Tales of Terror and Mystery

The Terror of Blue John Gap

           Ihadimaginedthatitwasinpanicflight,andthatIhadonlytopursueit.Theideathatitmightturnuponmeneverenteredmyexcitedbrain.IhavealreadyexplainedthatthepassagedownwhichIwasracingopenedintoagreatcentralcave.IntothisIrushed,fearfullestIshouldlosealltraceofthebeast.Buthehadturneduponhisowntraces,andinamomentwewerefacetoface.

           Thatpicture,seeninthebrilliantwhitelightofthelantern,isetchedforeveruponmybrain.Hehadreareduponhishindlegsasabearwoulddo,andstoodaboveme,enormous,menacing—suchacreatureasnonightmarehadeverbroughttomyimagination.Ihavesaidthatherearedlikeabear,andtherewassomethingbear-like—ifonecouldconceiveabearwhichwasten-foldthebulkofanybearseenuponearth—inhiswholeposeandattitude,inhisgreatcrookedforelegswiththeirivory-whiteclaws,inhisruggedskin,andinhisred,gapingmouth,fringedwithmonstrousfangs.Onlyinonepointdidhedifferfromthebear,orfromanyothercreaturewhichwalkstheearth,andevenatthatsuprememomentashudderofhorrorpassedovermeasIobservedthattheeyeswhichglistenedintheglowofmylanternwerehuge,projectingbulbs,whiteandsightless.Foramomenthisgreatpawsswungovermyhead.Thenexthefellforwarduponme,Iandmybrokenlanterncrashedtotheearth,andIremembernomore.

           WhenIcametomyselfIwasbackinthefarm-houseoftheAllertons.TwodayshadpassedsincemyterribleadventureintheBlueJohnGap.

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