Its very base. Here
and there we came upon a pleco of
shattered rock which seemed to have
rallfin from the cliff and sunk deeply
into the earth, and once or twice these
splintered rocks appeared to have
brought with them masses, of what
looked like crumbling masonry.
We searched in vain on the side we
had reached for some sign of an en
trance or passage Into the rock, and It
was not till we had traced It round that
side and more than half pf the other
that Crawford, who had taken the lead,
cume to halt in the dark shadow that
stretched westward from the citadel.
When I Joined him I found that he was
standing at the foot of a sloping mass
of rubbish and shattered masonry
larger than any we had yet met with.
This seemed piled up against the face
of the cliff as though It had slid from
the top.
"I think there Is something here,"
Crawford said, straining his eyes to
look upwards through the deep shadow.
I followed his example, and it did
seem to me, too,' that Just above tho
heap, at whoso foot we were standing,
there was something that looked like u
darker hollow in the black face of 'tho
beetling rock.
"You've got the lantern," he added,
In a half whisper, as if ho were afraid
of waking an echo in the intense si
lence. I produced the lantern and we light
ed it. It was small, and, although
easily carried, threw but a feeble light
on our surroundings. By its light,
however, we contrived to scramble up
the rugged heap of masonry and rocks
till wo reached the top. Our impres
sion had been correct; there was or
nt any rate there had been a doorway,
At first I thought it was effectually
barred by the fallen stone, but on ex
aminer the place more carefully by tbe
lantern's light we found that a narrow
passage, which Indeed might more
properly ho called a hole, was left be
tween, the arched top of tho gateway
and the maBS of rubbish which so
nearly filled It up. The entrance looked
dark and forbidding enough, but It was
evident that It was tho only hope of ac
complishing our object, and we did not
hesitate. As tho bearer of the lantern,
I took the lead, and slowly and with
difficulty, by getting on all fours I
managed to get through. Tho fallen
mass sloped away on the Inner as It
had done on the outer side, and after
I had waited long enough to light
Crawford on his way through the nar
row entrance, I proceded to descend
to the level of the ancient entrance,
closely followed by my companion.
I had nearly got to the bottom when
a stone on which I had set my foot sud
denly gave way and I rolled helplessly
downwards. The lantern, although ex
tinguished, was most fortunately found
to be unbroken when Crawford scram
bled down to where I lay, and after
some trouble we managed to relight It.
Till this had been accomplished I had
been content to He still, feeling a little
bruised and sore, and almost reluctant
to make an exertion which might make
me aware of some more serious In
Jury than I was yet conscious of
having received. When at last I roused
myself and gained my feet I wns glad
to find that except a slight sprain of
my right angle I seemed little the
worse.
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"Now for It!" said Crawford, cheer
fully, when he had passed his experi
enced surgeon's hand over the place.
"I'm afraid It may give you some trou
ble by and by, but you'll be able to
limp through this Job tonight, I fancy,
and the sooner we find this blessed hall
the better.'1 I found he was right. I
was able to follow his lead, but It was
slowly, and not without pain each time
I rested any weight on the injured
foot. When we had got clear of the
loose stones and rubbish that had rolled
farther into the passage, we found that
the entrance was a wide one, wide
enough for ten or twelve men to march
through side by side, and that it
stretched forward into 'what looked like
an abyss of Impenetrable darkness. Our
lantern glimmered feebly on the rocky
floor, and shone faintly on the walls
that extended upwards out of sight
without showing any indication of a
roof overhead. We went slowly and
cautiously forward, for the place
seemed well fitted for the lair of some
beast of prey, but, except the faint
echo of our own footsteps, there was
not a sound of life. At last Crawford
paused and held up the lantern.
"I thought so," he said; "the steps
at last!" Then we began to ascend the
great, black staircase cut out of the
solid rock, the surface smooth and pol
ished, the edges clean-cut and sharp,
ns if but yesterday from the hands of
the workmen who had lived and died
two thousand years ago. The steps
seemed never ending to me as I labored
after my companion. Upwards and up
wards still; the same glistening steps;
the same dull black walls; the same
impenetrable darkness that closed
above our heads it became like a
nightmare to me, and it seemed as if
it would never end.
