The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1916-06-29

Tic way, h' utShNu l''' t'"ki w
room and told him what had happened,
The main tunnel Of the Surersti.
ton mine has collapsed he Cricd.
Were on the way out in car.
Rhinelander, Storm and a crew If tho
men are caught Inside"
Sorry to hear that" said Seagruc,
shortly. Go on. BORT lose any t!,nc,
I'll follow" He called to his servant
for his coat and hat as the doctor
ran out. Putting on the coat he hest
tated, changed his mind, and decided
not to go. He threw his hat and c vat
on the table again and sat down.
In the tunnel the men had Seen
| caught like rats IN trap.
Serious as their situation was. none
| of them lost their heads. and Rhine
| lander and Storm. in particular
neither OF them unused to great peril
were calm. But what to do in cir
! Gun stances so strange to them. the
two could not tell. A hurried exam
| inaticn Of the Cave-in showed their
exit completely cut off. This misior-
tune. however, did not paralyZe their
activities.
With the two railroad men encour-
aging them, the men worked hard to
get through the obstruction in trent
of them. They tcilcj unremittingly,
knowing how every hour within their
prison would lessen their chances for
life. One Of the men, exhausted by
tie labor. picked up water canteen.
1t was broken. A canvass was made
Of the situation and it was found they
had no water Gloom settled for a
time on them. Thereafter, question
ing the foreman carefully. RhinelanI-
er picked a place where the expert
enCed miner thought they might, with
a little work, get through and turEed
to the men. Dynamite through this
wall" he saia.
The men began. The moment the
blast was ready, it was set off ard
they were back again at their drills
preparing fer the next. Working thus
with frenZiel energy. they tore great
holes into the tunnels side. but seeC,-
iagly with no hopeful result Ana the
work was beginning to tell CT them.
By the time they had gotten what they
hoped night he the final shot ready.
Rhinelander and the :niners-all in
the tunnel except Storm-were on TIE
verge of collapse.
Nerved to final effort by the hope
Of life the shot was fired No ray Of
daylight greeted their straining eyes
as the smoke thinncj away The air,
now foul. had so overcome them that
few could crawl forward to examine
the shattered wall. One grizzled fell
low. sturdier than his mates. stag
gered to it. He locked for a moment
at the rock and cried out Animated
by fresh hope. the exhausted men re-
sponde1 by dragging themselves to
him.
The blast had not given them the
hopeJ.for avenue OF escape. But
broadly lined across the jagged sur
face now disloGgeG. they saw staring
at Their, as il in mockery OF their
state. the lost vein. the lead of pre-
cious quartz again before them. I'm
tol6 riches confronted then.
Seagrue. in his room. had heard the
distant report OF the explosion but he
had been drinking of late and his
nerves were on edge.
He strobe up and down the room re.
volvirg in his mind the situation OF
the men Imprisoned within the big tun,
mel. He knew enough OF the mine to
understand perfectly the peril OF their
position and the necessity OF n quick
rescue II their lives were to be saved.
Further than this. he charged his mind
with nothing OF responsibility: indeed
he would hardly have walked across
the street to save one OF the inper,
lied men. Yet, a strangely persistent
curiosity moved him to want to knew
more Of the fate OF these who were
thus struggling for their lives.
A decanter st,cd Oh the buffet and
he turned to IT, While he poure
brandy into a glass. he heard a strange
noise ir an adjoining roorl-a scuac
as II OF a miners doublejack. II
startled him urpleasantly. He called
to his servant and the man. thus alb
ruptly SUNNI 9ned. came quickly, car.
rying an ice pick.
What's that noise? What are you
DOING" der. anded Scagruc. hurs,ly.
The man in halffrightere! way
began T. laugh. Only picking a lit,
tie ice, sir" he said. apolagetically
Seagrue, without answering. snatche
the ice pick from his haah Give
me my hat and coat" he exclaimed
with anger. And as the nan hurried.
ly produced them, h ADDED CURLY.
Get out Aai serving him self, he
Gaic ready to start fer the mine.
ATTEMPT after attempt ca the part OF
RhInelan3er, Stern ard the G.ia.rs IL
open way OF frecicm was falling,
and overcome by the f-ul air. the men,
cAe after another. had sunk down fro...
exhaustion.
OUTSIDE. the engine ard little train
hal brought Helen AID the relief and
the men were running W the 81. pc.
Tho few IcG attacking y ~ Face Of