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Updated: June 21, 2025
She did not know how close she was to her own people and the big sacrificial cave, until she fell into it with the boys and farmers. Then the procession came in and Dirola recognized Professor Henderson as the victim. She at once resolved to declare herself, and did so, showing that beneath the black fur she wore the white robes that none but members of the royal household could don.
Me keep 'um back long what I can, but not for very long, so you go fast." "We must lose no time," said the professor. "This may be our last chance. How can we thank you, Dirola?" "Never mind talk, go!" exclaimed the Esquimaux queen. "Must hurry!" The captives were anxious enough to escape. Led by Dirola they went out into the main cavern.
They had not taken five steps before, with a sudden lurch, the airship dived like a kite without its tail. Then the craft turned completely over! Jack and Mark with the two helpers and Dirola were thrown from the deck, head first, toward the earth! Down and down they fell, uttering despairing cries! Once more the wind blew with hurricane force.
Now the bow would be elevated, and, again, the stern. It was like a ship on a rough sea, and the occupants of the craft were tossed from side to side, receiving many bruises. Old Andy was tied into his bunk, or he never could have stayed there, so violent was the motion. "Where is Dirola?" asked Mr. Henderson suddenly. "She was out on the stern a while ago," answered Bill.
Silent and straight she stood there on the steps of ice, her figure in dark relief against the background of flickering lights. The next instant Dirola, with a motion so quick the eye could scarcely follow, slipped off her suit of black fur, and stood revealed in dress of white fur, the exact counterpart of that worn by all the others in the cave.
There are two hundred capsules in here, and that will last us for a few days at least." "Not very hearty eatin', 'cordin' to my way of thinkin'," said Bill; "but I guess with that and the moss Dirola can dig up we'll get along." The Esquimaux woman had finished her simple meal. She dug up quite a quantity of the moss and laid it on top of a big pile of ice, where she could find it again.
So well braced was she that she did not tumble off. "Well! She's a cool one!" exclaimed Mark. "I guess you'd be too, if you slept out of doors with the temperature about seventy below zero," remarked Jack. "But let's go in and tell the professor Dirola is here. He may be worried about her." The boys started for the cabin.
It was quite dark, as the sun had moved around so it no longer shone in the opening, and the mysterious lights had died away. They were soon at the bottom of the slope by means of which the boys and the helpers had fallen into the ice cave. "Now climb up!" Dirola commanded. "Me give people big feast 'cause I back again. They eat an' no think of you for long time, but they chase when they find out.
"I believe she is telling the truth. Probably poor Andre Christiansen got among her people and she learned a little English from him." "You come?" questioned Dirola. "Me show you where ship hid." "I wonder if it's safe to trust her," said the old hunter. "According to the message we found, the people Andre fell among were not very kind."
Andy's fingers had crooked on the triggers, but Dirola pushed his arms upward, and when the two reports rang out the bullets struck the icy roof of the cavern. In the confined space the shots sounded almost like thunder. A silence that was startling in its suddenness fell as the echoes of the reports died away. Dirola ran toward the altar.
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