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Chapter 4

           Againstthenorthernhorizonhadsuddenlybecomeuprearedanumberofink-colouredcolumns—halfascoreofthem—unlikeanythingeverseenbefore.Theywerenotofregularcolumnarform,norfixedinanyway;butconstantlychangingsize,shape,andplace—nowsteadfastforatime—nowglidingoverthecharredsurfacelikegiantsuponskates—anon,bendingandbalancingtowardsoneanotherinthemostfantasticfigurings!

           Itrequirednogreateffortofimagination,tofancytheTitansofold,resuscitatedontheprairiesofTexas,leadingameasureaftersomewildcarousalinthecompanyofBacchus!

           Intheproximityofphenomenaneverobservedbefore—unearthlyintheiraspect—unknowntoeveryindividualoftheparty—itwasbutnaturaltheseshouldbeinspiredwithalarm.

           Andsuchwasthefact.Asenseofdangerpervadedeverybosom.Allwereimpressedwithabelief:thattheywereinthepresenceofsomeperiloftheprairies.

           Ageneralhalthadbeenmadeonfirstobservingthestrangeobjects:thenegroesonfoot,aswellastheteamsters,givingutterancetoshoutsofterror.Theanimals—mulesaswellashorses,hadcomeinstinctivelytoastand—thelatterneighingandtrembling—theformerfillingtheairwiththeirshrillscreams.

           Thesewerenottheonlysounds.

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