IN THE CHINA SEA i

A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE.

By SBWABO W. UorKIXS. (Cormcn 1M ■» BomnT Bomru't I

CHAPTER V.

• CATC 1 mud me,

going over every inch of •urfaoe, both with eye and finger, end mike eure of the ibeeuce of ill secret springs or openings. \ V- * Down, war down at the very bottom, I found a small niche that was out from nnder so that it was hidden from view. 1 felt inside the niche. There seemed to be a small wooden

ball or button in it.

I had had so many disappointments that 1 did not allow myself to e' gain hope at this discovery,

peeled nothing from it. Upon minnte examinati "tired to be a line in

ateafly glow that was Vary brilliant The perfume of Incense and the odot if the burning oil were heavy and tokening. For a faw minutes il seemed as though I wonld suffocate, but gradually I became accustomed tc the pungency, and the sense of languor produced by the heavy perfumer

was not unpleasant.

If this was a place of worship, the choice of gods was liberal indeed. Upon a raised dais of marble there was a great Chinese god, or Joss, made of precious woods inlaid in blocks. This idol was hollow, and Within his capacious stomach there burned a lamp. For eyes, he hsd

j •! windows of amethyst, which were so

! lighted by the internal lamp at to be

boet's pipee with ] neco I bad found, 1

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I filled one of my 1

Oradnally my sensee gave away unr the inflnsnoe of the etaff 1 was smoking. It waa not tobacoo, or, if it was, it was prepared with drags. I am inclined to think it was opium. But whatever it waa, It was laxurions. First a delicions aense of fatigue came over me; not weariness, bnt that calm,

dreamy eenee of rest that soa^ ipauies the nke of nareolica.

the earth's rotation In Paris, tall of 06 pounds Is attalcbed to a fine piano wire apout 210 feet long. The (•dilation lasts 16 seconds.

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I began to aee bright visions. I war no longer a castaway *in an unknown island nnder the sea. I waa the favored one in an enchanted land. Beantifnl creatures floated about me. Bright color' played across my vision. Thi

all became a blank—ft

>nsoi<

le favors Beantift

Brig!

ion. Then etfulnesa—

unconsciousness. j u p .** 20 men can get How long I remained in thia atnpot j tree8 guni Is ready I do not know. It must hare been, ! ^. T being fermented an

begun. Each tree ylel

three and one-half poundi one man's work produrlni

a there ap-

peared to be a line in the rock diverging on each side from the niche. If

it was » crock, it was so close as to hi perfectly water-tight and air-tight. I placed mj\ finger on the littlt J&JZS.'SSi ‘"£^-"5

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,st nave been, being fermented andsBpen dried according to my calculations, which | W /

were based largely on my appetite. After , u „ fe tn , he M . Dltte and, later, on the position of the sun, te j, g UB , melal lg gradually returned from one day to the next. When 11 (0 the egrtjj—in mo gt cases tn Its oriawoke I ws. vei7 hungry But thu ; form lron gnd tln ^ recoI1 .

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crossed the bare, cavern-like cham- <“■*• <°™ meulllferous deposits for b.r » n d climbed no the steps out of the use of future centuries,

well. I judged by the position of

sun that it was yet early in the Messrs. Loewy and Pulaeux. of the

1 "—■- irvitory. In Issuing'some ad-

se in Cape May fos

1 years. Ripa in uppers sewed oy machine with silk fo match. Lost or broken eyelets or hooks reolaced.

stones.

diamonds and sapphires were sel •Juad. the ugly mouth in tooth-likr

' itrne 01 coral, noon w«U-

■ongly,

prei

smooth surface. - Beyond it was a , huge chamber or vault, evidently a I

natural one, running ~

atone island,

carefully made my way waa empty, as was the pi

ism lliat moved * »'

ply..**

1 convinced that ase of the mechani

the w the ei

£

d drinking in n I chanced t

water, perhaps not

small

turn. Ac

thi

It ]

the

9 rock were for something great* jan appeared in the discovery of a

mpty cat

brass.

o side of the large idol, oppt

huge and h)d<

empty cavern I groped 1

ig the walls, for the from the mysterious

only light came from the mysteri door I had opened, feeling, as I done in the pit, for another niche.

le large it a a huge 1 1 choice « could c

mile away, was a small sailing-vt evidently a pleasaut-craffc It speedily making its way, in tiou of the rook, and I had

from the directness of its coarse, that the island was the proposed landingplace of whoever was on the yacht. • I do not know what prompted m* to so quickly conceal* myself. Probably an instinctive fear of tome nnj known danger, although all my hop* rested upoji the coming of some per «oa who coufd get me away from my luxurious prison. If this was thr

mgh o! owner of the island who was coming, le the I my natural and proper course wonld

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done in the pit, for anot Near the farther end I fon sage, and found that it el everything else seemed to in solid rock. Bat 1 o’jghly convinced that 1 lay beyond. In the ]

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On the ; lito the di ans Bud.

