The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-01-03

horse and follow the dogs on foot some.
times having TO crawl for 200 wards nj n
time, The baying of the dogs up 10 this
time had been loud and fierce, "a though
they were pressing the bear so closely chat.
they were compelled TO stand and fight NJ
times. This noise had been my guide. But
now 10 my astonishment their baying be.
came fainter and more distant, and reyer.
batting as with n thousand echoes. press
ed my way through the brush as hurriedlv
as possible and found myself at the
mouth of on opening that entered The
mountain side at n decline Of about % de.
grees. Keeping my rifle in front entered
the passage, which was just large enough
for me to comfortably crawl through, and
pressed on, hoping To get shot aud carry
away the hOn0rs Of the hunt. After had
traversed probably distance Of GOO yards
it occurred to me that would I've at disad.
vantage should the brute determine to come
oSt, and attempted 10 turn back, when to
my horror, | found that l could not turn
around. In sheer desperation I crawied OH.
hoping TO find pluce large enough TO turn
around, for what ! judged by counting INV
movements of the hands, about one half
mile. The passage way was now becoming
sleeper, and in trying To brace myself for q
final effort to turn let 20 the gun, which
descended on and ON, farther aud further,
until could hear 10 no longer. The thought
Of the awful abvss below me must have up-
nerved me, for | soon found myself sliding
slowly down what seemed n gentle declivity.
My descent was becoming more rapid, but
what surprised me was that WINS not bruis
ed or scratched, for my terror had vanished
aud | was contemplating the situation as
though in dreamy. / could feel that the
bottom OF the passage was smooth aud soft
as damp clay. An age seemed 10 have pass
ed since | began the descent, the mir becnme
warmer. the darkness less intense, or m,
eyes had become accustomed 20 il. I re-.
member that | wondered as was speeding
down, probably into an abyss of unmens
urable depth, how fast | was going, and
instinctively put out my finger 10 touch the
side Of the passageway, and the smooth side
blistered me at the slightest touch. The
Iapidity of my descent must have taken
away mp senses, as when | next remember
ed ! was lying on the solid earth, consider.
ably shaken up. On getting MP | found
that the earth on which ! was standing was
almost level, that above NE | could iusi
detect faint glimpse of the sky. I sat
down aud tried to think where was, oi.
how got there. | wondered il had died
and this was the second existence, aud If II
was which place | was Ia. soon, however.
discovered that | was very hungry, and
started cut aimlessly To- find way out
After going on till completely exhausted.
and almost iamished came 10 a small lake,
the water Of which was so clear that by tho
faint light from above could see It was full
of fish Of n bright gold color aud shaped like
a sunfsh, though much larger; small ami
mails somcwhn larger than rabbit. played
about me without the slightest sign Of fear,
and birds Of dark though brilliant plumacc
fitted about, regardless OF The presence o.
man.
even the fish would swim up to my hand
when placed il in the water. Still hungrv.
| wandered on, thinking. like the ship
wrecked sailor, food on every side, yet not 10
eat. Attor going on for while found n
small plant about three and u half feet high.
This plant was leailess, hut clustered on tbs,
stem were punches of something about az
large as an apple. Plucking one of these
found that IL had a delicious odor, aud tasted
1t. The effect was iudescribahle. became
so hungry that ate all of the fruit Of tina,
plant, the taste of which seemed 10 combine
all of the flavors of fruit that had eve,
seen, vet like none Of them. by this time
my hunger was somewhat appeased, and
could think aud act more nationally. saw
that would never starve in the abundance
of game, fish aud fruit, and so set about
exploring the place and trying 10 devise &
means Of escape. ] found that the place
was in was nearly circular opening con.
tanning probably 200 acres that il gradu.
ally narrowed toward the top, so that /.
could not have been more than 100 ,arda
across at the top. Near the lowest edge was
the lake spoke about. A small brook fed
this lake. which must have a subterranean
outlet. Besides the fruit spoke of ] found
another variety, which grows on vines AMI
IS about the size Of a small watermelon
This grows In pr0iusiOn, and tastes grea
deal like the 'hapjacks' we used Ia have
made Of -four and corn meal. The ligh,
seemed TO be the refracted rays of the sun
above. and | could scarcely perceive thf
difference between day and night. When
entered the passage that led the 10 this De,.
and il was hut little after O'Clock In The
When came 90 myself nv watci,
had run down at 1871, whether forenoon a
after can not say. How long was down
here ! can only guess. At last, after wLat
seemed AN endless search, I found an opcn.
ny in the wall that led up. Il found mani
hat went down, but did not care 10 try
hem.) This was Il npiural stairway. tbouel,
he steps were more than foot In h.igh.
md very irregular. ] had seen 50 many
TRANCE things that nothing would have
u.prised me, so ! concluded Ia count III.
tops and and see how far down had beer.
after climbing aud counting, res ing very
lien, emerged into IA prssage that led M,
ut of ellis about two miles from French.
nrg, ~ miles from where had started IN
Is near rs could make from counting il--
tops had been more than 10 miles below
he earth's surface"
Mr.. VIM. Henry, whose experience I.
slated above, is n prominent citizen o.
montgomery county, Kentucky, and Is u
rosperous farmer. When the party
Ias ready TO break up to come homc NJ.
ienry could not be found, but rs he was
Jealous hunter aud fisherman the party
Ill not feel uneasy over his abseneo. and
aInc ON without him. Judge Cooper. M
Ombs and Williams having come In tho
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