This was evidently not on the program, for the audience gave a cry of alarm, and a number hastened to light up the scene again. When they had done so it was found that both Dick and the queen had mysteriously disappeared.
[CHAPTER XV.
THE NAZTECS AND THEIR PRISONERS.]
Reginald Lacy and his faithful dog were swept over the falls with frightful velocity.
Jupiter still gripped his master by the collar, and it was evident that he meant to hang on until death parted them.
Down the foaming cataract they were carried, and the terror of his dreadful situation caused Lacy to lose possession of his faculties.
When he came to again he found himself lying upon a strip of sand with his feet in the water.
Jupiter sat before him, patiently waiting for his master to come to life and speak to him.
At first the man thought that he must certainly be injured in some way, but a single effort on his part showed him that he was not.
He rose to his feet but very little the worse for his journey over the rapids, and patted the dog’s head.