Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-23
SAMPLE TOO STRONG.
And q Bicycle Tour Of the wefAo A.S
- without Adventure.

R;cvcie Tour Of the World Hno'
"a without Adventure.
adventures are pretty hard to nno
when You are looking for them, s.iu
INV friend. the traveller. as he hgnted
rresh cigar. I'm company with frleno
Of mine, Jack Barney-mayDe Sou
Knew him, mighty good fellow. 700.
a bicycle trip around the wo.io o
and arranged to send a weekly ie''eI
=, INV home paper. Well, sir. that was
the deadest and nattest trip ever oooA
IN INV life Not q ripple In 1t. barring
ouarrels with guides and hotetkeepers'
and the letters grew 80 tame II ID
sender TO me they were ever used IL
was In China that Jack one oay sA''
to me:
".see here, old man. we've SIMPLY
got to put some excitement in1o uns
trip. Now. I propose we nave an -"
venture this afternoon.
NATURALLY I was willing. ana wnen
ve rot back to the hotel wrote II up.
We were going through the sueet ..
Seven Moons, when upon q baicony' se'
back in a huge inclOsure, we ga" 'ne
most magnificent beauty I have ever
laid ewes on. She was Of European eA-
traction, without question. as we cooio
acc from the street, although dressed IN
Chinese sarb. and we Involuntary
stopDed to look at her. As we dlo 30
she motioned US, with an evident sign
of distress, to come to her, anu Will
out a moments hesitation we scaieo
the stone wall and entered the open
door on the ground floor, noting Derore
we went in that the woman was iea'-
ing the balcony. She met US at the root
Of the stairs, and came running 10 me.
sobbinp. with her hands EXTENDED aho
grasped mine.
".Oh. sirs.' she exclaimed. 4 see you
are Americans, and / know you are
brave! For the love Of hoaven rescue
me from this dreadful placoT
AT that moment I felt myself sud-
denly seized from tho rear, ana saw
that Jack, too, was In the grasp OF TWO
stalwart coolies. We made a desper-
ate resistance, bpt an unavailing one'
and we were taken into n rear room
where we were Mortified to see them un-
cover a circular well into which 1t was
their intention to thrust us. Here we
made another terrific struggle, but the
odds were too greatly against US, anu
| wc were thrust one after the other Into
this dark and ill-smeliing chasm. 1t
was rather deep. bit a heap Of fine
dust among which we later distinguish
| ed half crumbled bones broke our fall
so that we lay stunned only for a little
| lime. and then awoke to the full terrors
| Of our position. The walls we found
were perfectly smooth and offered no
foothold of any kind. and worse thnn
| all we could tell by certain sounds
| above that they were building over the
iron plate above with brick and ce-
ment.
| I'VE were to be starved or suffocated.
whichever came first. Already the air
was sitting, and our breath seemed to
fairly scorch our tongues. Oh. 1t was
horriblew
Ny friend paused IL :eminiscence for
4 while. and at last reminded him that
I was greedily interested In his tale.
How on earth.' said I. did you ever
manage to get out of there aliveT
I'VE didn't" he said, "there was sim
| ply no way to do It We tried and
tried to figure 1t out, but at last We
gave 1t up"
"It's no use, old man. Jack said tC
me us he sat across the table: we've
got it too strong. Let's just cut 1t out
and go on to HOngkOng.'
$50 that's what we had to do, and We
never sent that letter ct all"