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"
Maple
White
again
,
"
said
Professor
Challenger
.
"
He
had
some
presentiment
that
worthy
footsteps
would
follow
close
behind
him
.
"
"
He
had
chalk
,
then
?
"
"
A
box
of
colored
chalks
was
among
the
effects
I
found
in
his
knapsack
.
I
remember
that
the
white
one
was
worn
to
a
stump
.
"
"
That
is
certainly
good
evidence
,
"
said
Summerlee
.
"
We
can
only
accept
his
guidance
and
follow
on
to
the
westward
.
"
We
had
proceeded
some
five
more
miles
when
again
we
saw
a
white
arrow
upon
the
rocks
.
It
was
at
a
point
where
the
face
of
the
cliff
was
for
the
first
time
split
into
a
narrow
cleft
.
Inside
the
cleft
was
a
second
guidance
mark
,
which
pointed
right
up
it
with
the
tip
somewhat
elevated
,
as
if
the
spot
indicated
were
above
the
level
of
the
ground
.
It
was
a
solemn
place
,
for
the
walls
were
so
gigantic
and
the
slit
of
blue
sky
so
narrow
and
so
obscured
by
a
double
fringe
of
verdure
,
that
only
a
dim
and
shadowy
light
penetrated
to
the
bottom
.
We
had
had
no
food
for
many
hours
,
and
were
very
weary
with
the
stony
and
irregular
journey
,
but
our
nerves
were
too
strung
to
allow
us
to
halt
.
We
ordered
the
camp
to
be
pitched
,
however
,
and
,
leaving
the
Indians
to
arrange
it
,
we
four
,
with
the
two
half-breeds
,
proceeded
up
the
narrow
gorge
.
It
was
not
more
than
forty
feet
across
at
the
mouth
,
but
it
rapidly
closed
until
it
ended
in
an
acute
angle
,
too
straight
and
smooth
for
an
ascent
.
Certainly
it
was
not
this
which
our
pioneer
had
attempted
to
indicate
.
We
made
our
way
back
--
the
whole
gorge
was
not
more
than
a
quarter
of
a
mile
deep
--
and
then
suddenly
the
quick
eyes
of
Lord
John
fell
upon
what
we
were
seeking
.
High
up
above
our
heads
,
amid
the
dark
shadows
,
there
was
one
circle
of
deeper
gloom
.
Surely
it
could
only
be
the
opening
of
a
cave
.
The
base
of
the
cliff
was
heaped
with
loose
stones
at
the
spot
,
and
it
was
not
difficult
to
clamber
up
.
When
we
reached
it
,
all
doubt
was
removed
.
Not
only
was
it
an
opening
into
the
rock
,
but
on
the
side
of
it
there
was
marked
once
again
the
sign
of
the
arrow
.
Here
was
the
point
,
and
this
the
means
by
which
Maple
White
and
his
ill-fated
comrade
had
made
their
ascent
.
We
were
too
excited
to
return
to
the
camp
,
but
must
make
our
first
exploration
at
once
.
Lord
John
had
an
electric
torch
in
his
knapsack
,
and
this
had
to
serve
us
as
light
.
He
advanced
,
throwing
his
little
clear
circlet
of
yellow
radiance
before
him
,
while
in
single
file
we
followed
at
his
heels
.
The
cave
had
evidently
been
water-worn
,
the
sides
being
smooth
and
the
floor
covered
with
rounded
stones
.
It
was
of
such
a
size
that
a
single
man
could
just
fit
through
by
stooping
.
For
fifty
yards
it
ran
almost
straight
into
the
rock
,
and
then
it
ascended
at
an
angle
of
forty-five
.
