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how in all the close corners in which |
have ever been hope has not entirely
died within me at any time. Alter what
seemed years. dawn came, and then the
sun rose and it began to grow warmer.
All feeling was gone from my feet and
hands save that they were big centers
of throbbing pain AS the pitiless sun
mounted the arc and its rays fell full
on me realized that | could not hope
TO last much longer. The yultures ap-
peared TO be well aware of this fact
and constantly lowered nearer l
found myself wondering if they would
treat me as ! had seen others treated,
lips ripped off and eyes dug out before
any other part Of the body was touched
It was approaching the rainy season
but the first great storm had not yet
come. though clouds gathered every day
and how ! prayed for a cloud to rise
and shield me from that blasting, with
ering sunshine A perspiraton that
RING out made breathing easier and |
realized that were it not for the sun
might even have lasted the day out
but gradually my senses began TO CO. the
whole scene became one rolling, tos sing
phantasmagoria of terrible shapes and
men and things in awful pm was
aware that | was raising my head and
trying to bite the stone lying on my
chest, then | began to forget and thor
oughy aware that the end was at hand,
lost consciousness in the act of study
ing and observing my own mental pro-
cesses in SO doing. One thought was to
try 10 perceive the moment when my
soul left my body | was eager for that
mental experience
What did happen though was that
| came sharply TO myself again, feeling
beating wings in my face, feeling that
awful weight slipping from my chest
up under my chin A great vuture
was just rising away from me, My
face was bleeding where his beak had
struck my cheek There was great ex-
citement among the others. In alght-
ing he had perched on the stone on my
chest, had struck me and as | started
or moved he had attempted TO rise
giving the stone a push with his feet
that displaced it With a little shaking
Of my head got it of entirely and
slowly my natural breathing began 10
supervene The sky was clouding now
and in little while | dropped into a
deep sleep,
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ing underground any longer than is ah-
solu,ely necessary. SO in a few minutes
was leSt alone though | knew that
ihere must be guard mounted az The
entrance OF the ceuotc
| resolved to make a desperate s.rne
Gle for my life and without further
ado threw off nv bonds and began Is
reconnoiter my position To my delight.
I iGuHd that while my food boxes had
been taken there was a selected case
ot canned goods in PLAIN tins ,hz, The
Indians had lett with nv instruments.
They d;d not know they contained fe0a
\ lrilli4ac IDEA came to re.
The lfayGS mast hc5s tie u1'er f~9m
.bf csFQie GNG / tgAl8 sssf ssgB fggm.
itt
| had my Lager pistol, more than
two hundred rounds 0f ammunition.
and the Mayas could deseSz1 1-iy one
@. fiH1e. I had food, water. shei,er
and could s,avd 4 three weeks serge
/ e0u.d drive laem 70 seek another
source ct water supp'y. II there Was
one dose. ! was d5le. for they could
Keep me .rpTls1-ed Until my supplies
stnsG he exhausted and keep ttlcnl-
selves supplied wiih water frem the
other water hoe Il iherc vas rose
nefrer than several miles they wou'd
hardly try ta supply garrison Al the
moa,h Of she hole w,,l water otoeg6t
frm such q distance -
My gr2titrce over hee N.0NgNe my
Luger with Hie ard taVl / "a q e"sS.
.se.Asl ,,...a : W. sssrrs vY' es-
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saw the reason A heap Of rank green
had been thrown on il A fame burst
idrough for q momeut and by It's light
! saw forty or fifty able bodied Mayas
almost nude taking possession Of me
and my outfit Nowhere could ! see
lose was So trusSed up that a part
of my own hammock gagged me and
though my Lugcr pistol was pressed
close against nay stomach by the hame
mock ! could not move to get hold Of
it The band had stolen on MS in the
night and darScned our fire, then ef-
iccted an easy capture Of everything ex-
cept Jose, It appeared The whole mat
ter puzzled me completely as | had not
supposed there were any dangerous ma.
iNes in that region and travellers are
rarely attacked for purpose Of robbery
So far rs lose WAS concerned ! supposed
that he had been awakened by the ap-
proach Of the band and had been able
to escape into the jungle after trying
to alarm me by shouting
Whatever the situation was, as soon as
they had loaded up the burros and
had collected everything pertaining tc
the outfit, the young chief ordered mt
seated sideways on a burro and we sci
to the cast They we're evidently Ell
tirely familiar with modern fire arm,
for my gun case seemed to please then
greatly noticed that two Of thei
number seemed TO have been wounded
One showed an wmistakeble gun-sho
wound in the shoulder half healed an,
another had his head bound up Som
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Of them were armed with Old style
rifles aud some with pistols hu, all had
grea, hooked heaeQueu knives. weapons
THAR are terri6cb effective in the hands
ot men trained 10 use them The quiet
deliberate manner in which they had
gone about the capture and their silence
were IN marked coairaS, With many
other native raids which have Wit
messed 9g Known Of
After perhaps an hour Of travel
through the forest | began to hear
9i>es on ahead OF us ard thc barking
af dogs Then | caught ,ight OF some
Rarng torches aad m a few minutes
Ma, s,sQd an ny iee, against a tgee
and found myself confronting the en-
ufe hani, men. womeu and children.
numbering about two haudred All Of
the able bodied men had gone 20 etfect
nN capture Outside az great yolume
gf chatter and much curiosity AS to ms
elothes avid my outfit laeFe was ne
marked demonstration 1moDs ,htm
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Overcome by Sleep.