Here, tnen, was cnoice enongn 01 1 owner 01 mo saiauu »•» j astronomy

religions. Here could come the i my natural and proper course would j ennogt pia ne ts of the solar system. Buddhist and learn his artificial wor I he to tp-efibhia pnua hifl -fiT'-TlL CX j u r ' ann g and Neptune, are believed tc p from his god, who stood in the plain my presence in his domain, hum j rotate backward, that is. in a dlrecUqn n as if teaching a multitude, j bly ask bis pardon for the intrusion j wmtrw _ r t0 Uie rota t| on D f all the other

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hour, of fingering, in wh»d. my m hegrt hc4t Uster and sent | what then if the worshiper* should ! nus. at least, the rotation is really knuckles and finger-ends had been ^ b(jpe J of Ufe into mj brgin , <eek u, fill the Iqgjp? I studied the . backward. The method U based on the made sore by contact with the rock, I I d h ^ Bolid , d Mt be{or . lhe JitosUon quicklyT There was no time | IncUnsOlon of the lines In the spec-

new button. . , 1 were life and snstenanee for s time at I looked aronnd. the passage d j Across the top of the dish were j I fonnd, just back

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ersons on the yacht

The end of

open. /

I waa blinded by a glare My eves could not stand the

rush ol ditiom

i minutes before I re- , but when I did I

1 am med

least Across the golden chopsticks. I ate my fill. •

Then 1 made a profound bow frowning idol who had so oonside come to m/ timely relief, and shsri with me the offerings of his worshi

ers. y

It was some mi covered my sight,

was bewildered by whst I saw. A most beantifnl vision was spread

before me. , i now ready for further 1 I was in an oriental garden. To the 1 „ to<W gtinne the right to the left and before me were the submarine p

to the

itely

and shared his worship-

iesl 1

man. Iwst .

ires, and'

handsome blooming trees and ahrabt. j t OIU ]- Flowering plants, that in America wonld be priceless, grew in metbodi- | tbe tel sal, well-arranged profusion on every side. The musical play of silvery

•dventnres, and

_ exploration of the submarine palace I had so miract

1 j:..

an orchestra

The mui

water from s dozen fonnta like the tinkling music of of heaven in my ears.

True, the bottom of this Elysisn field was below the level of. the sea, but high walls of solid rock surrounded it on every side, and protected il from the. waters. Straight above me the blue aky smiled down upon the

^cene.

Through the center of this garden e wall extended, the floor of

discovered.

| From whst seemed to be the rear o I I the temple, another arch, hung like - the first with rich curtains, led into a

play of silvery room carpeted with velvet, fountains sounded Ther# bnt liu i e famjtnrs in the

room. It seemed like sn antechamber to the temple. Across this room still another arch eonld be seen, and, pushing the enrtains in this to one

side, I passed through it

If I had been surprised before I wardumfounded now. This inner room was not lafge—not more than thirty feet square—but fortunes hnng upon its walls. There were panels of gold and other panels of silver. Between them the'walls were covered with inlaid precious wood, studded with choicest gems. Ho rock could be seen. Heavy Turkish rags covered -She floor. Bichly upholstered chairs, divans and ottomans were scattered abont. A golden Ismjf, in which

burned the perfumed oik waa susnow fonnd myself surrounded. | pended from the ceiling which At first. I thought it was all a i was covered with silk, draped^nd fesphxnUsmsgora. 1 believed my mind | tooned. It was a place enchanted, had given way and these beantifnl I saw no exit from this room save visions were bnt the symptoms of on the arch\hrongh which I had come, coming madness. L On one side of the chamber in an al-

cove, nearlr hidden by a swinging panel of etched bronze, I fonnd a bed. It was nn dirt orbed. There were pipes and tobaooo lying upon a small

table.

