Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01

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On ths end wsS ~ down n me wsteff and
dragged lack and tosth- Al toog Al theeG
wss light they poeed about the edges u
the pond VITA their drags. but with the
exception Of snagz and weeds and mud
they could find nothing It ". = a't1'r, .
Aftcr two more dlscouragipg afternoons
Of work "LAnk" Byereon said he wasn'i
going to waste any more Of his time.
Three Of the boyu agreed with him, but
WfN Spencer We able to persuade Dicl
and Jack to make one more trial.
The NEXT night VIII was handing the
drag rops. Suddenly II began to pull, and.
asaisted by Jack, hs drew 1t carefully In.
At the end was q mass of snags,
"What's thaty shouted Dick. suddenly.
WAL pulled the rope nearer and Jack
lifted out long, narrow object IL waa
q gun barrel, rusted beyond srecognition,
Forgetting that he was on a raft, VIII
throw up his cap and shouted at the top
Of his voice: ice
We've found 'eml We've found 'emr'
But although they dragged an hour they
could bring up nothing else.
~ don't see how we can ever get the
things up even If they are there" said
Dick.
"Dive." answered Will. quietly.
Tho other two boys looked at him with
horror. But, when they parted for the
night Will had expressed his firm inten-
ton of diving to the bottom to- zee IL be
could End the cannon. And the Dextrd lay
all seven of the boys came back very much
excited. The finding Of the gun barrel
had reassured them. Carefully they poled
out 50 az not to make the waiter muddy,
and then Will stripped and stood poised
for a moment on vthe edge of the raft.
Dick had insisted that he tie a rope around
hun. The word was given. and, witt q
look at the blue sky above, Will splashed
head-first into the Sulhnger's Hole. They
saw his white body 60 down and down
through the water and then fade out of
night No one moved nor uttered a sound
every muscle was strained and every eye
was fired ON the water. 1t was a critical
moment. What would VIII fndl Would
lie be sucked down to his death as Sullin-
ger had been?
But the rope had ceased to spin through
Dicks hands. Then 1t pulled again and a
dozen feet awsy from the boat a wet
head popped out of the water. Will
shook himself. sputtered and shouted:
Its there, it's there; touched itw
Then he struck out for the raft. drag
ging something along in his hand. When
he crawled out he laid an old. worn, rust
ed musket on the logs. All the boys were
wild with excitement. Dick insisted on
stripping and making B dive. and he, too,
brought up a musketv Then Will went
down with onesend Of small rope in his
mouth. This he ran through the fork Of
the cannon. A larger rope was dragged
Gown and before dark the boys were on
shore ready to begin pulling in their prize.
But 1t would not stir. Itwas too deep in
the mud.
The next afternoon they came down
with Tom Fishers old white-faced team,
fastened it to the rope, and with one
strong pull the cannon came loose and
then il was no trouble to pull the battered
and rnsted and wholly worthless old piece
Of artillery out of the water.
Somehow, IN spite of all the boys could
do, the news spread about like wildfre,