The remainder OF the night and the
whole Of the second day passed and
the only thing that kept M aware that
The camp had not moved 20 another
water supply was the sound Of voices
to be heard now and then. That third
night, however. there was absolute
silence and ! hope | may never be
called upon TO endure the torture that
| passed through fighting of the SLOW
approach Of slumber. ] do not recall
the mornng of the fourth day clearly
but | must have fallen asleep. 50 pro-
foundly asleep that il did nor disturb
me wh'n they came down the ladder
picked up, bound hand aud foot. and
carried - out. The first thing recall
is feeling sharp blow in the face The
widow OF ono OF the men ] had killed
had stamped me in the face with her
naked foot.
knew tha, the struggle was at over,
ths. l had played the game and lost
thtsygh my own weakness and | went
back TO sleep, strange az II may seem
When ! a. ctc ,he-- W. a TERRIBLE
sense CT G. 2tes,.oa Ia; was - dom
inant ''~g n .Ay seisatrons I'D ! Ell;
= tAo-sh I were dried and bs&'1 while
r'a'c pains = !. through my chest and
back. the pas OF = vas: weariness I
sal-ed that I was gasping for breath
az 1 opened my eyes shocked into a
reahzsiiol OF my terrible plight
Tt1i4 fends Rad carried cut their iu-
--n,iors Of stalking me on, They had
q a,ed until the sun was declining aud
hen Rad stretched me OUT on the naked
-oo OF hill. my arms ard legs spread
1ut and MY wrists and ankles tied 20
stakes driven in the ground The dry
lhcngs cut deep into NV des'l rhi>
was not the worst thing they had done,
however With care they had selected
stone somewhat larger than my two
fists aud had laid il on MN ,hsS, :;
was not a heavy load hut each ,'mc
breathed as | mus, breathe when l,,as
fiat on my back. my respiratory muscle,
must lift that stone ard sooner og '2ter
the exit, effort would tire thgm ;n she
point Of exhaustion | Shuddcrt3 nsh
horror when realized thar q, i6s he
muscles would refuse % Scg /. sr ana
With my mouth and poStri's g5cS IA,
breath | should smother because s
not take in the free air
Already was suffering 'err wnr
the strain en- INV breathing h~jrrs
had slept enough lhss { 1 's.rii.,aa
my mental faculties and sl. anea tia
rising and falling load on r, tt,4,
wondering just how -lr hur4 r
a 4 -
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-17
Walked by a Native Dog,