It ended at last, and it came like a
surprise.
"Thank goodness, that's all," said
Crawford, as he stopped and held up
the lantern. It glimmered like a rush
light In a cathedral, but It showed us
nothing. Beyond the radius of its
puny light all was an abyss of the
blackest darkness By going cautious
ly round with the light we soon dis
covered that we stood in a wide ante
chamber which opened by a narrow
doorway Into another. At the moment
when Crawford advanced through this
holding the lantern before him, a sud
den gUBt of wind blew out the light
and left us In darkness. But no! It
took only a moment to convince me
that my first impression, was wrong
it was no longer dark. There was
light a faint, gray, uncertain light,
which seemed to steal through the
darkness and rather to dilute its qual
ity than absolutely to substitute any
thing else in its place. From where I
stood in the ante-chamber I could see
plainly that it came from the inner
chamber through the narrow doorway,
and it was strong enough to enable
mo to seo Crawford's figure as he
paused at the entrance.
"It's the hall," ho said, In a voice
that was almost a whisper. "Come onl
There's light enough In hero without
the lantern." As he spoke he passed
through the doorway and disappeared
In the gray darkness, and I made haste
to limp after him.
PART III.
In the course of many wanderings I
had been in many strange places and
seen not a few sights that were both
curious and Impressive, but I cannot
say that among them all my memory
can single out ono In all respects so im
pressive as this. As I stood wlth'ln the
entrance and looked round, the words
of tho Pall writing came back to my'
memory so vividly that I seemed to
hear them repeated, "the black and
nnclent hall." It was a hall of vast
size. The first impression it made on
the senses was its blackness. On every
sldo the blackness closed it in; tho
floor, tho walls, or tljo ejjadows tha,t
represented tho walls, th'e huge square
plla'rs that stood In row alter row till
they 'were lost in tho dim obscurity,
the shadows overhead which seemed to
represent tho roof; nil alike wcro
black. Tho faint light scented to float
nnd cling round the pillars, but. it
nowhere called forth a single sparkla
of light from the dull, dead surface.
I hardly know how long wo Btood In
silence, but at least It must have been
for eeveral minutes before Crawford
turned und grasping mo by the arm
said in an eager whisper:
"It's all right, lall; there's no mis
take about the place. Sec that must
be Buddha himself."
He pointed, ns he spoke, down one of
the long dim vistas between the black
pillars, which had so far escuped my
notice, and there faintly outlined
against tho darkness, was something
gray and gigantic but yet human. In
shape. As he spoke he moved down
tho hall towurds it, nnd, although, I
confess with a creeping sensation in
the region of my spine, I followed him.
We must have walked at leaBt a hun
dred yards down the black avenue of
pillars before wo reached It, but when
we did so there was no longer tho
faintest doubt in my mind that our In
formation had been correct, and that
fortune had guided us to the spot indi
cated by tlTe Pall writing. It was a
huge figure which hud evidently been
cut out of the solid black rock when
tho temple hall was excavated. It was
Feated on a great square block of stone,
in the usual cress-legged attitude, and
looking upwards one could see tho vast,
calm, expressionless features, and
higher still the point where the top
of the head Joined to and supported
the roof. Crawford, I could see, was
examining the figure curefully on every
side, but my ankle had grown painful,
and I contented myself with resting
against the pedestal und following his
motions with my eye. At last he Join
ed me.
"Look here, Hall," he said, "I've
looked everywhere but I can see no
signs of any secret place for the treas
ure, and what Is still more remarkable
I don't see any possible way for moon
light to come In when the moon's over
head. The only-thing to be done now
Is to wait and see what happens at the
moment of full moon, and that will be
at nineteen minutes past twelve. In
the meantime I can see it will be neces
sary to take Sent Into our confidence,
and I think It will be almost necessary
to fetch that little crowbar. You don't
mind my leaving you alone here, do
you, while I fetch Sent? I fancy there's
Just about time to do it, and In case
we're a few minutes late you can mark
tho exact spot."
