Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-03


Il aud cause 10 to c0tnc crashing down. In.
deed IL was one NJ those frightful death
traps Of nature. grim aud sinister. somc-
times found IN subterruncan pns,ag,l or
upon Jagged prccipices.
DR. Kite b. NJ nm adventurous dispositions
also he I. . naturalist and grOlllist oi no
small tvpute. The novelty aud excitement
fclt ln penetrating the uucHplurCd. so
fascinating 10 daring spirits ailurcd and
cnihuldcucl him. Believing thHt hc should
make some intcffaling discoveries he al.
ynuccd n~oluiely Into the cavern As he
did 10 hIsfulthfil dog suddenly curied It's
tail between 10. legs aud made speedy
exit ~ the same time the doctor saw two
lery eyes glaring from dark corner.
ATTACKED ny uArs
Hastily raising III. gun. he took dcliler-
ate aim and let 20 both bnrnul, sirulta-
ncously lie never knew what the animal
wa. or what had become of IL. ,or the In.
formal din that beloved nul rcbcllowcd
through the cavern was followed by nnaw.
ful crash, suiio. ating columns II dust aud
dense darkness, aud he was thrown violent
~ forward and almost buried beneath
mas.c. u falling and.
lie scrambled to his feet again. bleeding
and gasping for hrcnth. Terror struck aud
appalled,, lie r1alizcd that the huge howldcr
above had been prcclpitHtcd into the pas.
SAGE, completely blocking the corridor aud
shutting him, like the doors n pondcrous
tomb, forever fr0m the light he saw ~
way of escape. 4 plutonian darkness cn.
ycloped him. Moreover, vast tribe Of
hats, disturbed by the dctunntion ~ his
gun and the shining sound began 20
swarm along the passage, numbers u them
nlighting on his person They were Of n
marSnble size and iiercouoss and seemed
disposed 20 attack him. So vicious did
they become that he was forced 10 flght
them OF by swift movements u his hands
They swept forward In enormous locks
~ II 10 ESCAPE. and that quarter 81 tho cav
crn wa, quickly alive with them
stunned aud only partly aroused from
their stupor, o. sand, prcclpitnted them.
selves Against the iutting rocks aud tell
upon the floor dcud or Mapping awAwanlly
about IN their wounded agony They
swarined on the doctor's back hhl neck
like huge bees. They dashed against his
face and cluug 20 his clothes. HE hair and
his beard. and their whirling wings bel.
lowslike. whirled the dry dust of conturir,
about In clouds. gricyously Irritating the
hunters already exhausted lungs
DIT fiRG 10 Ills CoAr
a Threatened with snlfocntion. he increased
the activity of his movements He struck
sayagcly aud hurled hundplH Of the
squeaking harpics upon the earth and
tramplcd them under his feet. Tie cav
ems rocky bottom became 80 slippery
| with the blo0d and scattered cutuuls Of
maugled bats that hc could scarcely keep
his footing. That he should preserve his
| equanimity under such torture H. wonder
ful, but that he did Is manifest from what
now trnnspired.
Shaking oil his fierce tormcntors for q
moment he pulled oil his coat and pouring
overit the combustiblc contents ola whisky
bottle which he carried IN his hip pocket,
he iguitcd Il with match, aud ~ u blnzed
up he began 10 Whirl II. q circle Of hi sing
Game aud puEgcut smoke. about hls head
The effect was magical, The hnts. unable
TO bear the Hight and the fumes, spread
their wings aud began prCcipltatc hight
TO other parts II the ctyc.
Surrounded By panic stricken birds, even
under the spectral light of the torch, Kite
presented the appearance Of something In.
human, ghoullhh, demoniacnl. Issuing
from the pockets II his burning coat could
be- heard tho sound Of bursting shells,
which mingled strangely with bis unearth-
~ cries. Yelling and rushing from side 20
side of the cavern, his hair tumhlcd owe E
his forehead Ia tangled masses and his face
distorted with fury and despair hewhiskod
the fiery brand about, soaring, tcorching
aud burning many alive, until che vnst
army u horrid creatures had been driven
back into further rccosacs Of the under
ground chamber
HARD WORK FoH LIBERTY.
Nearly exhausted, hls clothes aud body
wet with sweat and blood. he began to con
slider TIE possibility of escape from his
pri,eL house II any avenue Of escape
over the stupcndous bowlder still existed,
which was uncertain, II would have been
madness to attempt to scale It In the deep,
rlgnlng darkness, lie Therefore ahan,
doned u hopeless idea, aud sought 10 flnd
some vulnerable point az the side OF the
seemingly impns.nble stone barrier
by the light OF slckly blaze which
played over the smoking remnant Of his
still burning ycstmcnt, he picked up his
gun aud thrust the barrels into the crum.
bling earth and stone at one side of the
huge rock. The mass yielded by piece.
meal to his eNortlons, and with the energy
oi man cntombcd alive and desperate for
liberty, he worked hcrocaliy, digging up
tho earth and prylng away great frag
munts ~ rocks.
Hope never forsook him, and after seven
hours OF iuccssaut labor, during which the
work Of aTitan was performed. be sue
cccicd In making an opening large enough
for his body, aud through this hole he
squeezed himself In his bleeding and
blisterrd hands he Held the twisted aud
battered romans Of a gun, and Just as the
cold but friendly moon arose bOhind the
tall pines on the opposite elf he passed
out, pale, haggnrd and grimy into the
chilly night,-Cor, Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
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