The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-06

detected a something alive peerinR
from the ground above me into the
hole
Could 1t be q human beingP Even
an Indian In his war paint aud cer-
tain to scalp me should have hailed
with joy.
The object showed itself again
plainly. 1t was the head OF wolf
Taking quick aim i fired and hit
1t squarely. With howl OF pain the
wounded brute plunged forward and
into the hole landing on my
shoulders.
In moment 10 recovered from its
surprise and before l could draw my
pistol 1t was crouching to leap upon
me. Ratchet In hand l met its on
siaught As II jumped with bleeding.
open mouth Iducked my head and be-
fore 1t could turn lucky blow buried
the blade in its skull and finished it.
Now with its flesh to eat and its
blood to drink could exist for week.
at least and II help came In the mean.
time / wouldn't perish.
For three long. weary days and
nights l lived on my providential sup
ply OF wolf meat firing my gun and
yelling till my voice gave out but all
for naught
On the fourth day completely de-
SPARED OF assistance from outside and
resolved to make last struggle to
get out OF my horrible living tomb
While frantically chopped with my
Ratchet at the sides OF the hole trying
TO heap up dirt enough TO rise on even
though undermined and brought the
earth to bury me. remembered a
picture OF the tower OF Babel that l
had seen in the big. family Bible at
home.
1t had spiral road running around
its outside on which the workers
assembled as the tower was growing.
Why couldn't cut out similar
path on the inside OF my underground
turned-over tower?
With a glad shout OF joy and Won
dering why the idea hadn't come be-
fore. ! commenced at once the cork
screw road. Starting as high as
could conveniently work / cut into the
hard. clay wall of the we'll until had
dug out a space big enough to hold
me. BY shelving the roof OF the ex-
cavation and curving 1t to the back
part OF its eighteen inch wide floor l
prevented the earth from caving.
laid out this open half tunnel to
ascend on rather steep grade so it's
winding road bed would be sufficient
ly supported. and after some hours
hard and careful work. / finished the
first circle and found that my engi-
neering calculations promised to be
successful providing the earth as it
neared the surface would keep from
crumbling,
Not daring to continue digging as
evening and darkness came l lightly
crawled back to the bottom of my
prison. ate some more wolf meat and
went to sleep with hope renewed and
comparatively happy.
Bright and early in the welcome
morning began my toll for deliver
ance. The higher dug my way the
more hazardous it be came. ! almost
! feared to go ahead for knew that q
break now would be fatal to my only
chance OF escape from horrible
death. When night once more caused
me to stop. was within about six
feet OF the end OF my agony or-alas
Il might be only at its beginning.
Tie awful uncertainty OF being SO
near and yet so far from life and the
glorious. beautiful world kept me
wakeful By the following noon
should know my fate.
At daylight tremblingly crawled
up my circular stairway and recon-
menced operations The earth that
had been removed lay in big pile on
! the bottom, but OF course not high
enough to help mo in case u cavern
I occurred.
Carefully started on the last cir
cult and. rs expected. found that
the dry earth there was much less firm
than below.
Still l could make Roadway. al
though once or twice thought l was
doomed to failure when the ground
broke over and under me.
| Now l reached the place to dig
straight up and holding my breath,
I l attempted it Slowly scraped my
shafts ceiling little by little. then as
the. sods above me loosened tore them
away and-after a week OF living
death-I once more stood on the
earth's solid surface.
soon found the camp, and my
friends who after searching in vain.
were mourning my supposed death =
! ChicauO Sun.