"Yes," I said, a little wearily, "yet, I
can do as much as that, no doubt, if
anything happens to point it out."
"Oh, come now," he replied with
rather an anxious laugh, "what's the
use of swallowing a cow and choking
on the tail. I haven't a shadow of a
doubt about it now, nnd I don't be
lieve you -have either.. It's that con
founded ankle of your's that spoke
then."
I felt that he was right, and I couldn't
but feel that his proiiosarwas the best
that could be made under the circum
stances, as I could be of very little ac
tive service either in securing or car
rying off any treasure there might be
concealed. I therefore agreed heartily
to do my best to trace and indications
there might be of the hiding place
until Crawford returned with assist
ance, and, having carefully lighted
tho lantern to show him the way he
started.
I need hardly say that I should have
preferred Crawford's share of the busi
ness had I been in a condition to under
take It, and It was with something very
llko a shudder that I watched the light
glimmering farther and farther away
till at last it disappeared through the
square opening of the doorway by
which we had entered, leaving me alone
In the desolate temple. For some sec
onds I could catch the faint echo of my
companion's footsteps as he descended
the great staircase up which we had
tolled, and then they died away leav
ing a deathly stillness behind in which
tho beating of my heart sounded like
a drum. How long should I have to
wait for his return? This was the first
thought that filled my mind, though It
IT WAS THE LIGHT SHINING
was quickly followed by tho question:
Should anything happen In his nbssnee?
I was there to watch for tho sign that
was to disclose the hiding-place of the
treasure would It come? In any other
place, at any other time, I should have
laughed the very Idea to scorn but
here? I looked around on every side,
only to be met by tho long, straight
shafts of the dense black pillars; far
away on tho right I could trace the
faint outline of one of tho rock-hewn
windows through whjch the gray light
nitered into tho black cavern in which
I stood alone.
I felt that I must pull myself togeth
er to resist the strain on my nerves,
and I decided that U.-was better, even I
at tho cost of some pain, to move about
than to remain at rest and become tho
become tho victim gf a thousand fan
cies. I began to walk, or rather to limp
up and down, and tho motion seemed
to restore me to my usual condition of
mind. Haw long I limped up and down
tlvaj Waek, colh)n,ade, (Peering down
JiL x - hz S
each vistn in the hopo of convincing
myself that there was nothing to bo
seen, straining my ears In tho vain
hope of hearing tho sound of footsteps
on the stairs, I cannot tell, for although
I tried again nnd again to read the fig
ures on tho dial plate of my watch I
could never satisfy myself that I had
succeeded. Had there been a hope of
a seat anywhere I might have sought
It, but there wns none, nnd Indeed I
wns afraid to lose Bight of the gigantic
figure which I felt instinctively to be
conncoted with tho discovery I was
waiting for.
I was standing opposite tho figure
now, and, as I peered upwards through
the darkness at the face that held me
with an almost hypnotic spell, some
thing happened. I could not have said
what it was that chained my attention
and made the blood run coldly through
my Hmbs, but there was something
the face had changed. Its expression
had chansxed, or seemed to change, a
dozen times before, but I knew that
this was different it had really
changed this time. What was It?
I gazed fixedly at the great, calm,
features till suddenly It flashed upon
me. It wns the eyes. Till that moment
tho great orbs had looked out fixed,
and rigid, with a dull stare into tho
dim shadows that surrounded them,
but now they woke to life a strange,
pale face. I stared; I rubbed my eyes
to mako sure that it was not another
trick of the fancy only more vivid than
any that had gone before, but when I
looked ngaln the Impression had only
grown stronger. From the centre of
each eyeball a dim, ghostly ray of light
was gleaming, and moment by moment
It was growing brighter. It struck
downward, and I could trace Its path
through the gray shadows like the
flight of a phosphorescent arrow. My
eye followed the two slender lines as
they fell, nnd I noticed that they In
clined to one another till at last they
Joined and ns a single ray of light set
tled upon the right knee of the sitting
figure. Upon that knee tho giant right
hand of the image lay, not flat, but In
an easy posture that brought the fore
finger slightly over the thumb. It was
here here, on the Inner edge of tno
thtimb, that the united ray of sliver
moonlight fell.
