The place he was making for was in a slight angle of the gulch, and the driftwood was piled in a wild tangle6 there. Climbing over the fallen trees as he had seen Charley climb down, Ralph came to a little niche7 of earth that provided a precarious8 living to three stunted9 pines and a few berry-bushes, the whole making a natural screen against the cliff. Pushing through it, he found himself looking into a hole in the rock at his feet.
Starting back, he gaped10 at it a little stupidly. He did not know what he had expected to find—not a hole in the rock! For a moment he doubted the evidence of his senses; it seemed too preposterous11. Weird12 ideas took half shape in his brain and floated away while he stared in the hole. Was it possible they were of another race—creatures existing in the bowels13 of the earth without sunlight or the stir of air? Why, after travelling hundreds of miles from the world of men, was there need of burying one's self any deeper? Was it the possession of some ghastly secret that made Nahnya's face always wistful? What did it conceal2, that hole, a hideous14 crime, disgrace unimagined—or a treasure?
The opening was about two feet across. Buttressed15 by the fallen trees below, and screened by the living ones, it was shrewdly hidden. Ralph wondered by what chance it had first been discovered. He lighted a match and dropped it in. It burned until it struck the bottom. It was about fifteen feet deep. There was the trunk of a young pine standing16 upright within it, reaching to within a foot of the top. Obviously this was used to climb in and out by.
It was like an invitation to enter, but Ralph hesitated. Notwithstanding the reassuring17 light of day and the solid earth of rocks and trees, the feeling of something uncanny, something more than natural, would not down. When he laughed this away, there remained very human fears. "Who knows what may be down there," he thought, "and what kind of a reception I will receive?" Finally there were compunctions of delicacy18. "It's hardly square to break in on their secrets behind their backs," he thought. Recollection of his own injuries wiped this out. "They weren't so careful of my feelings," he told himself.
In the end, perhaps because he was afraid, Ralph was obliged to descend19. As he would have put it, he could not take a dare from himself. Swinging his legs over the edge, he felt for the top branch of the pine tree.
At the bottom of the hole he struck another match. There were several pine-knot torches lying at his feet; picking up the longest, he lighted it.
He was in a narrow cleft20 in the rock, extending obliquely21 and downward into the mountain. It was necessary to recline partly on his back and inch himself along, holding the sputtering22 torch at arm's length before him. It was an awkward posture23 in which to meet danger. But if Charley could come through he could, he thought.
After only a few yards of this he issued suddenly into a much larger chamber24, where he was able to stand firmly on his feet. It was a kind of spacious25 corridor running off to the right and left, and floored with pebbles26 and sand. Manifestly a stream had once flowed over it, but at present the floor was dry.
The thrilling impressions of a cave brought Ralph's boyhood winging back to him. Thinking of grizzly27 bears and mountain lions none too comfortably—he was unarmed—he sniffed28 the air delicately. There was no suggestion of animal effluvium. Anyway, Charley had just passed through. The torch made an extraordinary dancing light on the walls of rock, reminding him of a certain flaring29 gas-light in the cellar at home. The cave was not like a tunnel with arching roof, as he had always imagined caves, but was still a fissure30 in the rock, both sides leaning obliquely in the same direction. Overhead the split gradually narrowed; the light of his torch did not penetrate31 to the top of it.
Ralph was faced by the choice of turning right or left in the corridor. He lowered the torch to look for footsteps. In the patches of sand they were plainly discernible, many of them, almost a beaten path leading off to the right. Besides Charley's, Ralph readily distinguished32 the prints of Nahnya's small, straight feet, and another foot, evidently her mother's. The sight of all these footsteps had the effect of allaying33 Ralph's fears, and of strongly stimulating34 his excitement. Up to this moment he had kept in view the possibility that this cave might be a private affair of Charley's. Now he could no longer doubt that Nahnya's secret, whatever it was, lay at the end of this path. He followed it, feeling himself on the brink35 of an amazing discovery. Nothing could have turned him back now. "With all her pains to keep me in the dark I have been a little too clever for her!" he thought vaingloriously.
