Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-03-15

the pony and the mule back where they
won dni lie 50 apt e get bit with bullrys
or arFtr> All At once sonnet hing happened.
There Was Il Earring sound and then d ruin
bling roar was fang forward on my face.
blinded and nearly oAokvi with dust, and
then found myself in utter darkness
w len | recovered enough to 1T an.
struck match nud looked around What
saw wrguG q Ertau from my llp~, aul
rctkoutsi MAS done for surr- a h,s u4A.s
II rex and earth had fallen from tie rot
1.-THE cave near the mogth. BLOCH ing ht IN
tire entrance. There were tons upon tons 81
the stun. ai.d with neither p,A nor spade
| could not innuel out In two months Il
looked a. II WAS doomed 20 perish 81 hum.
ger aud thirst
Both MY pony and he bgrro had been
caught beneath the falling mass and crush
ed to death 1t seemed miracle ! had ~
capped
= can't describe my feelings just then,
but | decided iotXplore lie cave for another
outlet. That seemed to be my only hop-.
and IL was a prr;gy slim enc All the same.
when had recovered from the dAzcd con.
ditiun into which the affair had throw u
me. set out, lighting match now and
then
A1F - k'tNN ~ 70 TX at munster. mere
were dozens q passages that branchesi ~
in all direct ons, and was forced to trust
to luck III choosing | don't know how
long Prov led round all the time scared Of
FALLING into some death;rap hole bat
finally lost mS nerve and tried to get back
10 the blocked entrance
Then | made discovery that lifted my
hair. was lost ! couldn't find my way
back. Ihaye rather hazy recollection of
what followed. bu; know prowie,l about
like a maniac crying Out now and then
and hearing nothing but the sound ~ my
own y0icr a. il echoed along tie black I'M
dergrouud passages know prayed. and
ain { ashamed Of IL 1t seemed a. If lad
been IN that terrible cave for days. and
faneied WAS already growing weak from
want Of food and water.
''All Al once "A wonderful thing occurred
! heard PARKWAY muttering that SEEMED
g. come from the bowels Of the earth ard
then there WAS a sharp report that caused
the ground 10 reel and hurled me PROSTATE.
saw a binding glare Of fire, and then
reckon must have gone clean daft
VI hen | came round to reason, | saw
there big crack right up over my
head, and the sun was shining straight
down on me. l didn't stop 10 ask how
that crack came there, but | just climbed
for H. by means Of rocky points and pro
jections managed 10 work up TO the tissure
and pull myself out to the open world
Happy Well, | got right down on my
knees and thanked God the best | knew
how. Then looked around to see how il
had happened.
"Pard. | am telling you the square truth
when say the whole side Of that mountain
was cracked and scanned Ii took me some
time to get the thing through my head, but
I finally understood an earthquake had
rent an opening in my living tomb aud
provided a method Of escape, That very
day struck some greasers who were max
Ing cut through the mountains, and 50
am here to tell Of what consider the mar
rowest escape Of my life
Il don't want to hear any human critter
say as how there amt God" concluded
Sam Yool, for know better! 1t was his
land that opened the cave for me TO es-
ispe'f