The Ordway new era., 1909-12-31

,orhs' when his supporters-.mo,.
n"n ne mad believed remained
crowded to his sides. Good" he said
m, mow, boys, we're going to overcome
ine hull and his gang. Are Won
ready Are you armed?"
The Mutineers subdued,
many OF the IA on Eddy's side had
KNIVES and clubs. broken from tho
supports OF the cave. from which ,bev
lau De'n eating the bark for the last
i"" hours Each grasped whatever
weapon he had. Then come on"
said Eddy, quietly but firmly
HIS little band dashed forward
thfoush the darkness. 1t was an I'M.
precedcnt"d entry Into battle az
though the two foes had been blind.
FOLDED 1t was indeed a game OF
blindman's bun. but one played in
deadly earnest, As one man met an.
other there was shout. and then the
sound Of blows falling. Of howIs OF
pain and rage, and cries OF agony as
club i"ll across 4 head
Eddy fonnd The Bull" who bad A
club as I.ng US his body. a big knott
stick Of cedar, lie Gung it about his
head as he and Eddy came together
and 1t would have killed the other Y
no had not fortunately caught the
blow On his left arm g'anolnv. 50 that
he was scarcely hurt at all lie closed
In on The Bull" who was a giant in
strength, but lie would have had no
chance to win but for the timely inter.
F"ntluh NJ Ant0ulesc. who wrcuched
The Bulls" club from him and
brought 1t down on th" giants head
with crunch The Bull" yelled. his
arms, that had been crushing Eddy's
body. relaxed. and he 'oIl In a heap on
the ground
They bound his hands and feet and
threw him into a corner The rost OF
his crowd had been suhdued by Eddy's
supporters and were mostly on their
knees. promising. through battered.
bloody lips, TO obey Eddy's orders
The critical moment had been passed
Thes" men were In that tomb for a
week altogether. The last two days
OF their incarceration found Eddy
among the sick himself. but Waite
and AntonIesc saw that he was well
taken care Of. even though they them
selves had to eat their boots finally
TO keep themselves alive
Last Hours Of Suspense.
Some Of the men kept diaries. one
Of them having found In pocket
some pieces OF paper and a stub Of a
pencil. which they took in turns
It was the water In the well. the
seeplng ooze. that kept them from
knowing the hdcous tortures Of thirst.
The Bull" subdued sore and
wounded. lay in the corner unspoken
to by tho others They brought him
water. and when It got too low to dip
out they carried him 10 the we'll.
where ho could lie down and lick a
few drops up from the earth. They
would have liked to kill him. this
thief. but they were merciful. Any.
way. he. like the rest OF them. would
not last much longer.
Seven days from the day they went
into their tomb. and when they were
stretched out, weak. on the floor OF
tho place waiting for death. some one
heard a sound ~ first he paid no at
tentiou 10 II. believing II part Of the
dream they had all had at one time or
arothcr-a dream that rescue had
come.
Hut then others heard it. Some one
raised his tired. omaciatcd body from
the floor and staggered to the wall
lie called family, Hello" There was
an answer
The papers have told the rest how
the rescuers found them and carried
them out. all alive but one little
r-nrcrr'rr wEo died ms they brought
him to the air.
The chapter is closed and the mine
is sealed but there's one part OF the
story that these fellows will tell over
and again that's the part about the