The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-03-31

the earth at rate that seemed terri
BILE TO SONS OF us. We rode for per-
haps an hour. To those who were
used to such. it seemed as nothing
uncommon, but to some Of US IL was
an enterprise-or more-it was
doubtful.
In tunnel hundreds of feet under
ground, without space to even stand
up to ones full height, and the horrid
thought that at any moment you
might be crushed TO mere grease
spot, is anything but a pleasant SEN
sation However, as we advanced
more to the center of the earth We
became less Mortified, and at the end
of the journey we engaged in a great
civil war using worm dust for bull
let's; at the end OF which we had only
one feeling very black one.
After the treaty was signed we
were shown the cutting machine in
operation. We then retired short
distance while the blasting was be-
ing done after which We returned to
behold the ruins. It was indeed not
only exciting, but instructive and
very interesting also. The overseer
was never-tiring in his efforts to ex-
plain everything in detail. OF course
a lot of il was Greek TO some of us.
but even the most ignorant was able
10 grasp a part Of it.
Tired and hungry we were again
loaded in the cars and started to an
underground sub station to eat our
supper. On the way to the station
the power went off and it looked for
a while as If we were going to be
compelled TO spend the night under
ground However. after some thirty
minutes of waiting 1t came on again
and we advanced.
After eating our supper and hav-
ing good chat afterwards, we start
ed for the open air and reached the
mine opening about $40, and in a
torrent of rain. We finally arrived
home and in the friendly face of Mr..
Looking Glass we saw ourselves as
others saw u.s.,
We set to work with soap and
Old Dutch Cleanser and after five
days of constant scrubbing the last
traces of coal black vanished and our
faces took on the sorry appearance OF
peeled onions, which effect lasted
longer than any five days. But the
memory Of the wonderful trip shall
last forever-due probably to the
fact that so much coal dust accumu-
lated on the brain.
The most thrilling thing probably
that has occurred since our stay in
Van Lear, includes only two members
of our bunch. The surprizing No.
6, from Central Kentucky, who was
not introduced in the other Chapter,
and the writer of this.
You see we have been picked on
the entire year, for Dragging and pre-
tending to be so brave, so a short
tine ago we planned a thrilling trip
to the mountains alone. We started
about ten o'clock one Saturday morn
ing wearing borrowed riding habits
and riding the horses belonging to the
camp manager and the mine over
seer. We had been telling the rest
of the bunch for almost week that
we were going to ride over the noun
tains all day and at night we were
going to beg shelter in some noun
tain cabin. OF course they jeered at
us and began calling us "The -Four
Horsemen", "Jesse and Frank" and
numerous other names-which later
you will find were not at all map
propriate.
The evening before we started we
collected our junk together, polish
ed our shoes and leggins till they took
on a mirrorlike smoothness. The
next morning We dressed and mount