The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-06
wondered at the time, and then forgotten

wondered ct the time, and then forgotten
the figures. d. =. r,>..,',..i. -.
How much would have given to have
been able to recall them! The next
thought was, how was to extricate my
self This question was difficult OF solu-
ton. 1t went to work with shovel and
pick to clear away the, dirt that had fax.
leh, 1t was very likely that all I should
be able to remove would be imf1ediately
replaced by that which would fall in
from above. This was pleasant! racked
my poor brain to devise some means of
libeTating myself, but in vain.
Leaning against the wall in utter de-
spondency, lvas about to throw myself
down on the ground and await my fate,
when ! observed that quite a current of
water, on small scale, was making its
way down the side of the cave. At first
I was alarmed as thought it might loos-
en- the earth above, and bring ansther
mass down on my head. The next mo-
ment the thought struck me that it might
he turned to my advantage. Why could
I not direct it SO that it would wash awav
sufficient earth in its progress to the out.
let OF the cave to make an opening large
enoug b to allow me to crawl through IT.
Even it I only succeeded in making an
air-hole, it would enable mo at least to cx-
list until my partners could come to my
rescue.
Carefully examining the course of the
water. l succeeded in finding the spot
where it entered the cave, and, to nv
ereat Joy, ascertained that I could easily
direct it by buttlng channel out of the
sides at my prison to the mass of earth
| that blocked.up the entrance to the tun-
mel.
The air at this time was quito hot End
sitting, and / became aware whatever
was done must be done quickly, or l
| should perish for want OF oxygen.
After cutting channel for the water
to flow toward the entrance, / enlarged
! the opening by which the stream entered
| the cave, and rejoiced to sec that it flow
ed with redcubled vi5or. Taking nv
shovel, l pushed l. through the moisten-
ed earth as tar as l was able, aud then
waited for further action Of the water,
In few minutes could push it further.
till at last it was out Of M reach. Then
p laciog the pick handle against it. !
pushed both as far as possible. With
| what eagerness did watch to see the
| first opening made by the water, kut was
soon gratitied by observing that 1t flowed
III steady stream in the directien in
which had pushed the pick and shovel
In few minutes I discovered faint
glimmering in the distance, which might
be an opening or the effect of an excited
imagination, scarcely knew which. But
the doubt soon dissolved into certainty,
and an opening some five inches in d.
ameter speedily disclosed itself.
Larger and larger the opening grew;
lump after lump of earth was washed
away by the stream, till the channel be-
came large enough to place nv head in
and call loudly for assistance
Just as I was throwing my head back
l caught sight of a buckskin bag. Hast
lily Selling it, l found it was the one we
were In search of, and which but for the
accident I never would have found.
Wishing to surprise my companions, l
concealed it, and redoubled my cries. In
a few minutes they came running up the
hill, and soon liberated me from my un-
pleasant position.
"Well Ned, said Jack, as he shook nv
hand, ~ am glad to see you're safe, old
fellow, the more so as Bill and am de-
ceiving you little. You know we have
been trying all summer to get you into a
tunnelling operation, and you have only
laughed at u.s."
eyes," l said.
"Well, when you got that letter we
made up our minds that we would 90 in
to the job with you; not with the hope of
finding any bag, but because VIC knew
you'd work twice as hard with such an
inducemen:, intending meanwhile to
wash the excavated dirt. This we have
done; and. my boy. we have not made
less than 5000 any day since VIC began.
Then YOU think the bag humbue,
do, you?" asked.
"Of course" said he.
"Well, l don't, and intend going on
looking for it, sail I.
"Now, what Is the use of being fool
ish2" quoth Bill Jennings. 1--WE have
got as much DIRT as we can wash for
some time, and it pays. 1 can't sec the
| use Of continuing such a wild goose
chase as the hunt for that bag"
''Be that as it may" said /, II intend
to follow 1t up"
swell, Ned, We NAV as we'll tell YOU
first as last. wrote that letter in order
to get you to 60 into tunneling.''
"And the GLAZED tree.'" said l, show
about that2 The blaze is certainly two
years old.''
Jack hesitated.
"Why, you see," said he, 1--WE found
that tree, and wrote that letter to suit it"
"Then what do you think of this?'' I
asked, showing him the bag found in
the cave.
Jack was nonplussed. On opening the
bag We found about So, 900 worth of god.
Jack would never confess, but always
insisted that the variance between the
statement in the letter and the amount
in the bag was proof enough there was
no connection between the two. l don't
think so, however, and I believe that
Jacks assertion of having written the let
ter was untrue. We could never ascer-
tain anything about Mr.. Forrest, so we
| divided the money bewecn US.
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