The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-11

sure enough, just rs we reached the top
of slight elevation, we caught sight
of group of animals about half mile
away that, after careful scrutiny we
were well satisfied were the very crea-
lures for which we were hunting.
'The ground was not very favorable
for an advance, but we managed to steal
along until we were almost within gun
shot, and were quite confident we were
going to be given our pick out of the
group.
"MaXville was slightly in advance.
and we kept our relative positions, both
advancing upon cur hands and knees,
while the Glands continued nibbling at
the rank grass, until il seemed to me
we were near enough to risk n shot.
"As Max didn't stop, | warned him
in whisper that he would brighten the
game.
''lie turned his head and pointed 10
a streak of low, dense bush, n yard or
two in advance, which he signiiied he
wished to reach before firing.
II hadn't noticed the cover, which
lay little to the left, and it struck me
as such a good plan that | nodded for
him to go on.
He timed his progress so that when
he reached it, Il minute or two after
ward, l was directly beside him.
Now said he, we've got them just
where we want them, and we can take
our choice from the lot. I'll take that
big fellow off there to the left; and
there's another with his head up, as
if he scented danger. Suppose you
| take him?'
"fm agreeable l replied. and il
isn't safe TO fool away any more time.
with that we brought our guns
around, and hitched forward to make
the aim more certain, when, without
the least warning, the ground gave
way beneath us and we found ourselves
going down somewhere.
"MaXville gave a shout, and dropping
our guns we made desperate effort
to save ourselves. lie grabbed at the
bushes, but as | saw them going. too
| gave backward spring, or rather
| tried to do so.
".ls is generally the case at such
times, some little impediment pre-
vented. My foot caught in vine, | fell
and down we both went amid Il lot of
| bushes, earth and pebblestones.
When we fetched up ON the bottom
and found that neither of us was hurt,
we laughed; but after we looked into
the matter Il little further, we didn't
laugh quite so much.
| 1--WE had fallen into seam or fissurt
about so feet in depth, and of indefinite
length. 1t was one of those cracks such
as are met with in tropical countries
and the dense vines growing on the
margin so hid it from view that we
never suspected,its existence, and went
so near that ii crumbled, and we boil
tumbled over the edge together.
"The undergrowtha and rafting debris
so broke our fall that we were not hurt
in the least; but when we examined fur
ther, we found that, somehow or other
both our guns were so injured as to bt
useless until repaired. The locks were
only slightly broken, but it was just
enough to prevent their being dis
charged while in that fix.
THE fissure into which we were pre-
cipitated was no more than four fee
in width. We supposed at first that b,
going either forward or backward W,
would find some way out.
MAX walked ahead, while went tn,
opposite way. \ hundred feet or NOR,
and Twas stopped by the narrowing o.
the crack, which seemed to come to
gether short distance further on
When attempted to push ahead, was
nearly covered by the dirt that rattle,
down upon my head-so, of course,
turned back to hear what Max had tt
say.
IL met him at the very spot wher,
we had fallen in, and he shook his head
| There was no door by which we coult
walk out. He had been obstructed in
the same manner as /; but he found 1
little spring at the extremity of hi.
walk. the water of which seemed to es
cape by some underground outlet.
"'How are we to get out?' was thu
question which came to our lips stimuli
taneously as we looked in each other,
faces.
1T was already growing dark, ant
we had no reason TO hope that any Of
our friends were within five miles; but
as nothing else suggested itself, we
took turns in shouting until we wer,
compelled to cease from exhaustion
No response came; and as night wore
on, Max and | sat down to discuss tn,
situation, which indeed, was no joking
matter.
For long time ii seemed as if ther,
must be some way by which we coult
climb up the sides of the ravine, and il
was not until we had repeatedly tried
and failed that we concluded that som,
other means must be found. You sc,
that, while there were plenty of places by
which we could catch hold, yet none oil
them would hold. Every time we tried
it, the dirt and gravel came rafting
down on our heads; and more than
once we really feared we were going tc
be buried alive.
| "We wrcstled with the conundrum as
to how we were to get out, until we
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