Sometimes the corridor was ten feet wide; sometimes it narrowed down to four. The air had that extraordinary dead quality only to be found in deep caves, but it was quite pure, because the torch burned clearly. The stillness pressed on his ear-drums. The quietest room, the quietest night out of doors, was vibrant36 and musical by comparison. His own breathing sounded hoarse37 and laboured in his ears.
Holding the torch high over his head, wrought38 up to the highest possible pitch, he made his way swiftly over the smooth floor. Rounding a corner of the rock, the flickering39 light fell on a human figure standing motionless before him. He stopped short with a horrid40 shock of fright. The torch dropped from his nerveless hand and was extinguished. He slowly screwed down the clamps of self-control, and schooling41 his voice, hailed the creature. The sound shattered the dark stillness with an incredible, unnatural42 ring. The sound of his own voice in that place terrified him. The silence that followed upon it was terrible. There was no answer.
Very slowly he forced himself to pick up the torch, to light a match, and to ignite it again. He held it aloft. The figure was still there, motionless. Ralph went forward very gingerly, and saw that it was not human after all, but merely a kind of scarecrow, a stick planted in the sand with a cross-piece on which was hung a coat and hat. Evidently some of Charley's work, placed there for what purpose Ralph could not conceive. He sat down, and wiping his face, allowed his shaking nerves to quiet down.
Proceeding43, he heard a murmur44 which later resolved itself into the sound of running water. Ralph wondered uneasily if there were times when a torrent45 raced between these rocky walls; he pictured himself swept helplessly upon it, and his skin prickled. In such a place he would not have been surprised by anything. The scarecrow reassured46 him partly. Plainly it had been set up to stand more than an hour or two. Keeping on he satisfied himself that the water was not coming toward him. The sound increased only in the ratio of his progress toward it.
Soon it was close ahead, not a loud sound, but the musical voice of a rapid, smooth stream. Holding the torch high, its light was reflected in pale gleams up the corridor. The water was coming straight toward him, only to be suddenly and mysteriously diverted.
A few steps farther and he had the explanation. A yawning hole in the floor of the cave received the stream entire without a sound. It simply slipped over the lip of rock, and ceased to be. The absence of any sound of a fall below was uncanny. Ralph tossed a little stone in the hole—and heard nothing. Not until he lay at full length and stuck his head over the edge of the chasm47 could he hear, above the soft hiss48 of the descending49 water, the distant muffled50 crash of its fall. The height suggested by the sound staggered the senses. Ralph received a new and awful conception of the goodly old phrase: the bowels of the earth.
At one side two logs made a rough bridge over the gap. Ralph continued his way beside the stream, crossing from side to side, and upon occasions when it filled the whole floor, forced to wade51. Here there was a faint stir to the air, a hint of freshness, and he instinctively began to look for daylight ahead.
Finally he saw it, far off, a crooked52 exclamation53 point of white. He hastened toward it, feeling an unbounded relief. He had been prepared to face—he did not know what—some shape of mystery or terror in the darkness. And here was honest daylight. An insupportable curiosity filled him, forcing him to run and to leap as if but a minute or two of daylight remained.
Arrived in the opening, he flung the remains54 of his torch in the water. The blessed bright sky was over his head once more. Until he saw it he did not realize how heavily he had been oppressed by underground terrors. At first nothing else was visible to him but the sky and terraces of rock on either side, between which the little stream came tumbling down into the hole. Ralph went up over the rocks like an ape. At the top there was lush green grass starred with flowers. Trees below still obstructed55 his view. He ran on up the slope of grass until the whole prospect56 opened to his eye. There he flung himself down to gaze his fill.
He was not disappointed. It surpassed his brightest imaginings. The first glimpse amply repaid him for the trip underground. It was lovelier than any sight he had every beheld57, lovelier than any scene he had visited in his dreams. It was itself and it was new. The artist in him experienced the rich, rare satisfaction of beholding58 a perfect thing. He had to enlarge his conception of beauty to take it in.
