Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-06-06
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NO VI


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fofbsas ahoaaIas III ! was gate aklsass
| ed.
Then reelected on the means eoaIs
ind of digging away the barrieT Of rock
L eould nos be thick | knew that, by ray
facility Ia hearing sounds, and CONCLUDED
that bad fallen close 10 the edge Of the
oliR | had sunk straight 70 the lsxsl d
the valley At is foot, and prossibly shs
wall Of my prison wa not more than swp
or three feet ID thickness. But had nd
implement savs my knife, and that was d
slender one, quite unequal 10 cutting pas
sage through even sha soft and damp SAID
rock, which formed partition. SRddan-
II remembered having picked up an OK
shoe, On the road, during INV SUNDAYS d
walk. Ii was still ia my pockes. With
what joy palled 4 out, and commenced
eagerly ny work.
! viii not detail the asonieE Of those
hours, worked on Ia the darknsss---
sometimes encouraged, sumetimes nearly
hopeless. ] could net hssd that had
made any visible progress the sounds
were not uSarer than at first, and was
growing hourly moro exhausted from Ia
tigue and burning thirst. The salt air OF
the eave infAMed nay eyes, parching my
skin, and excoFiated my throat; and Of
ten had horrible idea that would 20
mad, but | worked on. had been tryiRg
70 loosen . fragment Of rock which aesm-
ed somewhAt detached from the strata---I
this / could only judge by my fealings.--
IL succeeded should much reduce the
thickness Of the barrier at that point but
| had TO stop and rest before the fnal
trial. again tried nv matches. bad
constantly done 50 hitherto, but without
success, and few remained; but now the
third one that tried gave forth a light
smoke, thsn light blue fame, and finally
a clear red light | hsld it carefully and
beheld plainly the cavern in which l was
immured.
TWAS small one, and sparkling from
the saline crystals, aa If studded with
gems. Opposite 10 me was . dark obiees,
on projection Of the shelving rock, and
bearing similarity 10 ths outline az
hunaA figure. lifted high the expiring
laAteh, and by the laak sAys ssw human
face.
- In kgaaz4 CT inpasaenee tried the |
few remaining matches the last one burn.
ed only for an Instant bat ia that irasaanE,
holding it directly even with the body, 4
recognized the dead, pale, unchanged face |
Of nay poor, lost hrofhag Henry
l was again III darknEss, with the dead
body and nv frenxied thoughts. Afser
time l resumed ferealy my labog at ths
rock. A few blows loosened it /; few
more and the large mass rolled inwaztis,
and from issare in the rock which lay
behind it, came in narrow streak Of day
light.
By the aid Of the OK shoe soon increase
ed the hole, till it was large enoaght to adj |
nit my head. Ny shouts soon brought /
assistance from the works, to which, as 1 |
had supposed, was very near, and soon
from that fearful tomb were drawn the |
living and the dead bodies.
: No one knew nae till I spoke. The body
of poor Henry had been partly preserved
BY salt, aud was also partly patri6ed.-- |
That he bad been killed by the fall was
evident, and had never m0ved from the
ridge on which he fall. / never entirely
recovered froEa the effects Of the salt,
which left my eve and nose eoHstantlyred |
Scenes ia The Life Of q Miner.