Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-21

.soI roTs!! The secrets OUT
Fl5s,s.s the reason , =, D,,o,
Clinton scollard, in Puck
N THE DRILL HOLE
Paisley did not know how long
ben lying there on the ground,
h. fare hidden in his arms, and
In not have told of half the
I,t,-reioicing, desperate, sor-
/ that had been passing through
;, The wonder of it was, that
4 last he sat up and drew his
A
,.,oss his eyes and looked about
!, rallied that he had somehow
.,,,ions all the time that boring
,,,i at the new Hub Well.
rstbpr the Hub nor any other
II On the ridge had been in his
,spn he came out of the house.
Il he was sure. Great news,
Nd vart terrible, had crowded
|rthing else. First, the doctor
|sii that Jacks father had safely
.bp crisis of a long and dan
\ illness. Jack jumped for joy
h Jacks mother had reported
|rtOrs next words. that Mr..
h must have nourishing food,
is chicken. She had cried as
Id said it. and Jacks face had
/ REMEMBERING his three pets,
| and Hoarsy and Dick. But Jack
! The money was about gone, and
vas enough of the hero in the
b make him Stiffen his chin and
n Then father must have one
By chickens, but | don't know
| that his courage faltered, and
Ehei out Of the house. He could
3WsP He would not wait to
(Which chicken his mother select
Elhe Slaughter.
curse his first wretchedness
li a little as the moments went
The blessed hOpefulness of youth
F,o bis relief. A chicken would
hYp to be killed for two or three
y anyWay-and something might
iI
y it was that he became dis
Y aware that they had stopped
.! at the Hub Well. A kind of
AIe lnStinct-urging him to
against unhappy thoughts
u ibis feet that way.
found Erie Simpson, the driller,
an Dodd, the tOOl-dresser, sitting
'aosIng in philosophic ease; but
2aaSon, the contractor. was
+aS back and forth, pausing now
l'a 10 glance gl0omily at the
Ns4uarter-inch drill line that
'"ef the mouth of the we'll. The
: : 'aa Toll the whole story; the
lad parted.
Ut deep are YOU" Mr.. Johnson
Q.sl. '-'04
~ @VOul two hundred and fifty
~ Tile drIlIer'S placid answer.
,aleed that his caImness seemed
r y the contractor.
n, !, 'an YOU think of anything?"
:, ,raSon cried. Have we got to
s'gah2"
J, -'' Drawn nearer. He waited
.'s'est for the answer.
,'so De so easy to get EN-. You
j. ,'' using Our tifteen-inch bit,
. :, :, cuts a SiXteen-inch hole,
a. We'll. the tools are not more
! - inches at the top, and since
\ ~ last they must be leaning
J.. ~s wall. where there's about
=, ,',' III ten thousand of getting
! s> Az, over them. There's a stub
=. ,'Nlns up. too, that would
J, j. With the fshing-tool."
Il ~ sU4 no idea at all that would
1. ~ -'y' II is a shame to aban.
h. 'I Ill.,. Could We dig the tools
! ~ ~ hundred feet isn't so much. >
~ >a' most of it's blue lime.
RAM, Oeen thinking of a way
b, ' call it risky, but 1 can't
! nth it."
n, ~ :. lower boy down there
a!, a.n take a hitch around the
s, %ss,',yely shivered-his quicr
r@ +'a had so clearly grasped thu
= l' . Descent into shat hole. Mr.
! S VA doubtful. That's dan
gs suppose a boy lost his heaC
~ ~o''aing so you couldn't ger
Nm. 39 l, he do2 Let me tie tn,
i Nv. a' " and I'll guarantee t.
|. s'ont sas-bad air-water .
I. :, there's 70 water +,
ss,o y anything. and we haven
I ' NC, coal or anything to max,
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