The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-11

was said about it one night in camp that
he decided to inspect the place personally.
cana fror, q sind+andar This man was
tramping along one Sunday, in search OF
spruce gum to add to his already large
store of this delectaDIe cud. he was IN
spectins trees on the northwestern shore
OF the lake, when he suddenly came upon
an opening in the side of a hiii which was
He was arst attracted to the spot by the
appearance of the underbrush around the
with ice. So differently did they appear
from the others close to them that the
sledtender stepped closer to make an ex-
animation.
1t was evident that a current of warm
air issued from the yawn in the side OF
the HILL and was congealed on the pushes
noticed the hole, but didn't give it much
attention at the time, as he beneVeo II 70
be nothing more than cavity IN the leuge
which crept out through the carpeting OF
moss and dead leaves.
While he was peering in at the olacRness
thought that the place might contain
bear, gummed up for long sleep, nasheq
in his mind and he pulled his revolver ana
let go straight in at the opening.
The result startled him. The flash of the
weapon seemed to light up great space,
and the reverberauons that followed me
sledtender's soul He believed he had
aroused an army of uncouth monsters. ana
he Immediately made himself scarce III tiit'
vicinity.
When this man reached camp he related
his experience to his fellow workers; IIlu
said that the noise following the dlscharge
of his revolver sounded like platoon hrihg-
His story was so earnestly told that oth t3l
IN ibo the in ca 1he h Tg There We're fifteen in
the party but when they reached the place
and fired into it, there were at nfSt iioiAo
who cared to make a closer Inspection
EXPLORERS LACK NERVE.
One suggested that the other go in, but
no one seemed to have the nerve, and the
result was that after an hour or more
passed in bantering each other about lack
of courage and nerve the whole party re-
turned to camp without a head having been
inserted within the precincts OF Name
great cave
Some time after the failure of the nj
teen logging men to make an entrance
Superintendent Gould appeared IN the up
per camp having come from the man IN
"a mn TO axplore the cave. He listened 10
all the stories concerning the Wonderiul
place. and was not to be. frightened by
stories of bears or indian deHlS :, ea++ing
volunteers for the exploration trip, but at
last he succeeded in getting one o, Or the
and man named Howe to accompany
him. .1 e
the cave a lantern was lit, and the party
entered q sort of vestibule. where they
found huge rock blocking further pros
gress Under each side of this rock, which
Mr.. Gould believes to weigh several tons,
was a passageway large enough for man
to crawl through
Mr. Ia.xler was the first to crawl in. His
body was half way out Of sight When ne
gone in had look and pulled back again.
The prospect within was not the most al
Turing in the world. The fit of wings
sounded ghostly, and as neither Knew the
source of the noise, creepy FEELINGS were
not to be wondered at.
'.Well. here goes, said Mr.. Gould as he
dropped on his knees second time and
began to crawl. ssss,g
His body was not half lost to view when
IawIer followed. Soon the men outsdel
lost sight Of both of them. They had not
gone more than five feet before both men
felt that they were clear of the rock
blocking the entrance Then they stood up
rays of the light danced about in the most
fantastic manner The place looked de-
cidedly ghostly but after their eyes be-
came accustomed to the new order of
things, they began to pick their way about
with comparative ease.
They were in a chamber of some height.
though rather narrow. and 1t appeared to
run off into a tunnel-shaped apex at a
downward angle of about forty-fiye de-
grees. Along this passage on a floor almost
as smooth as a road in of Bostons
parks the two walked to a distance
of about sixty feet when they came out
into chamber about fifteen feet square.
like q place studded with precious stones.
This room was alive with bats. They hung
of the walls like punches OF grapes Nest
of them were in a hypnotic mood. but some
were fitting about from wall to wall some
times flying close by the faces of the ex-
plorers
In this room. which Mr.. Gould named