Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-01-24

Items Of Interest from all
parts of the County by
the HeraId's Corps
Of Correspond
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FREEDOM.

FREEDOM.
It was Sunday; this day so rever-
emily and periodically observed, is
seldom remembered by the degener-
ated itineraut in the home Of the Red
man and buffalo; we succeeded, how
eve. in keeping the record OF days and
as we were accustomed to observe tn q
day for conscientious and practical
reasons we camped with the intention
of remaining until Monday morning.
! Our horses and mules had been turn
ed loose to roam at viii until night "a ID
and, after dining on plentiful meal
of jerked buffalo meat and potatoes
/ we separated and wandered along the
banks Of the stream to pass away the
/ time and satisfy our curiosity as 10 the
natural scenery around US.
My brother, Patrick Henry like,
! His listless length at noontide did he
streth,
And pored upon the brook that bah
bled by,
Seeking to capture such fish rs might
come in contact with his merciIess
hook. As I was following the mean
behring's of the stream, meditating on
the future and fearful that it might
be a repetition of the past, " and gaz-
ing OH any new object that fell in
a'iment with my eag..r optics, I dis
covered a short, deep, narrow canyon,
filed with a dense growth Of under
brush, and leading into the right
bank of the brook: as it appeared to
be an inviting place I entered and sat
down IN a boulder near the mouth
under the shade Of a wild crab tree
and an overhanging rock.
The nyOn was about thirty feet
long, eight feet wide, fifteen feet deep
totuous in its course and having per
pendicular sides. AS I sat looking
around me my eyes fell on a large fiat
rock standing on its edge opposite me
and appearing to cover an op-niug in
the bank; 1 stepped across the can
you and the rock being somewhat
rounded on its corners, I had little
difficulty in removing it sufficiently
to allow me to look into the opening
and a sack IF oats, about 20 pounds OF
bacon, tin plates, 2 knives and Q
forks were the contents; rolling back
the stone I went up the canyon fol-
lowing narrow path that had un-
douhtedIy been made by human feet,
turning around a huge boulder about
% feet from the mouth I discovered !
inches cut in the rock from the bot
tom the surface above. deep enough /
for foothold. I had sufficient sell /
control not to show any external signs !
of my approximations, even if I had /
any fears of injury, and if not, I had /
rather not be made into sieve until /
had seen the Yellowstone country. |
did not like 10 stay in there any
way: il was somewhat dark and uu- /
inviting and 7 went in search of my /
fishing brother and found him by the
same hole, head inclined to one side, /
gazing into the water perfectly un-
conscious of anything but fish. APP |
preached him as cool as the circuni- /
stances would permit and touching |
him on the shoulder, beckOned him /
to follow: there was not a word said /
but there was POWER Of thinking go ]
ing Gu within my Uranium and judg- ;
ing by the questioning look of my |
brothers physiognomy his mind was
not altogether serene.
We entered the cavern cautiously, !
our eyes and ears doing their solemn
duty: rolled away the stone from
tire mouth of the excavation and he
gazed at the portentjous contents:
closing the opening we proceeded
through the crooked, dark passage
way and arriving at the escape. I /
pointed tothe inches in the wall. 1t
is unnecessary TO state that place
which knew us once knew Us no
more than haitian hour after making
this discovery. We were not at all
but feared if we remained
there all night we might kill some
body, and such a thought was too
shocking to our doveliKe Propensities.
GoLIAI.