Hitherto I had followed it mechan
ically, curiously nnd wonderlngly, but
without connecting it lntelllg Mly with
anything else; but now It appealed to
my mind like a revelation, and the
words of the Pnll writing seemed to
throb In my ear once more. "The
glance of the Queen of Night shall rest
upon the secret place where He the hid
den .treasures of the beloved one.'
It was here, then, here that the treas
ure lay! I forgot my weariness; I
ceased for tho moment to feel the pain
of my disabled ankle; I sprang for
ward and laid my hand on the spot
where the silver nrrow of the moon
light fell. As I stood my shoulder was
Just on the level of the massive knee
of .the great figure on which the hand
rested. Following the glance of the
moon I laid my hand on the giant
thumb. It yielded to the pressure, and,
moving aside as if on a pivot, Bhowed
that the hand wns hollow, al ns the
pale shaft of the moon light fell upon
its contents there was flashed back a
reflection of many-colored lights. It
was tho treasure!
For a moment I paused and almost
gasped for breath. My eyes seemed
dazzled by the sight, and the surprise
of the sudden discovery was llko a
shock to my nerves. Before I had
tlmo to recover, or Indeed to think;
before I could mako up my mind to
stretch out my hand and touch the
glittering prize, something like a gray
shadow flitted past me. At the same
moment there was a strange, grasping,
guttural sound close to my ear, and I
felt my throat grasped by long, bony
Angers, that felt llko those of a skele
ton, and sent a thrill of superstitious
horror tingling through every nerve
In my body. I staggered and grasped
wildly at my assailant, but the sud
denness of the attack and the smooth
ness of the rock floor on which I stood
caused me to lose my balance. My
desperate clutch closed upon some
thing, Indeed, but It felt unsubstantial
and yielded no support and then I
fell.
IN MY EYES THAT ROUSED ME.
It was the light of Crawford's lantern
shining In mv eyes that roused me to
consciousness. A voice, which I recog
nized' as that of Sent, exclaimed: "Al
lah be praised, he yet lives!" I sat up
with dlfllculty and stared stupidly
around for some seconds before I could
remember anything of what had oc
curredthen It came to me suddenly.
"It's gone, Crawford," I exclaimed,
with a gasp.
"The devil It 1st But how do you
know? Who's got It?" Crawford re
plied, eagerly.
I held out my right hand, In which
there remained a torn fragment of
dirty yellow cloth.
"I don't know," I said, "but I fancy
this must be a piece of what he had
on."
Crawford examined It closely for a
few moments. "Well," he said, at last.
In a tono of deep disgust, "It might
have been a piece of my old fakeer's
body cloth only that was burled with
hlm-rlt'a dirty enough, anyhovr.'l.-j
Wc examined the Image of Buddha
by the aid of the lantern and found the
secret place open as I had left It, but,
with the exception of one ruby of great
size, entirely empty. Weexnmlned tho
floor for some traces of my mysterious
assailant, but, n might have been, ex
pected, without success. A few yards
nway, however, at the fpot of one of
tho black pillars, I saw something glit
ter in the lamplight. I stooped and
picked It up. It was a very largo un
cut emerald I have it still all that re
mains to me of the sparkling heap of
gemi so strangely revealed when the
Queen of Night disclosed the long-kept
secret of Buddhu.
THE END.
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ALL THE SUPERBEST RACES OF ALL TIHE
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DOUBLE
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Dally, ut U and 8 p. m. Doors Open nu Hour Earlier.
ADMISSION TO ALL, 50 CENTS.
Children Under 0 Ycnrs, Half Price.
Bcntlns Capacity, ls.uoo. so Uniformed Ushers, Numbered Coupons, Actually Re
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make, to close them out from vi'"o
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lbs. per bushel and are
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