The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-03-12
neutrality-suspicious.


ploring his Anatomy while Aauiher
Made a BED Of the rIsa' Upright unir.
Joseph Grandclmyer wel known
mining man of Nevada, has passed
through many startling experiences dur
ing a residence of twenty-eight years iu
the far west, but is perhaps The only
man who can boast of having had
round bakers dozen of deadly taranmlas
for bedfellows and surviving the terri-
bio experience without material injury
It happened a number of years ago, but
even now it causes cold shivers TO Chaso
up Mr. Grandclmyer's spinal column
when his mind reycrts to that particular
event. However, surrounded by a cir
Gle of friends at the Palace hotel few
evenings since, he was induced TO relate
the incident
In 1864 | came TO San Francisco"
said the gentleman, and with the hope
fulness Of youth determined to make my
fortune. had little money saved up,
but was a raw tenderfoot, and whatever
put my money into failed to pan out
Finally concluded to strike ont for Ne
vada. 1t was a new section of country
then, that had bocn explored to a very
limited extent, and when 1 made known
my intention many and urgent We're the
requests for me to refrain from being 80
foolish as to encounter dangers in such
a wild and almost unknown country
Nothing daunted, however, and not
allowing myself to be dissuaded from
my purpose, one day in the summer Of
1864, after inducing three acquaintauces
to join me- set out for the land Of sage
brush. My particular object in going
was to better my fortune by any method
could Two Of the party were pros
pectors, and the fourth, Dr. Heath
went along to spy out good location
for hog ranch.
well. after crossing the Siarras at
Walkers pass, we found ourselves in
Owens valley, which is now in inyo
county, Dusk was approaching, and
when, after riding a distance in tho
teeth of cold wind, we found ourselves
at n deserted adobe hut by the roadside
we halted, uupacked and unsaddled our
animals, and prepared TO caInpfor the
night
a TERRIBLE AWAKENING.
There was feed for the horses iuabun-
dance, and while one staked them out
The others began preparations for supper
and made the beds ready. My friends
preferred sleeping undera large oak tree
near, but chose n spot adjoining the
old adobe house, where | spread my
blankets close to the wall where the
wind would not reach me. After hasty
meal we all retired to our respective beds
on the ground and readily dropped of to
sleep
"I presume it was within an hour of
daybreak when | awoke with a sudden
start, A peculiarly dreadful feeling,
worse than any nightmare, took posses
sion of me. felt paralyzed and was
afraid to stir There was something
moving on my face, 1t was not large
object, but as it moved about the trail
left seemed to scorch my face. | felt
the thing traverse my face from the left
eve down over my nose and mouth.
Then it crossed to the other side and ex-
plored in the region Of my ear. Then it
was gone.
81 knew it was not snake gliding
over my face, but some animal much
1 smaller. though what it was / was utter
/ ly unable to conjecture. was wide
awake. of course. but such an uncom-
Portable horror held me fast that / was
unableto move a muscle and gazed help
/ lesslv up at the stars Once / tried to
call ont to my companions, but not a
sound could muster / lay there rigid
as a log, maybe for one minute, maybe
for five, when / again knew that tho
same thing, or something like it, was on
nv hand. which rested outside the blan-
/ ket, and a cold chill ran up my arm ana
| through NV whole body. Still / was
absolutely powerless TO nlovea limb. and
| involuntarily closed my ewes. almost ex-
Meeting TO feel them closed in death. so
/ dreadful and ndescribable was the SEN
sation
A HORRIBLE SUSPENSE.
Next ! knew it was climbing up
over my throat, then to my chin and
about my nose. An irresistible impulse
caused me TO open my right eve, and
saw BY the dim light the fiery eyes of q
big tarantula looking into mine, with
its hairy body on my face, not two inches
away!
knowing that death or at least pain
full injury might result If ! moved my
body, Immediately dropped the eyelid
and had the satisfaction OF feeling the
sprawling spider crawl over that eve to
NV forehead and into my hair. where il
nrenared n nast and finally settled down
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FEELINGS but you cannot for Iuil
half hour, / should Judge, ! entured an
the suspense ard torment that comes %
most mortab in lifetime, and allowed
another spider to slowly crawl up my
leg, not knowing at what tiino / would
feel those black fnngs sink into my flesh.
But, thank God, that did not hap
pen, or ! should probably not now be
alive. Ages after that, 80 it seemed
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narsd tn lim f,a poriiculars Of my
niigbt and IN INV bair which bsd besn
sta1ding an end for don't tnov- how
ionq, he 5iscovared and M once killed
one of tl,e taranfl,laa am Immense fol-
low f,llv tbre. ipobes lone C,arefnllv
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inp ma he fOuud twelve othors that had
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9tnefs, W hen lN} 5,tl.lll Ma3 ofet 4
Ter is,'sy' a., i.', l,ianv 5svs since tbcn Won
NAV DEPEND mon it. 1 have alwa5s
taken good caro- in the selection Of q
camping spot, for Of all the bedfellows