Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-01


I lay perfectly stu hut alert And
presently l saw ths black man out
of the corner of m,eye. lay fiat ON
his back, and very soon he snored
Goodl The black nan was disposed
of. Now what woult the white man
do?
THE other specime, tainted in the
same way" l heard tn, scientist muir.
muir. Soon he will rcover-and we
shall have to feed him well-oh. very
well-provided he lives
watched him. still playing DOS.
sum. He arose, took good look at
me so as to make SURE that | was
really unconscious. Thin he crept
away-away through an aperture in
the grass wall that served as doorway
to the adjoining room He crept
into that adjoining apartment with
such stealthiness as b arouse my Gu
rlosity. What was he doing there?
determined to see Waat that old in
sane rascal was up to
cautiously crept 10 the aperture
and peered in. / saw the old man lift
a heavy, fiat stone, Fhich served,
could see, as a coverng for a hole
in the ground. From tsis hole in the
ground he took an old-kshioned earth
en- pot. He dipped his hand into the
vessel. but before draFing the hand
out again with whatevsr contents the
pot contained he looked all round. as
if in terrible fear of being spied upon
at his stealthy task. IQuickly with
drew from the aperture and waited.
Presently l again peered into the ad-
joining room and saw that the pot
contained gold. Yes, nuggets galore
were pouring through the hands of the
scientist. He viewed the GOLDEN humps
gloatingly. And it dawrled upon me
that here was not only a mao scientist,
but also very insane miser
The nuggets convinced ne however,
that, surely enough, as I and my
friends had guessed, the mountain
roundabout contained gola-and free
gold at that For surely The mailman
did not mine" for this treasure in
the exact sense OF miningl He prob
ably found the gold free" ID the rock,
in the form OF the nuggets he now dis
| played. 1t was further evident that
he alone possessed the secret OF the
gold. The black man was inAgnorance
Of the source of the wealth and Of this
| boarded wealth itself. Otherwise, why
should the mailman seize upon the mo-
ment when the negro slept to- examine
! his secret treasure and gloats over It ?
But now another thought came to
me. Why did waste this precious
time spying on the old man, when Ger.
tainly an avenue of escape was open
escape not only for me, but for the
beautiful young woman in the cage
With extreme caution now Imrned
from the aperture and crossed the
room, passing around the sleeRHg ne
gro. and out into the clearing{ Like
the wind l sped to the cages and tc
the girl.
Quick" I cried. Help me. Now
is our chance for freedom" And
strained like a very Hercules a. the
bars of her cage.
Get strong club" she said. f'You
can't do it with your hands. The barr
are very tough"
l found a big stick which could
use as lever, and forthwith priet
apart the bars OF the girls cage.
She stepped forth in all her lowell
ness and ran into my arms as intolth,
embrace of a long-lost brother.
Save me, oh, save mel" she plead
ed. Let US fly before they discote
our escape"
Into the forest va darted, and 3
and on, till at last she stepped on
thorn and cried from the hurt OF !
Her feet were bare, while l was We
shod. | thought of offering her nd
boots. But realizing that they woul
be so big for her as to be cumbersom
and thus impede her progress, / she
my coat, tore it in half and made
into two bags for her feet, holdin
the bags on by tying them with striI
of cloth torn from the coat sleeves.
Then on we sped, till suddenly sh
cried: