a very few moments; the

upon the ground for so

idered supernatural ph

rightened in the same w

heless they we

est interest in the scientific side of the happening. He cl

ismic disturbance-I s

e had fallen heavily. He was now rubbing himself tenderly where he had been b

eaking, a shock at all. Within the past twenty years science has learned to measure and to study

whole lot, then, Profes

ou call it, i

h had said something soothing to his Indians, but they, like Washington White, preferred remaining in the open.

arthquakes ain't shockin', I kin tell yo' right now dat it shocked me! Nor I ain'

ian squaw waiting upon them, the professor took up the to

ed upon countless occasions," he said. "Yet even Humboldt's 'Cosmos', published as late as 1844, which summarized the t

all superstition, threw away all the past mysteries, and attacked the problem from its mechanical side only. He believed that an earthquake was

h. "I'm pretty solid on my feet; but what was it b

a blow from, say, Jack's fist, or your stepping inadvertently upon a piece of glare ice? The ice, bec

uake is a continuous series of intricate twistings and oscillations in all possible directions, up and down, east and west, north and south, of the greatest irregular

ive volcano in the neighborhood. The volcanic ash which covered the leaves and gras

id Andy Sudds, seriously, "when I shipped for this voy

e on the Pacific coast, and among the islands which form a barrier between that ocean and Bering Sea. Islands

nd the volcanic eruption are cl

sorry my instruments are not at hand. I sincerely hope n

at once to see just how badly she's damaged," J

son, and go right up to that hollow and see what needs to be done to the fl

ly. "But you know we must at least arrive at Aleukan in time to meet the train from Coldfoot. If the Snowbird can

and it looks promising. We are down a hundred and twenty feet already." They put on their outer garments and left the cabin. Although this was summer weather,

could see only the whites of them in the dark, and the gleam of his teeth. "'Nstead o' bein' as sunsh

d; is it, Wash?

here spoke

was, like feathers, a-touchin' my f

dust!" c

out the earthquake," said Jack. "And the darkness. What we

declared Andy. "I wish we we

e Snowbird pretty

n when the four suddenly clung to each other, rocking on their feet! Washington White shrieke

n' ergain!" wailed the darkey.

at Jack, holding a shaking hand before his face, could not distinguish its outline. And all the time the volcanic