Show A FATAL DISCOVERY five did I net rot Aral art In Ilft Ih > Well In a very Insular mannerln WJ ff deed I Will tell you let me ee I nm now miner nil anted In Y eArrI li < l January what + nnw people 1 All a netting < > lil though 1 aonieliuw my heart feels as young as ever Reventyi ven year ago with nineteen nine-teen erf leave fiftyeight fiftyeight year ago In Juii lht woull curry It luck to III year IW Tea that Itn I right that li the year I wnt out to IV > rlau Prince Hnytl as oaptnln clerk Tin faptaln and I not agreeing very well I loft him there and while lookIng look-Ing for another berth I Ml In with n countryman of mlnewhowented to take a trip Into the Interior mutely to ratify rati-fy his curlotliy I have heard he MM that the scenery among th him In 1 Hi most beautiful In the world and I nm anxious to see It but would ralber not venture alone and hitherto have found w onto on-to IH my oomMnlon Now If you can pare n few iluya and will gm with na 1 will net only IMF all SINII lout pay you a reasonable prlco for your lime limeiota iota your man was the reply We Irnninllatcly Ml In work and procured pro-cured a good outfllrlflea pllole knlvet wallets I Itnatwack canteen and dry iiravlilon which we expected to eke out with fresh Ram and In eeonl day saw IM on our travels Into an uninhabited region On the nfth or ninth day we rtliwov erd a tuceesflon of precipice like so rnany terrace on ahoy the tiller down which pound and roared n srle of cascadea with mmmtalnn towering far heavenward on three alien nt the whole and a tranquil river and flowery valley on the fourth altogether a combination com-bination of grandeur beauty and su bllmlly that was really enchanting We spent the remainder of the duty here built our camp llrea on on of the highest ledges ant slept llstmlng lo Ih moat of tile night blrda and fall leg water On the following day w discovered the entrant lo a beautiful grotto whloli we Immediately determined to explore Collecllnic same millions atlckr and binding them together to serve for torches no lighted our bunrh and entered en-tered when perhnp the fool uf man had never before penetrated Th entrance was narrow n lltll hlihtr than our heeds and my ruin psnlnn went mutloutly forward with the HghL and I ua caullnuily followed After gelling In fifty feet In a tig Sat court we auddenly rain lo n larva parlment hung with the most beautiful beau-tiful stalactite which flashed and sparkled In the light with an effect which deHe description and we could sally fancy we were In a palace of diamonds While feasting our eye on the beauties beau-ties we gradually moved on and Mme to where three dark pasinge led tiff Poor Po-or Into Ih bowels of the earth the central cen-tral one goliic straight forward and thytheryt turning off respectively tu 1 f I r f the rliilit and left We look the middle one which was about ten feet nld and no many hlKh and arched at the beginning with nearly near-ly a n much regularity II It cut out by 4 the hand of art After advancing a few price we found gradually narrowed and began to descend omwhat abruptly tho air becoming more damp and heavy Presently It expended Into a Jong tow hall of solid rock which unlike the flrtt apartment naa dark soul gloomy altordlug tht wildest conlraat I 1 r I i l r I f 1 I I ills ill r s 1 i V HAvn A CAne On exploring this aparlmtnt wa found alx passages leading oft loan many different dif-ferent direction We mingled the largest and Hill went forward though I began to feel a little uneasy for fear we might Ventura too far lot our nay and not lo able tot to-t back Dont let UI tusk too much tho Drat time I said to my companion by way of courtesy for I have no deilra to lie burled alive There Is not the lead danger ha replied I know every turn and could and my way out In the dark Boon after thl wo cam to a place whore the passage wa so contracted that at first we were compelled to stoop and then lo crawl forward on our hand and knees Again I remonstrated but my com punton did not heed me I Wo kept on In thin manner for pome dlitance and then tho passage enlarged i and led up deep ancent I After tolling up about fifty feet we I cam to another brilliant chamber of talactlte and found n doan morn J Imltlnc I pauage leading we knew nut where I whtIt would be tempting fate lo go any farther now I propos turnlne back I I remarked llarkr ho raid I 1If0 1 hear running water and I muit MM what it la Thl wayfollow m There la no danger I will guide you back In safety lie again went forward as he tpoke and