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Updated: June 21, 2025
Leaving the glare of the big lamp behind, they were soon in semi-darkness, but in a little while they emerged into the bright sunlight. "They all sleep!" muttered Dirola, motioning toward the camp of Esquimaux which she indicated was behind the ice cavern they had just left. "We walk; den we git dogs an' sleds. Den we ride so no can catch!"
The prisoners needed no bidding to warn them to be wary of the cruel looking shaft, and they gave it a wide berth. Dirola led the way past it to a small chamber or room, hewn out of the ice to the left and rear of the altar. "You stay here," she said. "They no find you here. This great place what you call holy place.
Outside of the little cave they found a native waiting with a large sled, to which twenty dogs were hitched. The Esquimaux seemed to be watching for them, for he made a sign that they were to get on a sled. No time was lost. Dirola had evidently made her plans well and in haste. The dog driver looked to see that his charges were safe, and then cracked his long whip.
The head of the procession was now close to the altar, and had passed the adventurers, who were off to one side, in about the middle of the cavern. Up some ice steps the two giants in white went, bearing their victim. The poor fellow gave one loud shriek as he was brought nearer to the colored flames. "Oh! Oh! Oh!" screamed Dirola, sinking down on the floor of the cavern.
The Esquimaux were traveling to this cave with us, and simply brought us from where the ship had been blown, up to where the boys landed." "I guess that must be it," admitted Andy; "but listen! some one is coming." Footsteps were heard approaching. In a few seconds Dirola entered the ice chamber. "I fix it!" she exclaimed. "You must all go 'way quick. The people want kill you, but me save. Listen.
We have no time to lose! Remember what Dirola said about the natives following us!" Now that he was back at his craft the inventor seemed to have recovered all of his energies. "Washington and I will see to the machinery, and get the bag inflated," he continued. "The rest begin to dig out the ship from below."
The Esquimaux woman snapped her whip, having first untied the dogs, and away the teams went over the snow at a great pace. The spirits of all arose as they went on, making mile after mile on their journey, away from the ice cave and back to the Monarch. Dirola seemed to know just where she was going, and never hesitated.
The mysterious fires behind it had died out somewhat, and once in the rear of the steps the captives could see a long icy shaft, leading down deep into the earth. There was also an opening in the roof of the cavern, down which the sunlight and magnetic currents came. "Go easy so no fall," cautioned Dirola. "If fall down hole never git up!"
You boys, with Bill, Tom and Dirola, land in one place on the ice and fall into this cave. We in the ship continue on for some distance, are brought a good ways on sleds and yet here we are with you." "The ship might have been blown backward instead of forward after the boys fell off," suggested the professor. "That would explain it.
A low murmur of astonishment ran around the vast cavern. Then, as if by common impulse, every one kneeled down, Dirola alone of all the Esquimaux remaining upright. The cave dwellers were bowing down to one they either feared or loved. Then Dirola spoke. At first her words were slow. Gradually she talked faster, until she was speaking a very torrent of sounds.
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