One night shortN afies we - camp
Al. heard a sca,tliug noise IN the nn
dsrSrowth hu. supposed II was ogg
some snake OF armatillo uavtliel
afeund our fr- and paid 40 further
as, til Jose toeched mc on The sbeNh
Ay and I tnreed nv head 10 look where
'e gas pointing Standing in The gras'
ia ia bis ewes, locking ct rs III orr ham
mteks Was What WAS upmlstthahly q
a Very S0au he hogan 20 bark and
sl louhts sbon, him vanished lie was
typical native dog What could he
s. doing there 10 the ioresi2 loSe spr-
NJ eli tia. We we're near some rel,ote
Na, village ba, ihsi did not stem pos.
S.aie me ;rd % We went 70 sleep
tu. qe W re ght isk some
,s.ef I. a;re Snt1d my arms and
ssael ~ trdeaNc~e1 Ne spr,rg
ser al ae was bound fas.
n wild yell f,om
'ost ihet my ohsefva-
sfoi.s Nr. HaK gas there
a. ~. s.ea. s.> .S Suddenly |
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off for America apparently was q
big. dark. faced man the sight Of
whose visagc sent sudden startled
thrill through me. ! had seen him
once only before, had never %nown
his name and yet / owed him my lie
tie saw ME waving and heard NE shout
ing to him, recognized me and saltted,
then was LOST in the crowd Queer,
wasn't III yet no stranger than the story
Of my first meeting with him.
Il was in lgoa that came back from
Africa with about FIVE different sorts
of fever in me and believe ! should
have died If | had remained in The
north Ny physician suggested that |
return to the tropics or rather the sub
tropics, only that instead OF Africa or
India that | try Central America.
Following my physicians advice |
sailed for Barbados and then for Be
lie, and after getting the general lay
Of the country and picking up two good
natives aud four hurros for my omd,
] set out for the interior intending TO
do a little gold prospecting, 4 Etic col
leeting and ii possible 10 get some fine
iauga skins, Though the region is not
noted a. sporting country Il Is a very
fine one, Sir George Ramsden went
there regularly uutll he was killed by
q jaugar and Il told me AZ one time
that lie was rsyer fifty miles beyond
civilization anA often wondered what
las beyond There Is a popular idea
that when one can pick ap a map and
see q country outlined, see the noun
rains and rivers marked OF aad sec
towns iotted down that the country
has been explored and is familiar to
,Ac gcographcrs This is erroneous.
There arc millions of square miles ON
tle face of the earth Of which the
}nowledee az the white man is very
slight Indeed determined to explore
the section rs the west and in so doing
] encountered The greatest adventure of
my none too peaceful lie
had il il mind To strike southwest
10 the Coekscomh mountahiS, hmi down
,hclr northwestern lace io the border
and explore The Passion River the head
waters of the magnificent USamaciuta
River, ore of the most important syS.
tens on the American continent. and
vet hardly known 10 civilization, hut
about the time lett British territory
was tired OF struggling With the Jungle
and finding mare open country Of IN
the general direction of Lake Peten
! changed my course intending To renew
my supplies 10 Flores or 20 push ON 10
Teal on The headwaierS of the llondo
river. then swing around iugo the great
unknown country to the north The
fourth day as moved duo northwest
| came 10 4 stream that ! am convinced
Is the headWaterS OF the Old River.
fally forty miles from the supposed
locality ei ii and by the end oi thci
month. having missed Lake pctct en-
,irely. was travelling in a country
;hat drained io the west instead ot theI
cas-. whereby ! knew thar even the
Regrrr, line oi The watershed of the
Nuca;anian penlnsular has not been
property placed BY the gcographers
Tie shooting had been inc and my
greatest tfa,sle wa, with the Jungle,
as there would he points IN our Journey
when the forests oi lgnum vitae. ma
hnaa.sN era.si,.a .4,sd ...t.e, fraas .,+.
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tremc. am very fond of it at any
rate. and though an indifferent pistol
shot knew from shooting game with
it that ! could expect results nearly the
same as from a rife, as modert maga-
zine pistol Of the Luger type is so
balanced that even the most Indifferent
shot will score we'll made up my
mind to make every one of the nine
shots in each magazine charge count
for one of the bronzed devils that had
trapped me.
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Imprisoned in the Underground Cave.

