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Chapter 4

           Againstthenorthernhorizonhadsuddenlybecomeuprearedanumberofink-colouredcolumnshalfascoreofthemunlikeanythingeverseenbefore.Theywerenotofregularcolumnarform,norfixedinanyway;butconstantlychangingsize,shape,andplacenowsteadfastforatimenowglidingoverthecharredsurfacelikegiantsuponskatesanon,bendingandbalancingtowardsoneanotherinthemostfantasticfigurings!

           Itrequirednogreateffortofimagination,tofancytheTitansofold,resuscitatedontheprairiesofTexas,leadingameasureaftersomewildcarousalinthecompanyofBacchus!

           Intheproximityofphenomenaneverobservedbeforeunearthlyintheiraspectunknowntoeveryindividualofthepartyitwasbutnaturaltheseshouldbeinspiredwithalarm.

           Andsuchwasthefact.Asenseofdangerpervadedeverybosom.Allwereimpressedwithabelief:thattheywereinthepresenceofsomeperiloftheprairies.

           Ageneralhalthadbeenmadeonfirstobservingthestrangeobjects:thenegroesonfoot,aswellastheteamsters,givingutterancetoshoutsofterror.Theanimalsmulesaswellashorses,hadcomeinstinctivelytoastandthelatterneighingandtremblingtheformerfillingtheairwiththeirshrillscreams.

           Thesewerenottheonlysounds.

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