The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-01-10

when to my delight my dog came
back to me again and informed
me as we'll as | could understand
1.-THE canine language, that the bear
twas really dead, and that only
had to go and take possession OF
the game. This / was willing to do,
but how to proceed / did not know.
On thinking n moment took from
my pocket piece of rope with
which l was provided, and with it
made myself fast to the dog. ]
then indicated to him to proceed,
and he moved more rapidly than !
cared about going. The result was
was jerked to the ground and
dragged over rocks of all shapes
and sizes until | was about half
dead. In the midst of this prodic-
ament l drew my knife and olsen
gagged myself by cutting the rope.
/ now knew not what to do, for the
darkness was so intense as almost
to be felt. Bulger was gone, and
though | was not afraid, | felt lone
some. SO | turned myself about
and began to move, as ] thought,
in the direction Of the mouth Of
the cave. ] had not gone far be-
fore | missed my way and began
sliding downward.
Now, this pass must have been
the same as that in which Capt.
Henry went down in, for it was
perfectly smooth. The descent
was rapid, but somehow | became
possessed of some kind of fascina-
ton which caused all fear to ban
ish for n time; but now | remem-
bored that my journey must have
an end some time, and that the
stopping place would most un-
doubtedly be n dangerous one. |
passed the apartment where Capt.
Henry got off, and noted that it
was Il beautiful place. j would
have stopped there but the switch
was not opon, as it was when the
Captain got off.
My speed now became more rapid
than ever and | became entirely
unconscious. How long remained
in this state | cannot tell, but
counting from the date when |
went in the cave and that when |
came out, must have been about
three weeks making my downward
trip. When ! returned to con-
sciOusness | was lying near Il large
body of water in which was an
island apparently mile in circum-
ference. On this island were plainly
to be seen moving objects, but the
distance was so great that | could
not tell whether they were people
or animals. Inow began to eX-
plore the premises, and soon found
that the place was stupendous
subterranean apartment, and that
the lake and island above named
were only minor exhibits of its CO.
lossal grandeur. was SO overcome
by this fact, and by the curiosities
which were to be seen in every di-
rection, and which | will not at
tempt to describe, that / almost
forgot for the time that had once
been an inhabitant of the earth's
surface. Around me fitted beauti-
ful birds of every description and
color, and far away, in the opposite
direction from the island, was a
cataract caused by some subterra-
mean river, which came splashing,
roaring, laundering down from n
distance no telling how great, pro-
ducing a thousand rainbows.
But forgot. ] said l would not
attempt description. At length
/ becamc wearied, and after partak-
ing of hearty meal from my pro-
vision bag. which ] had kept Sc
curelv hung around me, | laid down
and soon fell asleep. When ]
awoke there was sitting beside me
n man and Il woman. No, | was
not mistaken. There they were,
and they looked to be of the Mon
golian race, but | could not tell.
The man, seeing that | was awake,
spoke, and said:
Sur lid In lum lon?"
Good heavens, thought |, must |
be in China or very near To that
country. IL came from America
said |, in answer to his question,
al le lo lack limp" said no.