The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-17
Lucky Cave A Story of Two Lost Children.

precipitous places where a false step
might have thrown them to a dangerous
distance down the mountain side.
well, sister, I'll admit that we are
lost" said Paul. pausing in his walk
And what is more, | fear this fog won't
lift today
little shudder of fear went through
Sally, but she kept a brave voice as she
replied; Perhaps we'd make more time
by going no further till the fog does lift.
We have certainly lost our TRAIL
But standing still is too tedious"
laughed Paul, assuming a careless man
ner. But he was more frightened than
he would confess to his sister at the
moment. 1--WE might find n more COM
Portable place than this" he went on.
Lets go on for little way, and If our
path becomes no better, we'll just stop
and walt
Sally consented, and they resumed
their walk. After a few minutes they
came to a broad level spot, and sudden
ly to the mouth of a cave. Paul entered
first, for the door was low and narrow.
But he soon put out his head and told
Sally to come in. She did So and was
astonished to see n fine interior. Paul
always carried matches in his pocket,
and by the light of some of them they
were able to examine their new-found
shelter Near the door-or caves opeN-
ing-there was a pile of ashes, showing
that campers had inhabited the place
recently. And In a corner was n pile of
straw, possibly to be used as a bed, If
covered with blankets. And against the
wall near to the entrance stood door
shutter made of rough boards which
could be fitted into the opening, while
iron hooks, that We're bored into the
caves sides, could be turned over the
shutters edges so as to make 1t secure
from outside intruders.
Say, here's a dandy fine place." de-
clared Paul. Suppose / gather some
wood and make blaze. We can't stay
here In the dark, and my matches won't
last long. So I'll make a fire."
But Sally insisted on going with him
to gather the wood, for she feared he
might wander away from the cave and
lose his way. Its better to be lost to-
gether," she declared. Soon they had
a nice bonfire just outside the caves
entrance and the light spread to the in
terror of the cave. And there they sat
on the straw-waiting for the fog to
disappear. But the time dragged on
and on, and soon 1t was 4 o'clock by
Paul's watch. And the fog was still as
heavy as fog could be in that part of
the world. The children were becoming
quite restless and uneasy, when they
were made happy by loud call:"Heilol
Hello!"
Paul replied in lusty voice; ''Hel-lo!
Hello! We are at the cayeH'
Within n few minutes Mr.. Hunter and
| Tom appeared on foot, and you may
better believe Sally and Paul were most
happy to see them. Mr.. Hunter explain
ed that he had seen the fog gathering
on the mountain, and feared Paul and
Sally would get lost, so he decided to
come in search of them. II first found
the spring-a mile down the mountain
from here-and as you were not there,
/ supposed you had come to visit Lucky
Cave. And here we found you-safe and
sound You see, my boy is a mountain
climber, and insisted on accompanying
me. But we wouldn't fetch your little
chap along. He's too delicate"