r of which he can form a picture through his imagination, and even when the latter is vi

gs of the four human beings who through the long black hours of that

t see his hand held close before his face, Sam Willett crouched dow

urled down long lines of rapids, or caught by some projecting rock it would be sent spinning around with a velocity that made the occupants sick with the whirling motion and the fear that the end had come

g into the bowels of the earth, or flying away through th

ble in the strip of sky far overhead, to assure him

t stretch of water when Ike ca

h Sam, ken

can hear,"

h feel, 'bou

hopefu

yeh feel

n," said Sam, for wa

deah wot's

e not,

it is since de sun wen

hough, judging by his own feelin

Ike. "Oh, Mistah Sam, yeh'

n went down?" asked Sam, for the sound of

ty, adding quickly, "an' I don't tink de sun'll eber rise agin. It's done gone gin

t, I

up in de darkness, a

ike ole man,"

asked Sam, glad to hear

ly hungly,"

lna, from the forward part of the

the exclama

t," said th

n what direction the east wa

Ike cal

a light i

all saw it, high up

of a wonderful fire opal, set i

ment, till the reflected light penetr

ghest snow peaks of the mountains, a

of sight is restored, our friends watched th

, till at length their far-off summits could be seen, with her

ke, when he felt that the coming of the sun was not a false alar

day, and sitting up he began to bark in a way tha

rent during the long hours of that awful night, but as soon as it wa

right and left in the hope of finding a

eary, but the coming sun re

anded into an area a quarter of a mile in diameter, that

eded in gliding the raft to a ledge of sloping rocks, where it wa

ver, Sam decided to explore thoroughly in the hope of finding a way out of the

hich they had come the day before, and there were so many recesses and

d they found enough drift-wood to make a fire, but all were

although it had not been improved by its l

t may be more weary in feeling because unburdened with the responsibility

round and see if I can find a way out of this," said Sam,

f you are going to search I shall go with you. I know how you feel about your father, an

ding the raft to a l

at their rifles were in order and loaded they s

ides of the ca?on, like the ruin of a giant's stronghold, and at every step they coul

was impressed with the idea that his companion must have shrunk, he

rift in the ca?on wall that led up to the blue sky, a

y of joy, and even Ulna's usually impassive

d Sam, as with the activity of a mo

he rift, and from their position they could no

igher up-and with stout hearts they faced the unknown path tha

eper at each step, while here and there their course was ma

uld take them to the summit, the cleft came to an end in a precipice fully a hundred feet

he leaned against the side of the cliff and

will become of him! What w

prisoners need not to be told about the flood. They will give us time to get back, I am su

g left but to make their way back to the place where they had lef