Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-01-23

ana crevices IN search n, son,.
OF forcing it, wa
Barcus-old mani
'Yes?"
nave you any idea
> Devil a one!"
A pause
e,, Dtd you notice what that black
guard had fixed up"
What do you meanr,
nat the bottom OF the shaft
SUI only glimpse coming in-tbo
or OF the powder room was Oman
anu saw a fuse set TO the ton ., q
Aeg OF blasting powder
,, mats the good OF that? We're
iast enough as It Isl"
supply TO make assurance doub,v
'o oy causing a cave-in
seem to remember hsar,rr ~.
leaolng. some place. that tunnels have
Two ends. II that's true, the far end
OF THIS ought to be about the safast
pace when that explosion happeus-
II 1t ever does"
something In that"
Got any matches?" Rarcrs ~
quired' as Alan hurriedly beJnad Peso
to her feet. ''P7U f'ose
Never one"
NUT l. Wen have to feel Our wav
aicng- Let me lead. If I stem over the
DiinA OF pit or anything. III try TO
yen and warn you in time" 4
Aian caught his friends hand in
'aSSlng and pressed it warmlv-a ca
eSS eloquent of his gratitude IN Rar-
US LOT taking their peril lightly or
u e'ehdlng to, for the sake of Rose
'ickhsh business, that-groping
leF way through blackness SO /
p"que mat it seemed as palpable as |
pool OF INK. And haste was indi- k
iteu' they stumbled on with what !.
'utioh was possible against pitfaIs- +
glngerly scramble. Then an aIbou
the tunnel-sensed rather than felt L
Seeh-cut them off from direct I,
III iuhlcation with the bulkbead is
dt the same time opened IN a IS
AT OF daylight, striking down IE
rough that pitchy darkness lilo rs
umn of fine gold rs
-ries OF JOY, Amusement. fncredu1itv II
'hIng IN their Threats. they STUN M
u forward, gained the spot immedi. lS#
y peioW the shaft, looked inward f.
%Ieu' TO see blue sky like 2 coin of l.
Fehs minting far above Them ~
ehd OF long and almost perpendi.
II tunnel wide enough to permit
passage OF a mans body, and lined ,ei'
wooden ladders Ma
he end of the lowerpost Iaddor mad
8 "Ithln easy reach from the floor ,e
be tunnel '''0' fan
IL even as Alan lifted his hands to 49,, LIZ
p the bottom rung the opepinp ar ne
TOP OF the shaft was Temporarily lay e
ured I'll ny brie
,IllIed with apprehension. he hest , ,',iu
l. Marrophat was up there ne Ijt- Oi's
doubted; hardly like that ono n As
ook the ladder-sbast 0ne u to /
unnel to no a It'll 80 p'eparlns out
hat is it?Y Roo ,,a M wade
y In shaken whisper Al
othing." he pod -. phat
e the bottom rung. SWING him def
D. But wait Co., .,,' nin eXplo
casts clear" bo SisHai fect6
ittlng himself finally to the as care
-rophst or M Man. was |
here was noth;. na' DIT the sever
prasn tho 80 III niih 10 DO a fin
mana unfiinching. Even though VIZ
Snot uead on emerging from snarL,
there, like q rat ~ man 10 die last e
had climhad . zap. dynan
n runps wha "oie 'nah half least {
bove: The
oh ,,,.. rife.
ip-here,s . nno ~ say-dont like al
inc, ,.,.,. Ior you. walls f
ing without answer. he Ioote5 ro,,,...,
rev drops of water splattered stream
=, like heavy rain. Almost inn. fsrtbns
ny the blue sky was per. neI n
" echpsed: a heavy cascade of nIaca =
almost a solid column. shot auicbad
le SHAFT with terrific force. cwon
,serf - "noily uazed, he out of
m, ~ up ana dragged through
- idll- the wal
~ nSes cleared, he COM him uns
- e., -acs that the tunnel not unit
iiins' tnat where they an unbu
~ .an.. uy ankle deep; while and his
49,. continued 10 fall without the mou
cred Bal
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