New-York tribune., 1909-10-03

Each had Coapsible windows of comparatively huge
dimensions showing the fearful hazard of the work
for they intended to blow outward at the sight
est conclusion OF air. In front OF each of these small
fortreSSes was grassy slope and a rack by each
barrlcade were white suits and rubber shoes for
three wOrkmen.
'Vlalon whispered to us in explanation. The
work IS so hazardous that but three men are allowed
IN each place Their clothing is changed that there
may be metal about them when they enter They
are working with fearfully high explosive. When
we get there must be careful and if We gain aC-
cess to of the houses must remove our shoes for
the scraPe OF heel upon the floor might blow all
to fragments.
A ) cautious must have been the American In
dlans who once roamed that country we slipped
from tree TO tree and covert TO covert working
way down to the nearest house. We sighted a lone
WatChman pacing his rounds along tiny tram track
that ran from building to building for the transporta
ton OF raw material and lay fiat to t ground till he
had disappeared through a narrow canon leading
like a gateway from the mountain wall that held the
lake Then, satisfied that we dared take reckless
chance and hurry tor one OF the barricades
trpped and stumbled downward. The houses had
no locks so certain the explosive men that no
one could gam that far into the reservation and
the one nearest.
Through the doorway I could see him smelling
chemicals here and there and examining the stuff
that lay around on trays some Of which he had the
temerlty TO weigh on scales near at hand He was
not gone long but it seemed an age
Daylight had come, and when he came hurryIng
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perfect camera to take such pictures of the machn
cry as he could get After another forced wait
single ne across the open space and grassy SWard
another house which EillaIOn entered He was still
within when from the hill back of us came long
Shrill whistle. 1t was answered by another and vet
another, until the hills alive with that high
nerce call EillaOn working as calmly as ever
within and Leopard swapping his films with regu-
arIty as # unhea-ing the din that was sweeping
over the mountains
.comel' cried. For Gods sake come We
must escape 70 cover.
NILLALON rushed out slipped on his shoes. ami
we dropped low and ran around the barricade
70 the opening. and then made quick dash for the
nearest cu1np OF undergrowth. which was but a few
teet distant. We crOuchIng pausing only to see
II any living thing could be seen and hearing from
the distance that constant call of whistles 1t was
PLAIN 10 me that they must have sighted our traIl
where had crossed the wire barriers; but could
not quite understand II that was the case and they
had among them men SO keen III WoodOre why they
did not come directly upon We tried TO run be-
tween the two sounds OF alarm that seemed coming
toward common center. Suddenly Leopard. who
III the lead, dropped TO his knee gave nutterei
curse and looked back toward us We crept forward
10 discover the cause of his perturbation.
Above lowered unbroken wall of rock
stretched away either hand till lost in the forest
Its base was bare OF cover. To scale It appeared
mpOssIbility. and 70 along its base 10 find an
other way meant discovery. Tor the distance was
hopeless And vet, startlingly close 10 our left
there sounded another clamor of whistles. We lis
tened They We're answered from the opposite end
of the mountain wall 10 right.
They re hemmng in against this cliff Leopard
whispered driving us like wild beasts and all wait
ing for the final rush
He had told the palpabe truth We were shut
in Nearer and nearer they came and now could
tell from the sound of breaking twIgS that they We're
coming in line and beating the brush as they ad-
vanced to make certain that We were in front of
them. We made one last gallant attempt to escape
Throwing OF our shoes We boldly ran to the noun