$50 - NAA~ Q S~'fA
Perhaps It is as well that | should
explain the nature Of cenote In the
region in which had penetrated begin
the great underground rivers Of Yucca
tan. There seems to be highly porous
layer of soil from ten to a thousand
feet in thickness through which the
water sinks so rapidly that it forms IN
no pools or streams on the surface.
Tn lerneath, however, is a clay and
stone bed and on this the streams form
eader ground and run away under the
earth only the great Creator that made
them knows where All over the region
are spots where the earth has fallen
in leaving a hole with running water
at the bottom and in some places there
are winding caves hundreds OF feet deep
I.nr countless centuries the natives have
descended to the water by rude wooden
ladders. 1t was in one Of these caves,
room about sixty feet across that
found myself | could see up to the
entrance of the hole not over seventy
feet above me. On one side the dark
stream ran slowly and on the other was
sort Of sand and gravel bank Super
stition prevents an Indian from remain
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-17

BY The ligh, Of tie torches 7 coai1
make out L We were iu clearing ia
wt'ca two Hugl buildings Of enc II
the ed tcwuS stood aud thar the band
appeared ia be eampe1 in the buildings.
SAW large number az other wounded
men and ane ol ae fellows who .was
guarding ms were par, Of .he outfit
hne Magssg rias. Fsqm IL .ai this /
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-17

FEW weeks ago
as | was sailing
fr6m Southamp-
ton / stood at
the ships rail
just as we were
getting ont into
the stream and
on the dock. see
ing some friends
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When the bottom Of the cave was
reached beside the underground stream
found all my traps except the guns
and ammunition and the food boxes all
ready heaped up there and | was laid
on the sand beside them
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-21
TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION.

of
not?
what is predicted a
the scofers not
project o you
supposed be rather
them unfeasabe undertaking.
up
worlds
of
vehicles
Within the almost the
is in
power
electricity
to
and
Atlantic
to
con
unwind
will
Indiana Ifarbo Liverpool
accomplished. perhaps a years
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-21

under the management and direction Of
Joseph M. Gazes.
Charles Klein, the playwright, and
his wife are to make an automobile tour
of Europe. In the course of his travels
he will look out for plays for the
Authors Producing Company.
w. A. Brady is arranging for the
seventeenth year of Way Down East
and an entirely new production will be
given the old play during the coming
season. 1t has been performed more
than seven thousand times.
1t is reported that Alexander Pant
ages, head of the Pantage vaudeville
syndicate, with circuit extending
west from the Mississippi river. intenos
to build a 100000 theatre in San Fran
cisco in the near future.
| Among the players who will support
Fritxi Scheff in The Rose shop" ara
Joseph Herbert, Eugene OBrien, who
supported Ethel Barrymore as leading
man in "Trelawney of the Wells,'
George Graham and Anna Wheaton
| Charles Frohman has made twenty
four productions this season. These
| include the revivals OF the Gillette
plays, "Raffles," with Kyrle Bellew as
the star; ''Trelawney of the Wells and
lJ. NJ. Barrie's playlet, The Twelve
pound Look"
Charles Frohman, before leaving for
London last week. mapped out long
tour for Ethel Barrymore, extending
from Philadelphia to Seattle, and to
last until some time in August. During
the tour she will remain for at least
two months at Powers Theatre Chi
icago
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-21
Where The Spotlight TWink|es

Eddie Foy may make another trip
into vaudeville.
Man to Man." in which Frank
keenan, plays. is by Oliver White.
1t is reported that George NJ. Conan
is to build a theater in Chicago.
Felix Haney Is to have q new play
called THE Man from Tammany," next
season.
Marion Fairfax is writing a play for
TulIy Marshall. who is still playing ia
THE City"
Joseph Medill Patterson, co-author OF
''The Forth Estate has written a
drama entitled Rebellion
The Price, play by George Broad
hrst, has already been selected as Miss
Helen Wares starring vehicle for next
season.
Fred +. Shrader has written the book
of a one-aot lyric drama called
Corsica" which F. c. Whitney will
produce In London.
Frances Starr, who has been playing
in The Easiest Way" for three years
will have a new play from DAVID
Belaseo next season.
| John T. Kelly has been engaged b,
Liebler & Co. to support Mabel Hite In
the musical version of "A Certain
Party He will play the part OF Jerry
Fogarty.
| Hugh Ford's dramatization of the
late o. Henry's novel, called "Cabbag,
and Kings will soon be produced un
der the title of The World and tn,
Door"
| Ralph Herr. who has been starring I,
Madame Sherry is to star in new
musical play. entitled Doctor de Luxe.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-21
VOICE OF
THE >
p E OP e
WANTS TO BOOM SHELBY.

