The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-01
Bacon Climbs Higher.
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feet above the tower which is in a
great gorge Notwithstanding it's eleva-
tion. This mountain is honeycombed
with mines. Mere than two hundred
are in sight + the little town aud
some of them are nearly four thou
sand feet above the town. At thai
attitude these tunnels or workings
look like the burrows of numerals,
little ground squirrels. One wonders
how these men ever climb tC thnAt
awful heights and how they lind
them way there. But a miner can -
almost ANYWHERE a Rocky Mountain
Sheepcar climb. Some Of these mines
are so far above the tower that TIL
workmen 90 not come down o tlai
once or twice a week, u no, They
kcvv ..un breaking their neckS in tht
decent is al inst rutable mystery To
me. From this little town | had the
most novel experience and thrilling
ride Of my life. Here is the nos
suarLn. Z point Of the "Aeria! d
wav'' which has its termination II
Sunrise Peak on Mt. McU elIand.
Now Aerial railway as a mist, inner
quite The equal of Christian SciticeC:l
Tor There a. :. ..ln iUr dIiy'nlt'-
TemuLti, it>tnlDuins IL iaIir"dd Bn
instead all imnntll>e cdlIe tor rather
two of them nearly three miles i"
total length To which Is attached al
intervals OF a few hundred feet steel
baskets, they calI them, but tutH
convey a better idea Of what these
little Car. really are. They are tapa-
BILE of carrying four people each. Inc
II Of these tubs stepped that day
for as thrilling a ride as orteajs Hkei,
ever to take. The guard abssLhe sta
tion locked me in, there was a whirf
of wheels and /. all alone, was off for
that wonderful ride through space.
] had not Travelled three hussared feet
until there came over me such a feel
ing Of such utter helpleSsnesS as J
never experienced before. | alraigned
myself at once uDJn the Self-draWu
indictment Of being "a fool (had it not
been for my early training and X tlted
profession | might have draw 1T
Stronger) for leaving the stable alth
to be dawn up with nothing beneath
me but $500 feet OF Rocky Noun ain
atmosphere. | at once pleaded guilty
to the Indictment and promptly con-.
victed myself ut being the biggiSi
fool that has been allowed to run al
large since Simple Simon quit the
earth for getting into that tub and
embarklng on that perilous journey
WAS l frightened:" No indeed!
/ was Scared-with great emphasis on
the scared" After trying it for sew
eral hundred feet getting more scared
at every step l concluded to try it
awhile with my eyes shat to see if
that would help matters any hoping
that in the course Of human events /
would reach the top for | seemed to
be travelling so slowly (I suppose it
was because | was anxious to get out OF
the tub) that now and then | thought
/ could hear a snail wh,z by. But the
experiment SO far as quoting my
nerves, and calming my fears was con
cerned, would prove abOrtive and |
looked out once more and grabbed the
seat in front Of me and held on for
dCdt lItC olttlOuSd CbCIC wac POool-
lively nothing to hold to. When |
opened my eyes [ found that | had
been drawn up SO high that | was
really travelling through a rain cloud
and was getting wet l had my I'M
brella but [ pledge you my word | was
too scared to hoist it. l was getting
freezingly cold but couldn't loosen my
hold upon anything long enough to
button my coat. But to add to my
fright il that were possible when about
half way up the mountain the tub
stopped to take on another passenger
away down yonder at the station and
then that old cab-e got to vibrating
and it seemed to me as if l were being
raised and lowered a hundred feet at
each vibratron. Sitting as rigid as a
rod Of iron and holding on the little
seat in 'front.' with a persistence that
eGualled Grant around Richmond
/ managed tC peer over the side OF my
tub and there l swung suspended
from that steel rope between two and
three hundred feet above the jagged
rocks below. | not only wanted to
oh0O LILY CtCO dSdItl Out L WdlltCO W
lie down in the bAftom of that tub
and / wanted to Tie down bad, and
the only thing kept me from it was
the tub was not big enough to lie
down in Well there was another
| vas afraid to turn loose the seat in
'front.'. But finally after a time that
seemed as long as the sleep of Rip
Van Wrinkle (though in reality it
was only Is minuteS) l reached the
top and opened my eyes and a guard
unlocked the tub to let me out [
asked him il he wouldn't kindly fur
nish a stranger a little Information.
/ was %Shivering all through and my
teeth gathering and told him l was
greatly bothered to know whether [
was scared to death or frozen to death.
He smiled upon me benightly and told
me to 20 down to the house a few
steps away and get a cup of coffee
and l would be better presently and
would enjoy the trip down. l got the
coffee alright and tried to bride the