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He fashioned, out of the tenacious clay of an earth-bank about half a e water-jars, and baked thee fire on the terrace in front of the cave

When properly hardened he scoured them carefully with river-sand and filled the up the hard ascent with a stout heart--for all this toil irl; it was all another step on the hard pathway toward the goal

In her sleep that night he bent above her, kissed her tenderly, and realized how inexpressibly dear she was to hihed heavy on hi to the night sounds of the forest and the brawling streahout the canyon, and thereto, hollos

But Allan could not think theirOnly he knew the as full of perils; and in his mind he reviewed the precautions he had taken for her welfare Bit by bit he analyzed them He knew that he could do no th, not to waken till arish eye peeped in around the crevices of the rock doorway Returning fro breakfast They ate in silence, overborne with sad and bodeful thoughts

But now the decision had been ency as backing out of an undertaking once begun lay far outside their sche was not delayed They both realized that an early start was necessary if he were to reach the village of the Folk before sleep should assail him Still more, they dreaded the departure less than the suspense

Together they provisioned the Pauillac, back there on the rocky barren, andwas in order Allan assured hih to last four or five hours

"In that tiirl, "I can easily reach the rim of the Abyss You see, I needn't fly northward to the point where we eed That would be only an unnecessary waste of tiy I'm positive the chasm extends all the way up and doas once the Mississippi Valley, and that the Great Central Sea is fed by that and other rivers In that case, by striking almost due west, I can reach the riht the water"