Shelby, Ind, March FL.
Editor TIMEs:-They are throwing
out inducements to boom other towns
why not boom our town. We have
beautiful surroundings. One advant-
age we have, we don't have to irrigate,
plenty of water. have two sawmills
on the retired list. We also have a
park with a high fence around 1t
which is very attractive, you or any
one that likes that kind Of show can
go to on Sunday, 1T don't cost anything
to go in IL you go in on the blind side.
They say it is hard to get out. any
way It Is an easy place to live for
any one that is not stuck hard
work. Now l am not going to mis-
represent things. This is dry town
but some may have objections to that
but don't let that worry you, If you
have a good smeller you can track ii
up. They say that there is a place
that leaks that Is dangerous, some
go there to investigate. they get SC
dizzy they can't walk straight. Don't
you think that there ought to be
something done. Some one might fall
down and break their nose or they
might fall in the river as some have
done and go down to kingdom come
Beware. S. E. L
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-21
Articles of incorporation

Articles of incorporation have been
fled in the office of the secretary OF
state for the following:
Cement Products Company. Worth
ington: capital stock, $4,000; manu-
facturers; directors. #. NJ. Digger
James Hodges and Fred Slinkard.
Holman Mutual Telephone Company
Aurora; to construct and operate a mu
tual telephone property: capital stock,
$500: directors, James Cross, John Me-
Kinstrey. W. w. Humsey, Claude Ora
ham. John Rumsey. J. B. Todd. Harry
WEIGH O. Ruble and Amos Simms-
Phi Delta Kappa, Bloomington. fra
ternal; no capital stock; directors.
James Wilkinson. G. S. Peterson, Lotus
ID. Coffman r NJ Stewart, L. o. Kunkel
and w. =. Morgan
Metropolitan Baptist church, Indiana
polls; no capital stock; trustees, F. L.
Davis. Anna Weber Alex Brown. w. II.
Edwards and William James.
The Farmers Land Company of Indi-
ana organized under the law of Ari-
iona: capital stock. 100000 certified
in Indiana for $1,000; to deal in farm
hands; Indiana office at Logans sport, d.
rectors, F. E. Bentley. T. c. Jones. w
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-21
ssTHIs Is MI 47TH BIRTHDAY
GeOrwe Il. Vincent

DR. George Edgar Vincent. who at
the end of this month is to succeed DR.
Cyrus Northrop president of the
University of Minnesota, was born in
Rockford. Ill, March 81. 1864. He re-
ceived his education at Yale University
and after his graduation In 1885 was
engaged In newspaper work for short
time. He then spent year in travel
and on his return was made literary
editor of the Chautauqua Press In
1888 he became vice president of the
Chautauqua Institution. He was fell
low of sociology in the University of
Chicago from 1892 to 1894; assistant
in sociology in 1S94-95; instructor in
1855. and assistant professor from
1896 to 1900. In 1907 he WAS chosen
president of the Chautauaua Institu-
tion and a short time later he was
made dean of the faculties of arts. liter
ature and science in the University OF
Chicago. DR.. Vincent has a national
reputation as a writer and lecturer or
sociological subjects. He is regarded
as one Of the most effective orators IL
the country.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-03-21

wards were offered for the apprehen-
sion of the murderer. evidence sufff-
cient to justify an arrest was not dis
covered until the confession of Frank
Ross, made a few days ago.
SUFFERER OF MEASLES At 81.
Mrs. n. c. Nickum, OF Elkhart aged
81 years who resides about three miles
east of the city. is suffering from a
severe attack of the measles although
a local physician who is attending her
reported that she is somewhat improv-
ed The physician stated that II rarely
that an aged person contracts this
malady-
MANY HURT IN WRECK.
Two traction cars of the Indiana
polls and Cincinnati road, Rushville
division at Morristown, crashed into
each other five miles west of here.
about o'clock yesterday afternoon.
A report from the scene says many
persons were hurt.
FALLS UNDER TRAIN MAY DIE.
In attempting TO board a Monon
freight train early yesterday morning
Albert RETRY Of Salemn, IS years old,
was thrown beneath the train, sever
ing the fingers of the right hand and
severely iniuring him about the head.
His recovery is doubtful