It was a valley hemmed59 all round by craggy mountains, running up to towering, sharp peaks. The mountains held his eye for a while; it was almost his first unobstructed view of earth's mountains in their majesty60. They rose, fantastic, overpowering shapes of gray rock with mantles61 of snow upon their shoulders and bared heads, each as distinct in individuality as an old king. The grandeur62 of the company set off in poignant63 contrast the tender loveliness they guarded below. It was well guarded; there was no break in the armed ranks to let in discord64 from the world.
Below the scene was drunk with strong colour. The middle of the valley was filled for half its length with an exquisite65 sheet of water, curving away as gracefully66 as a girl's waist. Its water was of an unreasonable67 richness of hue68 that held Ralph's eyes like a charm; neither sapphire69 nor emerald, but partaking of both. That part of the valley nearest him was like a park—like a dream park. The trees, aspens, and white-stemmed birches were set out in clumps70 in the riotous71 grass. Farther up the valley rolled a thick forest. Everywhere there were flowers. The bluebells72 growing under his hands were as big as thimbles and blue aslazulite. Everything growing, birch trees, flowers, and grass, flaunted73 itself with a particular vigour74 and richness, as if the valley were Nature's own nursery, where she perfected her specimens75.
The scene was not all Nature's. Off to the left, about half a mile from where Ralph lay, he saw three tepees topping a little rise of grass beside the lake. A column of thin smoke rose above them. Three canoes lay on the shore below. It did not make a discordant76 note in the scene; the tepees rose from the grass as naturally as trees. Ralph gazed at them with strong curiosity. He saw, or imagined he saw, figures moving in front of them.
The whole scene touched a chord in Ralph's memory; where had he heard of such a hidden valley? such a blue-green lake? So this was Nahnya's secret! He was compelled to readjust his ideas of her again. His dark thoughts at the mouth of the cave seemed foolish to him now. This, her place, was characteristic of the best in her. But why was she so passionately77 bent78 on keeping him out of her paradise? This thought raised all his torturing doubts again. He determined79 to find out what the tepees concealed.
Descending the slope, and crossing the stream, he made his way around through the flowery grass. Never had he seen such wildflowers—bluebells, wild-roses, painter's brush, besides the thickly blossoming berry-bushes, and many a flower he could not name. The trees growing singly or in small groups reached the perfection of their kind. It was too beautiful to seem quite real; Ralph, passing among the snowy trunks in his sober habit, felt a little out of place, like a mortal who had strayed into a fairy-tale.
He crossed another little stream bringing its quota80 from the mountains to the lake. Where it emptied into the lake at his right it spread out into a miniature delta81. Ralph, attracted by the sight of some implements82 lying in the grass beside the water, went to investigate. He found a shovel83, a large shallow bowl, and a smaller bowl all roughly fashioned out of cottonwood.
As he looked into the last-named article, Ralph caught his breath in astonishment84. It was half full of gold. No mistaking those clean yellow grains! Ralph had not fallen a victim to the gold-mania of the North; he held the bright metal as lightly as any man, nevertheless his breath quickened and his eyes grew big at the sight of so much in so little. He dug his hands into it and let the stuff run through his fingers. There was enough here to buy the Tewksbury outright85, or to buy a string of the best ponies86 in the country, or to carry a man around the whole world spending royally.
Ralph wondered if ever before gold had been left like this, unguarded under the sky. He moved the bowl a little, and saw that the grass was white beneath. Evidently it had lain there many days. Gold must indeed be plentiful87 in this valley, or lightly regarded. Dimly in his mind rose the vision of a happier world, where gold was despised like this.
Leaving it where it lay, he went on. Descending into a wooded hollow, the tepees were hidden from him for a while. Climbing a little rise finally, he found himself unexpectedly almost on top of the camp.
