The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-09-06
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 6f's : s1 s.id Luke then he - o4 lornd his house st1 1 Y & the Spof blown a uile ask6 Ir0E11g q i if had roe . cocked - o1. And the hole be had lo0N - - CT was black and cavern sous, ana seeningiy wifhout ead-and whak vas the mosf remaskable part of IL whe1e occmrence. 1t had all zoe einman1 = t4ougA tAe charEe had snn6o1ol T fhis csust of Iimesecne. and lElv1a viI:5 iaGo fhe heazt of the hills.
 .Hlsss and save us. this is . queer start,S said Luke Shands.
 
 It vas . queere1 start thSn Ln& agised, thaa Felspar had imagino1. 1knn scientific folk had imagined, until tkey came down presently in twos and threes, asd Accounted for it clearly and grapAic- any, and said that it was just what might have beea expected. Luke had not ex- psa GonfIe anA t vas not until he had lGhDqa . candle and passed into the holQ - - 1ocsvered he had blown q peT n1D . eogeEn, long and tortuous a U13 Wlnding its way nov up G1@8 down o m extent that, on the s9 q she monenk he thought he would - no fnzaksx
 MT kosss . ladys chapel all to my s~R & .< VI ~,-ae., 1 he cold ;,h one 0 M hen1ty roars, and then he vas staxtled by the rays of his candle light filling on what looked like lace curtain with tints and traceries from roof to hoog.
 That's very queer" said Luke.
 But the first scientist who came to see this-and he was handy on the spot, and had been foraging about Felspar with a hammer for the last week-said:
 That's one of the grardest staiactites have ever seen in my lite'
 And the cavern was full of ssalactites and stalagmites ot all shapes, sizes, and coloTs, when one came to explore it care fully.
 You'll exhibit this," said one of the wise men. Have the gas laid on, and charge SO much head"
 "cant afford it." said Luke.
 "Oh, but you'll have plenty of people here directly. shall write an account in the USiveysai GeoIcgieai Ckyonfeie. Is this your own property"
 "Yes, sir."
 "You're lucky fellow. Do you know the man who owns the cavern in the Crockaway hills?"
 Isr> heayd of h;rn v
 He's worth twenty thousand pounds" !"
 Luke sat down on his garden palings and felt as if he should faint away on the spot.
 "yoa don't say so :" he said. But do.r "Youm excuse me, sir, but must TUT and tell Peggy
 And away Luke started, down the valley at pace that might be set down as headlong, and Professor Treguffin seized the opportunity to chop of one small stalagmite that he was sure would act - missed, and which would add con- sidaabiy to the chasaetsr and sone q his ovn private coliec1f0n.
 These is not much mcre fD be told. Shns6t cavern was soon fAmons in the relspar district, had its place in guide books, became feature of interest in the locality, and was lighted up by gas pres- ensly, having . little gasometer all to itsek, on the site where the blind pig died. And all at Luke Shands' expense, when Luke began to get q. rich man, ard that with some degree of rapidity. The last Easter Monday before Matthew Brantvell died three thousand excur- sionists came to Felspar valley from the new station . mile aad half away, and most of them paid shilling apiece ad- mittance without a murmur. After that Matthew Bgantwell died of jaundice, and and was buried wiah his fogofnihers.
 Luke and h1D wife-need say Luke's wife was PseHv Bsantvell, vhose grand father had cut ker q wilk shilling.- and the chiIdEen aEe living in brand where the Feaspor hotol is nuw.
 It was in this sHanGs faaAioa-and true faxhion-that Lnbe Shands' luck turned, and in her heast of hearts Peggy still puts it down to Der little prayers in Ny Lsdy's chapel that autumn evening when the spell seemed broken by her lover's untimely inserference. But Luke will not have this; and Mrs. Twitters-who is stiu living, we rejoice to say-thinks that a man wko could have had such luck as he had, and not be grateful to il, and own how 1t came round to him, is littie better tAaa a born heathen, and doesn't deserve to prosper.-E. ". Ro6inses, is Bel Ersvia.
 Business Prudence.
 Merchant-Traveler.f
 A life insurance msn got into row with . man, ard let him pound him up pretty thoroughly.