LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

["BOWING DOWN TOWARDS THE MOUTH OF THE CRATER, THEY SEEMED TO SALUTE THE GODDESS OF THE VOLCANO"] Frontispiece.

["IT'S MORE THAN DANGEROUS. IT'S ALMOST CERTAINLY FATAL"]

["ALL AT ONCE A GREAT BODY OF GAS WAS EJECTED INTO THE AIR, IN A BLAZE OF LIGHT"]

["'YOUNG MAN,' HE CRIED, '...I WARN YOU NOT TO TRIFLE WITH THE BURNING MOUNTAIN'"]

["I ROLLED DOWN RAPIDLY TO THE VERY BOTTOM"]

["I LAY THERE HORROR-STRICKEN, AND GAZED IDLY DOWN"]

["I CLUTCHED THE CRUMBLING PEAK WITH MY HOOKED FINGERS"]

["SHE CARRIED ME SLOWLY UP THE ZIG-ZAG PATH"]

["'IF YOU KNEW ALL,' SHE ANSWERED, 'HOW YOU WOULD PITY ME!'"]