The Treasure of Atlantis by J. Allan Dunn (black authors fiction txt) ๐
"There was nothing to do but to make the best of it, and that meant getting under way. My rifles and ammunition were in the shelter, and one of the dogs had stayed behind. There was no use crossing the stream, for the opposing cliffs were sheer and apparently unscalable, though I thought I saw traces of a succession of rough steps that almost looked like masonry leading to a ledge halfway up the cliff. But there they ended definitely in a smooth wall. So I decided to follow the stream downward. It ran almost due northeast toward the Amazon, and I hoped that later it would widen and become navigable for a raft. Shorthanded as we were, that was a slim chance, but the only one in sight.
"It was useless to follow the carriers. The day was drawing to a close, and I determined to pass the night where we were. At sunset I heard a shout from the machete men, and found them groveling on the edge of the precipice. It was the mirage again, float
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blood-red below, and the slow lava stream had almost reached the line of trees. Everything was dull with the gray film that floated in patches upon the dying lake. Here was the abomination of desolation.
โNot a cheerful outlook,โ said Morse. โBut it is an outlook!โ
โThere are no boats,โ said Kiron.
โThere are trees,โ Morse answered. โWe can build a raft.โ
Three months later there was talk across the table in Morseโs dining room.
โI think Iโll go back to Atlantis,โ said Laidlaw. Kiron made a face. โHavenโt you had enough of destruction?โ he asked.
Laidlaw smiled. โI donโt think you four have been married long enough for me to coax away the grooms, but I want to finish my researches, and with Kironโs permission Iโm going to form a company.โ
โA company for what?โ asked Kiron. โAnd why with my permission?โ
โBecause you should have the first claim on it. The lake bottom off the temple water stairs ought to be high and dry by now. Thereโs a fortune lying there in gold and jewels to be picked up.โ
โGetting a mercenary streak, Laidlaw?โ laughed Morse.
โMoney is always useful, if only to leave to godchildren,โ answered the scientist. โIโll use most of it for archeological researches, with the exception of the possible legacies just mentioned. Want to come with me, Kiron?โ
The late king of Atlantis shook his head.
โWe havenโt started on what you call our honeymoon yet. Better come with us, Laidlaw. We are going to spend it in Crete.โ
โA lot of company youโd be to me, or I to you,โ said the scientist. โI prefer Atlantis. How about you, Morse? Think of the treasure-trove we can uncover.โ
โI think,โ said Morse, as his hand closed over that of Leolaโs, โthat as far as Iโm concerned, I have the treasure of Atlantis.โ
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