The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-07-12

sense Ol lou'u 10 lNt dlu OF MS SlEUl j
in his scientific Investigations Of
these strange beings ot the neither |
world. while thus cugagcd usirg both F.
his touch and sight the professor re- .
ceived singing blow ON the cheek. F.
Pecring into the darkness To see what
had struck him, Won Humbolt saw
bull Imp with Wild gestures f.
and mad grimaces challenging i'm
to mortal combat TO fight him a
duel 1t Is evident. the professor
thinks. that the big bull Imp thought
and became Jealous of the carcsscs
he was showering upon them while
pursuing his scientific researches. The
professor is duclist of much note.
In fact. he has fought so mauyduols
with sensitive students that 30 has
been said of him that ducluc is his
chief pastimc. The proud professor
could not endure Ju insult, even from
a maddened bull Imp. and ne immc.
diatcly accepted the challenge to NOR
tai combat and the fight with naked
hands began. The professor states
that the Imp fought him In gentle.
manly manner aud that not once did
he attempt to use stone. which
were thick on that part of the cavern
floor over which they fought Won
Humboldt from the limited uycsu-
.ation made, does not know and cam
not say, whether these strange be-
ings are genuine lmps. or lost In
dlans and white people who from
long hdbtation IN the dark cavern
and from subsistence on the white
eyed cavern fish alone have evolved
lmpish forms But gentlemen and
ladies' continued the count" / wIsl
TO disabuse your mind of one thing.
Those lmps or degenerate human be
whatever they may be-hactn
horns and forked hoofs and spiked
tails as the newspapers nave pictured
them. They have long flowln1 hair
on their heads and the hair Of many
of them comes To their feet. Some Of
them have the red skin of the Indian.
Others have lighter skin, are IN tact
as white as many a Caucasian Won
Humbolt,' continued the count, rs
suffering more from the cXcitomen
of the fight than from his bruises.
lie will be out in few days and
will continue his explorations until
he has learned all it is possible for
man to know about those lmps and
their dark and mysterious abode
At this iuncturc, while the count
was turning to enter the sanitarium
n pretty Indian maid rushed wildly
into the crowd and men and women
gave way and let her pass through.
Hearing the commotion the count
looked back over the crowd TO learn
its cause. lie recognized in the ap-
preaching girl Juanita Lightfoot, TO
whom he had recently become en-
gagged and he fastened OF meet her.
Throwing her arms around the
counts neck. she whispered some
thing I'm his ear. Mounting the steps
with a protecting arm about the
pretty maid. the count again faced the
crowd. Ladies and gentlemen he
said, "scme one has ioNngly told
my beautiful betrothed that I had
fought duel with a former Indian
sweetheart of hers, and that this
was the cause OF the excitement
which brought so great a crowd to-
gether at the sanitar.um. You Will
be kind enough, am sure, to excuse
her public display of genuine afec'
| tic'b" Bowing he ocunt and his
sweetheart entered the building amid
| the wild cheers OF the throng.
The existence of the Mystic Cave
: has long been konwn 10 the Indians,
and they have many lege ds about
the caves great mysteries ana about
4 both Indians and white people who
from spirit Of adventure have en-
tered the cavern and never came out
they believe that these unfortun'
/ ates were captured and retained as
, captives by the mysterious inhabit
ants of the dread place. In speaking
of these mysterious inhabitants of the
great dark cavern, the |. dians repeal
over and over that they are chick
ANA exsho anio"'-that they have
nothing OF good in them, meaning
that they belong to the bad-lmps
The first attempt at exploration by
white people was about a year age
when Jesse H. Luffun and brother
adventurers and magazine writers
from New Hampshire, entered th'
= mysterious depths for the purpos'
Of learning, II possible. whether or no
the cave was really inhabited by
= powerful humanrlike beings, as the In
iians believed, and who were chick
anna exsho anio" The Buffum broth
ers were accompanied by A. Abbott
= Hon. J. w. Williams, Bird Williams
, o. G. McAdams, n. r. Ruggles an'
: Col. Renfro Of sulphur, and Whit
, Frost. a squaw man from his rancI
) and farm near the cave. The squav
, man cautioned the Sulphur men VIII,
: were his friends, and the two New
+. Englanders TO keep together and wei
t within the protecting rays OF thei
llghts-that II any OF them straggle
, and became even for few minute
! lost in the darkness, the lmps woul
! be sure TO capture them and max
+ them one OF their tribe. This advic
! and caution was given with muc'
3 earnestness and with a hope and
: prayer that none OF the exploring pal
r ty would straggle behind or beyon
} the lights and be captured by tn