Roy Norton

“ Far away, rising dimly against the afternoon sky we saw a chain of mountain tops and, towering above them, two singular peaks that were of such needlelike sharpness as to suggest twin Matterhorns, and of such regularity, as seen from that distance, as to suggest the handiwork of man rather than nature. ”

“ We never knew what he experienced in that initiation into the Maya tribe. Sometimes Wardrop and I speculate vainly as to what took place. We never knew from his lips; but this we do know, that there are martyrs in science as well as in religion; that it is possible for a man to become so immersed in the great quest for knowledge that he will sacrifice even his body, or his life, to gain the knowledge which he seeks. I am certain that Doctor Morgano was one of these. ”

“ The five days indicated by the doctor’s glyphs had stretched to twelve on that afternoon when, emerging from a jungle trail, the Maya stopped until we were all huddled together and then pointed impressively toward the north.
“There, señores,” said he in Spanish, “are the Sacred Peaks. It is to those we must make our way, if you still insist.” ”