The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-01-24

would not care what became of mes
rut later the realization Of his BLASTED
rcputaton, the downfall of the nama
be- had been 50 proud to bear, struck
him like a blow and he threw himself
back ON The stone aoor and wept.
Af,er awhile a dull sound like the far
lT bent Of horses hoofs and the hollow
rumble Of wheels was transmitted to
/ him through the rock against which his
head rested. lie found when he sat up
toat the sound was no longer audible,
SO he judged that there must be paved
road or street near II not beneath him.
For hours he listened to these sounds,
his serse of hearing becoming so acute
that he could distinguish between the
passing of a two horse vehicle and a
single one. After awhile rything
became quiet and he judged that It was
night
I Long dragging hours elapsed, then
7 the sounds awoke 10 life again and he
knew that enother day ha1 broken
Touching the uneven rocks Of one of the
walls he discovered that fheywere moist,
and crawling to them ne licked their
Shiny surfaces with his parched tongue,
but This only seemed TO irrtate his
thirst without giving relief SO he threw
/ himself back on the straw and tried to
practice what he bad heard a menisl
scientist say about the efficacy of ig-
noriug the belief in hunger or thirst to
escape suffering when deprived OF food
ftrk rnt sssH I.t Z al
lowed visions of cool sparkling streams
in sunlit meadows to pass before his
eyes mind. lie never thought OF Doro-
thy now except as seated with him at a
sumptuous table.
Once when he pui MS head in a new
position, to avoid tiiS piercing of the
sAarp-pointed stones, he felt a tiny
stream of fresh air shooting from the
wall about a foot from the floor EN-
nminiug the stone in that vicinity, he
found a long irregular crack through
which the air entered Then he began
10 beat the stone with his handouts and
noticed, when he struck it near the
crack, that it gave forth the sound Of
broken rather than of solid stone.
Again and again he beat the rock until
he felt more air coming in at the cleft,
and then his heart bounded with ex-
pectation, for he had loosened piece
of the rock about a foot long by two
inches in width, and when he had
tugged at it for several moments it fell
to the floor.
Then. JOY untold stream Of day
light flashed into his face and for an
instant blinded him When his eyes
had become accustomed to the unwont-
ed brightness, he saw that there was a
widening crevice through the solid rock
from the interior of the cell TO the out
side. And through IT, abou. 90 feet be-
meath him, be saw a paved roadway
bordered by trees and grass.
But owing to the downward ten
dency of the fissure his range Of vision
was very limited. In fact, he could see
only a little beyond the furthest edge
of the road and barely 90 feet of'its
length. So he could form no idea Of the
landscape, or where the spot was sit
uated. Now and then, a man, or a
group Of men, would walk past, but
the sound of theiS footsteps did not rise
TO his ears. Carriages and vehicles Of
several kinds went by, but they giided
along as noiseless as bicycles, unless
Gielow put his head against the stone.
There was a rustic seat at the side
Of the road, aud the artist almost forgot
his inward torture in hoping that some
of tne passers-by would sit there to
rest. He had a vague idea that if tha
people would only stop and look up
he might manage TO signal TO them.
a young man and girl came into
view. They were walking slowly hand
in hand, and, as if obeying Gielow's de-
sire telepathically, they sat down on the
rustic seat. The young man put bis
arm around his companions waist, their
eyes met, and their faces glowed.
Gielow placed his lips to the crack
and shouted, but be had grown -