Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10

about 30 feet deep, ] should Judge
There isn't very much n work with,
but I've pulled meny hero out of worse
scrapes than this with much less"
The humor of the compnris3h pro-
voked laugh, aud then he wondered
what had teeome of his depression of
the previous day. The explanation
came suddenly when he ran his seli,e-
guy back to the point where ~ had con-
cluded that his connection with the
Latimers was the reason for the assault,
upon him, II seemed In a WAY % bring
him nrarer n Re-tcr, and for a time
there was q cheerful enthusiasm in the
thought that other md SS;npeIling
hands had pushed hiiG over the dividing
line brtw"e, his pusillanimous resolu-
tIon 70 run away and an active partici-
patton in the quarrel which Involved
her family. There Was little comfort
in the contemplation of the part he
might he required To take in the feud;
the battle was still to be fought with
his weakness, and be Ind the fresh aud
humiliating example NJ n few hoars w-
fore TO remind him that he had not Vet
made n beginning. The recollection
of this discouraged him again, and NIL
the arguments that had piS.sehted
themselves in defense ~ tbs plan of re-
treat came back with redoubled empha-
sis. lie was not sure that Hester loved
him; il she did. she would de5pisc him
when she found him out: il would be
ineNcusRblv Wrong for him To win her
love under false pretenses; she had told
him only last night what she would ex-
pect in the man of herchoice. lie pushed
the tormenting thoughts aside, and
brought himself down with a jerk to
the present and its demands. I'm not
going To dispute with the weakened
devil any more" he muttered; "thc frst
thing 10 do is ia get out of here, and
then III leave Il with her; IL she honors
me enough TO make me her defender,
I'll make q shift TO fight her battles il
1 have to hire Some one 20 hold me
while do it,"
Under the inspiration Of this conclu-
sion he went TO work patiently and res
olutely, trying the first plan that sug-
gested itself. Using his knife for
chlsel, he attempted TO cut inches for
hand and foot holds in the wall, perse-
vering until both blades of the small
tool were worn down TO useless
stumps. When the failure of the knife
put an end TO the eNpedient, he exam
ined the narrower part of the crevice 20
see il he could not climb TO the roof by
bracing himself from wall TO wall. As
il was reasonably evident that the cav
crn had originally been nothing more
than an irregular crack in the sand
stone. open at the top through its en-.
tire length, and afterward gradually
covered in by slow accumulations of
earth and debris interviewer with t~igs
and grass roots, he argued that il would
be comparatively easy TO dig through
this thin covering II he could obtain a
foothold near enough TO the roof to en-
able him TO attack il. To make the
most of his strength, he dragged the log
to the place selected for the expert
ment, with the intention of using il for
a ladder from which TO begin the as
cent; and, having braced it against one
Of the walls, he took off his coat and
shoes and made an attempt to work his
way up the desired underground.
The first trial was q failure. lie lost
his hold before he had assembled to
twice his height,and slid back to the