at ha Hill carried the Until I Ivan obliged to accompany > him or remain In durkueea Wa ttiut went on and on bind through a rather open paMflge and an wa advanced 1 ad-vanced the Bound of falling water became be-came more and more nudlbl till at length wa came In tight of a bright running tram that flowed along over a clear bed and fell down with lull den plunge and gloomy roar Into some I dirk nbymi that wmfrlglitful to behold be-hold A t We afbpftfd t < and conUfxpimiH this wonder of nature with the lurid tenth Ilihtlng up the awful mm I ud < lnly l rclrtd what appeared to be several bright spark of fir In the bed of trw alream A the depth of the water tree only a few MhM I n4 taf eye on fine descended Into the current atootxil down picked It up and hld It to the lightWhat What have you found IlineoriT nuked my cnmtwnlon Ulmt II ill pall I handing It tom hi to-m 111mNnr Never shall I forget hit wild eager look a he fairly ahouled Hold gold1 gall At I live goldl flue < ruM Our fortur It I mailer In n imxwnt I won ftl much exeltH at he And forgetting everything via tiolh liegan a hurried aeareh along llw bd of the ilrenm for gold SSs found It In pnrtlelM here there and everywhere rparkllng Ilk fin tM nealh Ih light of our torch and white w gathered II looking eagerly among the rncka on either Hide for acme en rlchng vein tee Indulged In the wildest Catas of wealth and ambition At tail mining lack l down Ih lrenm toward the Hg of the dark nbjrim my companion mw tometlilng that drew him fvruard In haute I ptreelred hit dinner and ahouled Have a rarer The words had not don rchnlnl thruugh the pulilerranean IIlImm when llwr was a notion > tli the dathlng forward of n human body an ngonlilng aoreani the ghoiilly gleam nf n quickly deneendlng torch and then I wee all alone In the bowels nf the earth In the rnnal alI1I1I11I darkneH Ior a lime I waa bewildered and aluinil and Ml down In the raylent dnrknee munnlng and wrliiKlnK my liamln Then I thoule lute name of my companion many lime and begged him lo answer me Ihnugh 1 knew It win all In vain rnrh echo reopondetan i awful echo that Nnally died out far nwny In tho terrific gloom At lint 1 arouieil myself to thoughli of my own preaenatlon rorlunately I had brought with mo the mean of ttrlklng a lluht unit one bundlo of slicks wit mill In my poMMtlon I lighted the torch mot around me one terrified clnnre and hurrle nwny from the miring water that wa King InN III funeral dlrga of my late companion com-panion DIY preaenra here now la n proof that I reached the outer world nllle but more than onto I was In detpalr believing be-lieving I had luau my way After tlmt I had a lone weary journey back lo rurlniilrlnre and It wa nut till near the class of the fourth day that I ram In night of the town II rained a great deal during hope four days and after being completely drenched I cons often n poBd lo n scorching sun The effect of all thin was n fever which kept toe on my bed for alt weeks during which time my life was more than one detjuilred nfl and It Will nearly four months from my fiat attack at-tack before I wan again fit for buil nouns My puree had now become pretty low I bethought me of the golden cave and at once endeavored lu turn It lo torn account 1 mentioned my dltcoery to tevcrnl different parllea telling them nt the name lime the Bad lain of the Iota rf my companion Moil of them llnlened with Indifference Indiffer-ence Baying that they did not think that gold enough could bn found there to defray the expense of ararchlig for III and I was about to RO up the Idea of making any monrv nut uf II when I fortunately IIIU 1o I apeculntlng 1rcnchmon who niQ what turn I would require t taut him to the cavern and rellnqulih all olaliu lo w hater hat-er might lx found within 1 named five thoutnnd taunt nnd after contlderable arguing he offeretl me four Ihoutand which I nnall > nc nn led nnI guided him to the grotto conducted him tu the subterranean ttream at which I shuddered ui I again beheld It Bhaned him the little aparklea of gold and received my prnmltml reward I neer laW him uflernnril but heard that ho nmdv a fortune by loll pur chnte ehllThat That four Ihounand pound so tlrnngcly aoiulred I may Bay wna my Drat real Hart In life With that 1 be can to trade In different article buy sod Belling and two years afterward returned homo In a vcttel 1 freighted by tn > Belf I was prOBpcrout In nil my undertak I net and twenty l ear ago retired from butlneu hating what I contldered lab la-b 011 enough of thli worll good |