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could he remember even the city, but he said he thought it was Portland. When told, the man answered, ‘I quite understand. If you find the address, kindly write them and say, “the man from Agharti” seeks them.’

     “On August 5 he reappeared in Portland at an apartment house where we had once lived. Again our address was missing and again he left the same massage, adding, ‘I bear a message for them from the King.’

    “In both cases, after we had gone, our forwarding addresses were found and both landlords wrote to us immediately, apologizing for their oversight. They said he impressed them so much they couldn't forget him. Both of them misspelled ‘Agharti’ in their letters.

     “Who is the King? Can he be referring to the fabulous (so-called) ‘King of the World’ (the ‘king’ of Agharti)? The only solution we can suggest is to publish this letter with our address and hope that this time the man from Agharti, if he be such, will find us." --- John & Dorothy deCourcy., 665 S. W. 113th Place., Seattle 66., Washington

    (Note: The deCourcy’s were fairly well-known by the readers of AMAZING STORIES, for their ‘science faction’ stories about the underworld, etc., including one based on the legend of Agharta - or Agharti - which MAY have attracted the ‘King’s’ attention. - Branton)

 

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The following story appeared on pages 23-24 of Louis Pound's book "NEBRASKA FOLK LORE":

     "The so-called Ponca Cave...has been given considerable space in the Nebraska press. There were a few columns about it in the Lincoln Sunday STAR of July 5, 1925, under the heading ‘Ponca Residents Recall Discovery of Cave of Prehistoric Beasts and Plants.’ The authors were Harry I. Peterson and William Huse, the latter the historian of Dixon County of which Ponca is the county seat. Their tall tale was repeated in the