St Nicholas [serial] . Well, Dr. Giles, what can we do now ? inquired the chief engineer, astonished beyondmeasure at the turn affairs were taking. We can wait, out of harms way, until theeruption is over, replied the doctor, quietly. Indeed! And how long will that be, pray ? I know no more than you do, answeredthe doctor. I have tried to figure out theprobabilities; but there are so many conditionsof which we are totally ignorant, that such acalculation is beyond our powers. If the mol-ten mass is in pockets, and the pocket we havestruck is a small one, the eruption will be overin short order
St Nicholas [serial] . Well, Dr. Giles, what can we do now ? inquired the chief engineer, astonished beyondmeasure at the turn affairs were taking. We can wait, out of harms way, until theeruption is over, replied the doctor, quietly. Indeed! And how long will that be, pray ? I know no more than you do, answeredthe doctor. I have tried to figure out theprobabilities; but there are so many conditionsof which we are totally ignorant, that such acalculation is beyond our powers. If the mol-ten mass is in pockets, and the pocket we havestruck is a small one, the eruption will be overin short order—perhaps in a few weeks. If, how-ever, we have been unfortunate, it may be yearsbefore the eruption ceases. Many volcanoeshave had an uninterrupted flow since prehistorictimes, and what we have here is simply a newvolcano. All we can do is to keep the tubefrom melting by increasing the cold of therefrigerating agents, and the rest we must leaveto time. (To be continued.) THE WJUST-S w BY RUDYARD KIPLING JX. HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP. OW this is the second tale, and it tells howthe camel got his big hump. In the beginning of years, when the worldwas so new and all, and the animals werejust beginning to work for Man, there wasa Camel, and he lived in the middle of aHowling Desert because he did not want towork. So he ate sticks and thorns and tam-arisk and milkweedand prickles, most scru- ciating idle; and when anybody spoke to him he said, Humph! —just Humph ! and no the Horse came to him one Monday morning, witha saddle on his back and a bit in his mouth, and said: Camel,O Camel, come out and trot like the rest of us. Humph! said the Camel; and the Horse went awayand told the Man. Presently the Dog came to him, with a stick in his mouth,and said: Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carry likethe rest of us. Humph ! said the Camel; and the Dog went away andtold the Man. Presently the Ox came to him, with a yoke on his neck, andsaid: Camel, O Camel, c
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