Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-08-23

Belize adrift
tclzie pluked his brown eyes inc
bright hot sunlight r1Szled ms Nisloh-
airy organs -Four years under sI"
is conducive to blindness, ana benle
had pulled ore cars in the drii's VI 'i'u
deep Comstock mines. ana tro',eu 70
and fro through the Sutro luhhe, iu''y
that length of time. So Belhie plinheu
his eyes and gazed about hlhi IN
dumtounded manner. he diuh N"ow
whether TO be pleased with ms UNUSUAL
reeGoil t, ..-.-,au .s- ...- .,.-'' 20 go
listing in '"sH nrili'1r no-' '"'f''
Perhaps Belize remained on 'ha' psi
ii,u...i
longer. 1t is certain, however tha' as
soon as the sun dropped behihu ,he
crest of bald old MI DaVlusoh' tiie
mule seemed relieved: he grew quite
sportive by the time hlsSe ,lsoa > sa0'e Tpns P''
tei upon 'he u'eais i''u1,'f .,.-,i,.,
did the oVer"orkeu hnui. - a
begin; the days shppeu W sn -.
long the pony iohs ea'eu' s''i;a. sV,Vn'a
looking BeeiAehuo became IA ,a''',il H.,r
object as ne roaheu aoou' '"0
ginia hills.
Strange things will happen ana II
became apparent that this visible
ribbed donkey was thriving on MS sage
brush diet. His master noted the fact'
and decided to terminate Bellies fur-
lough. Mules were none too plontlful
| lust then; work was pressing, ana
take ii all around. Belize could III be
! spared. especially since he no longer
| cut the same figure as did the rack oil
bones that emerged from Sutro Iuh-
mel four weeks previous. So Tim Mur-
| Ipcl, was detailed to roundup tne le-
iuvenated Beelzebub. His accustomed
baunts were searched, no brown mule
with the peculiar markings Of Belz'e
could be discovered. Inquiries were
made. but no one remembered seeing
him within the last week, Einalliy tht q,
sssn sss aIlheT i,ssstr naI829l,5ing down Geigel
Grade. pretty close to Steamboat
SPRINGS. dav before Yesterday" Thi,
seemed A seIf-eyident rlow and Tin
got an extra dav OF. mounted spar,
mule. and struck out i'm pursuit of The
wandering Belzie.
Steamboat is noted for its bo;
springs. geysers and the altogether ex.
traordinary formations in and aboui
that locality. These springs are n
| fayorite resort for natural sciennsts
and offer a splendid field 10 [ae re-
searches of geologists.
There happeped to he a narticuIarIv
Jealous professor soiourninr at Steam.
boat about the same time Belzie was
rustling for new growth of hone and
muscle Two nrosnectors FIRMLY no.
lieylpg they had struck a "bonanza ii
were extending an oId tunnel in a biII.
side. about half A mile from the ,,ain
springs and geysers Of Steamboat
| Ouite a friendsbin enrnng IN betweon
the voung nrofessor and these Two
miners The three made freonent ex
peditions bent ON investigating tbo
wonders of hot springs surmisine
causes and effects Of internal heat and
the prospectors listened in utter fasci-
nation n tho ,benries nronoundod ~,
Professor MeIlins
One sultrv night a heavy eartboualo
shook nm roodiy portion of western
Nevada and CaIiforni, n nioyed odd =
tricks in and about cteahna,
SDrinss The mai, sovsor -, a..
When Professor MeIlins discovaroi
This fact his ranture know NO hmnnds
a, ~ 'iN9'
natural nbenomenon and hce.n tha
prenaration of exhaustive lec,nros sor
fntnre classes IN dieest Will h,,.,I',
engaged In iotting down no,os am.,
gazing into the cavornoug drv ven, ~
M. ,.gsl,sna,. -
tors hova in siqb+ Tbov uora hras,t sa,,,
less, tired vet gasped on; a yoluhle
and excited descrintion Of an unnroco
dented freak Of natnre that had taken
place on the site Of their funnel e.