I had evidently seen everything in the rock nalace. "Bnt where," I asked myself, "ware the human inhabitants of this maghifl efcnt palace? Were they absent or ware they in hiding, anjl perhapr watching me from their place of con-

cealment*"

I closely inspected this last diae trad room, but fonnd nothing to il * V* ^

a wide

which was alabarter or porcelain. On either side grew fragrant flowers and

beaotifolly colored plants.

I wandered through this wonderful place, gazing at the work of human hands with awe. The like ] bad

I pinched myself to make sure I was awake. I was. awake.'tnost eidedly so, and my hanger ws acute as ever. The beantifnl a Could not satisfy my craving for food.

There was no fruit growing there. there might; l’’

fish in -the wi fountains. j

ight; I/.bought hopefully,, bs

surrounding the

n jutted from a b

of dazzling Abiteness. I leaned one and peered down into the sparkling water. ‘ T^ere was no sign of an-

Wilh a sigh, il w I traversed the At the farther end

wandered on.

garden, and found

of ***“ 1 1

fhit ■oFpdainarenutr an archway hewn in tha reck.

of heavy damsek and silk " - ^ j

of the pit, a jut-

ting crag. It was large enough to completely hide my body from view Irorn the side on which the little inlet was. And yet it wae so jagged and rough* that I could obtain fall view of trhat was going on without bringing my bead beyond the broken

outline of the rock.

I hastily crawled aronnd the rock, tad-fixed myself in at comfortable a position as possible, to wait. The little yacht was very faai, yet it seemed an age before it reached the island. ' But at last I had the pleasure )f seeing the sails furled, the helm pat down, and the little boat glided into the smooth water of the little

bay.

My heart was in my month. v

The first persons visible were Hru

Chinese sailors, who lifted a com-panion-ladder and hong it on t&e two

iron rings I have before mei They chattered incessantly,

language ^— : “

tram < that b

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fbefr own language. Haring carefully adjusted the ladder, they-stood back, respectfully waiting at if for the passing of a superior officer. j There now.appeared on .the deck of the yacht a Chinaman of more than ordinary size! He wa*. clad in the , military costume of the Chinese army, tnd to jndge from the magnificence of.his uniform, he was of great importance and of high rank. Ha wore 1 dangling from his belt' a handsome gold-hilled sword. On his oap was a j lug gold button. The significance of this the I did not know et the tune, bat afterward learned that it betokened his

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be ascended the companion-ladder.

time be has small side whiskers and a ' longer tuft on bU''Cfcl= v *a< bis eye* ! are made to appear unnaturally long ! by means of the careful application of j rouge. The wig. which If large and | parted In the middle, has i» bluish tint j verging on green, and mhst originally have been the color of lapis lazuli. Id Imitation of-the hair worn by Egyptian god a The mummy was lying slightly on the left side, ar Egyptians sleep today. and the head rested on a support such as Is still In use In the Soudan. The eyes are turned toward the rissun. Two staffa were found beside body, and a little wooden statue.

ascended the companion-

Beaching the top he turned, and

gave a sharp command.

Two more Chinamen appeared, carrying between theta, a burden. They carefully made their way up the Udder, abd turned to go UK the pit. The harden they carried was unmistakably a woman, and she wee

In my snrprise and in my see the woman's face, I

almost ’ discovered myself to the

*lB»*ll>i

IS to di*

disc_v- Chinsmen. I et indi- j get e better gtim|

get a betU _

any person had been there out, as if calling apon some

i it was nnmistaka- • aid. I heard the

1 heard her cry

due for

"fether" end

Curtains _

hnng in the archway, and the?* pushed cautiously aside. I peered through and looked aronnd: laaw

no person. I went in.

Now I mas in what mnst be a temple. It was much smaller than toe garden, and was lighted by several perfumed lamps dnsierod about a Urge fountain in the, center of tha chamber. These lamps had no wicks, bat the oil itself that they cooUmed burned with a

I coice sounded young. [to rr OO&TUW-l

recently. And yet it was nnmistaka- i aid. I heard the words "father" end bly the abiding-place of some one of j ‘.‘God.” I judged Tier to be an Engvsat wealth, eccentricity and luxnri- | U«h or an American womaff. Th*

| I had become accustomed to the

strangeness of the place.

My condition w*s so much improved j Baronet a Pauper. j train is the only agency thi over the predicament I had been in. | . Bucceasfnlly with the white ghos that I was disposed to accept the situs- j L®' • ihslr kindred, and it should be h<

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