Nearest him a ripe and comely88 Indian girl was stirring a pot over the fire. Beside her on a blanket in the sun sprawled89 a flourishing, naked infant. At sight of Ralph a piteous gasp90 hissed91 between the mother's teeth. Her eyes protruded92 with terror; she caught the baby tragically93 to her breast, and cowered94 over it. It uttered a piercing cry. Beyond the woman an old man squatted95 on the ground mending a bow. He looked up, and his face, too, froze into a mask of terror. Two half-grown boys came running from the beach, and stood transfixed. The frightened faces of two girls stuck out of a tepee opening.
Ralph was much embarrassed by the suddenness of the effect he created. Never having looked upon himself as an object of terror, their attitudes could not but seem far-fetched and ridiculous to him. He stood as much at a loss as they.
Finally the old man, after a visible struggle with himself, arose and approached Ralph. His features were stiff with anxiety, and his old eyes fixed96 in a kind of glare. It was evident from his manner that he considered himself bound to show an example to the boys. Not without dignity he held out a trembling hand to Ralph.
"How?" he said.
"You speak English?" said Ralph eagerly.
"Little bit," the old man said, shaping the words with difficulty. "I no see white man, two, three winter. I forget, me." Having said it, he waited with a courteous97 air for Ralph to speak again. Only deep in his eyes could be seen the working of his harrowing anxiety.
"I am friendly," Ralph said quickly. "I won't hurt anybody."
The old man shrugged98 deprecatingly. "Not afraid of hurt," he said. He paused, searching for English words to convey what he wished. "We alone here long time," he said. "Forget strangers. Stranger comes—Wah! It is lak sun fall down from the sky!"
Ralph began to understand the effect of his sudden appearance.
"For what you come here?" the old man asked.
Ralph was nonplussed99. "Why—why just to see the place," he said.
The old man bowed. His manners were beautiful; the kind of manners, Ralph dimly apprehended100, that come only from real goodness of heart. He had never been a big man, and now he was bent and shaky, yet he had dignity. The manifold fine wrinkles of kindliness101 were about his eyes. He was clad in an old capote made out of a blanket. Around his forehead he wore a black band to keep the straggling gray locks out of his face.
"How you come here?" he asked.
"Through the cave under the mountains," Ralph answered.
"You are the white doctor?" the old man suddenly exclaimed, with a look of extraordinary anxiety.
"I am," said Ralph.
The old man's head dropped on his breast, and a little sound of distress102 escaped him. He murmured in his own tongue.
"What's the matter?" cried Ralph irritably103. "Why shouldn't I come here if I want to take a walk? Do you think I'll bring a plague with me?"
The old man raised an inscrutably sad face. He shrugged. "I not talk," he said. "Got no good words, me. Nahnya will talk. Nahnya is the chief here. She come soon, I think."
"What does it all mean, anyway?" cried Ralph.
"Will you eat?" inquired the old man with his courteous, reticent104 air. "I sorry I forget before. We have moose-meat."
Ralph was conscious of receiving a rebuke105.
"I'm not hungry," he muttered, turning away.
His imperious curiosity soon brought him back. The old man stood as he had left him. "Has this place got a name?" asked Ralph.
"Call Mountain Bowl," was the answer.
A light broke on Ralph. He stared at the Indian with widening eyes. Wes' Trickett's story came rushing back to him. The cave under the mountain, the blue-green lake, the gold beside the little stream! Bowl of the Mountains, of course! So it was true, after all, and he had found it! He looked over the lake with shining eyes.
"Nahnya come," the old man said quietly.
Ralph whirled about in time to see her come flying up the slope, panting, dishevelled, wildly agitated106, a flaming colour in her cheeks. At the sight of Ralph she stopped dead, and her hands fell to her sides. She paled. She did not speak, but only bent an unfathomable look on him. Indignation, reproach, and pain were all a part of it, and a kind of hopeless, sad fatalism. It accused him more eloquently107 than a torrent of invective108. He became exquisitely109 uncomfortable.
"Well, here I am!" he said, trying to carry it off with a touch of bravado110.
Still she did not speak. With her mournful, accusing eyes fixed on him, she flung up her arms, palms to the skies, and let them fall. "So be it!" the action said. Turning abruptly111, she walked to the edge of the bank and sat down in the grass.
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