The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-09
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SYNOP SIS.

oconvrjeb, ISS. by Bschellcr syndicate.( },
SYNOPSIS.
rp,is ,cn,ar liable adventure. narrated by
yen,N CLAY Fargo. takes place IN the
vcar 1857. I'm tn. lines tone region OF Min
,o.oto Fareo theE, aOou; eighteen,
leaves MS ken;u cky home 10 seek his
fortune Reaching Hawk" lAholhS'
,,,,,oso,a he make E. his home with Cap
.o,o Archv,ov O,e Wv Fargo and young
,Se,.,~. Arrbvrov o. To the bank to cash
Srof,. u,bilr ,bcrc nc bank is attacked
- r.ih.s ~ S.n ~, ana IN the Scufiie
49, - .nof and 5llcd. The robbers
-. Lro,.n 10 hove h,, dCn I'm FrOntenac
%n.n a., ,pe valley 90 he Zumbro river.
- A., - h,,ricadc ,cmSclves in that
n.ss.',,s, ,s ,,nnoee,If. aptain ArchWay
49, a Man 10 reach ~ en- through the
,,,,,,,rDre rarnl6caficne hat. as in all
limestone caves. extend IN an directions.
Fargo goes 10 help him. ohc uInins
the two mon lower themSclV " M" "a S'in
hole on the prairie. ia the nope that IL
viii lead into the right cav, "a, n MI. ~. ~
let is 10 recOnnOitre. they v ~ S uil',iiot,
help N they md any way le1on'''s
che robbers. While they are 1O~h, d
storm comes up ana the descend 'is Ma'er
carries their rope and it's fasi tlInh "
the bottom I'hey have some pi 80 NJ
and for six days they gropc arc 81" 80,
able 10 escape Most Of this Tin ivy
hear q queer pounding noise they a re I'M
able 10 explain Finally the CaptaiL ,elS
Fargo that they may never get out Ni We
die regrets deeply having brought mo
Young man down. ana only wishes I vat
The latter would forgive him tor II.
PART H.
THAT do. Captain" I said. and
know my voice trembled more than his
hand Il would not have let you come
alone II you had wanted to. Can you I
forgive me for taking Robert where |
did that day?
'Oh. that was different You did not !
know there WAS danger. | ought 10 |
have known there was awful danger |
here but. come. Wen make another |
trial Wen not die here like rats in a !
hole. There's enough candle TO last five |
or six hours by keeping the wick split.
We have a little strength left. and there's |
one place beyond the two-column room |
where ] think there may still he hope. |
There are three matches left. you said.
Yes"
BE sure YOU find a dry place before |
YOU scratch H." he added as ! felt about |
FOR the wall The match went and he |
held the candle and once more we looked |
into our thin. pinched faces. 7 could see |
that he appeared much more bowed and !
broken than the dav before For two /
DAYS VIC had been following the plan dt |
was the captains idea and good one) |
Of keeping the wick Of the candle split |
IN two carefully pushing down and cut |
ting of half Of IL with the point OF our |
knives az the tallow sank lower This '
gave a smaller flame. hut ate up the
candle much slower
The regular beat Of the unknown noise |
was palmer than ever but We LEFT u
behind when We got beyond IN" room
we were In. We dragged ourselves
along the shortest way toward the two
column room. Several times we stopped
and went down into holes which we
thought might lead somewhere put we
always found that we had explored them
before There seemed to be hundreus OF
these places leading down ana uhuer
which ended by being too small TOT us
a wriggle farther. In some places. deep
down under the lodges al the side or
ens Of rooms or pass1 geways. we founu
holes or long. low openings thro'Eh
x,hich we could see higher ana larger
snaces beyond but which were TOO sinan
a. allow us to get through 10 what might
mean freedom.
We go, 20 the two-column room AT las''
-h,c, wac 50 called from two big lime
.,ono nillars. and clambered over pyr- {
.m,d Of loose rocks and then DOWN
..eep crack Of a number OF yards wlue I.
nv hardly two feet high. We shd DOWN
swentv feet. and sat mp where IL WAS
little higher. c,..osr- i,,e /
rvo all the rest | said sorrowfully WA !,
hopelessly $50 t1,r,,." he