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90.0! H. let go the rope and hold Ni
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He could hardly believe it' a: first.“ ,
What could have rained the rope!
Staining his eye: ho gazed up oi, it .
I! hung'juat ' he had left it but
it was undoubtedly aborter. In allit-
rio panic .of {car he Jumped for it
and missed it by two or three inches. .
Again and again, he jumped but cun-
..Twil,§§'(‘ll went out
. hm uncle in the
w of Nevada. ho
nun a lot about
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1 uncle's tool ha
f of rope.
l small
"ni'l’l. Then 11.
.‘o out hunting,
v to the month
-. lied a knot in
rope and lot
' "we
r ’1, what a fall!
: expect. to In."
.1 us one of than:
» one of tho chau-
wero a. numbfl'
.l- lhe ridge of tho
; nul been worked
thought thdt
\ :tlng time ox'plor-
ll. hop
; ups}, and thoroudhly
hammer.
wn which h. h“
» Jhout mishap and
A . reps to a cruel]
bottom of the shaft dud
tell whether»:- not bin ”aerial:
enough, He did not know enough in
mood it with his hands ’and started
:3". his lighted lanton’owlngtng on
in slipped down until L
int he could no th?;o:t°o'l: dud ‘01.:
end or hit rain at the came time.
Thnt in. he could on wntor. How duo
it might be he nod no way or toiling
The knot in the and of bio rope blind
about four feet no “the.
the water. In the 0‘
"Hnmphw
"I didni co t on wntor. B W
have knownullt would be 21.3.1:le
how we: tho‘nidn of the shaft crow
Well. if it ian't more than 1 foot or
3:0 deep 1 can hang from the and of
o rope and hard
bottom." got my foot on
Caution-1y he let his foot into the
water. gasping- .t
In In the ooldno. of it.
hll
ml
or
“I.
not
of
the
the
could stand that. and
seem the Sidelines
Seine you oughter luv-e. l vow!
Say. that line is
'Boul as fine us
Some old sieve—4! let's 'eln lhro'
Just like waler!
rand he moved manly around the
ho almond to himself.“
lantern high; He had landed in a
cucumber about» to fur equal-o with n
tunnel leading from on. aid. or ll.
thought. "I’m going to move mu
nd
a: hit. thw. but till: water. cold!"
no cupped out carefully. lrhc floor.
though a little uneven. named solid
chamber. examining the «run. Here
and thm he chipped on a bit of rock
that had glittering speck- in it. and
dropped the chip. in hll pocket. Then
ho-turnod toward- the tunnel.
I don't no why the door shouldn't
be moon: nnd solid in there. too.” he
thought. “Anyhow. I'll go in a little
ways.“
80 had gone perhaps ten feet when
hi. foot slipped into a-hol'o and he
wontundqr. dropping hi: lantern and
hummer. The lantern. of course. went
out Ind disappeared with the hammer
n
Of the highobrow!
You can play. Joe. that': An incl!
Go ill Go it!
They don't how it—
NcVer saw that kind of hell
Fifty yards! Oh.
Watch those guards! Oh.
What a slain—we've lost the ball!‘
No. Bill's nailed it—
Never failed ill-
Safe at goa!—--l guess that's all!
Little Giant:
Got the science?
In a book. not football. b0!
Better tel! 'cm
What betel! 'cm—
Pity for 'em not to know!
Cut ibis List. out and
"Byth
l ' « mun-l‘
I lie .‘iust‘il Entirely Around The.
into the depth: of the hole.
Jerry came up swimming vigor-oun-
ly. Ho hnd floated several feet fur-
ther along the tunnel but a dim light
showed him where its mouth was and
he mm toward. it. In a moment he
reached the edge of the hole and could
well: again. Dripping wet and shiv-
ering with the cold, he made his way
rapidly on he could back to his rope.
light that penetrated the chaft
be con d :ult make it .out. He reached
for it, intent upon climbing out of
there an swiftly an he could. But the
rouofihung well beyond his grnpl
.. Srirolas
no clone! to. ‘lt.
pad to think. Ah!
now.
couldn't reach the top. no he know
I
I
Then his fear left min ma Dollop-
That was it. of
He had Jumped his boat and
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._ My .
Chamber. Examining The Walls
there was no use walling his Itrongtll
in more jumping. Ho mun: contriv-
aomeway to reach the rope by climb-
ing up to it or lengthening his reach.
HG examined the wall of tho nhnfi.
It was smooth and slippery 1nd of-
fered him no foothold. Hotel-god
about the chamber. Hinton: ltruc‘k
nothing that he could move below.tho
rope to gland on. And he dared not
venture into the tunnel again. Ho
went back and flood below the rope.
thinking. _
Whnt had be about him the! might
- of his own lrool- tut the shaft to 5‘ black _ course! v The new, dry room had been y > , .. I”
~:e hnd con. to: for him there 32!.“ but “flaw” the c bet-‘mraconnd ”1‘5““ °t making 9 the wattle-I at ,tho that: 13-" ' "- "" 30 '"" “’” 4 '5 ‘81 u'
r c: town for “HP without.-an flirting-‘0” in"!!- lo. “tum fun In “"3”“ into the and had con shrinking on it did no. 7352*:— » , ‘3 —-%‘\,“7..
i. left alone. Ho twisted on. log .ngnm m h. "Th. floor must be ”I” h ,, h it was still shrinking. no doubt. g - ' .. i3- ‘
that it would be . “9" or... ' Jerry was in command of himself _
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than be used xor
P‘DQI'I.
Make the ends; * cut the shelves.
groove the end: at a. b and 'c. stopping
the groove: of a and b as shown in
Section A. Smooth and sandpaper the
piece: and futon together with round
mnxuxlnec or
racking motion. .
If n tin-worker's kit in not available
a tinsmlth should make tho pan; it
may be made of copper. galvanized
iron or nine. the preference in the or-
der mentioned. A wire should be
“”4 Watch lh‘attocklel ,
,\ n him! G“. I’d cu“. 318 project should interest my ‘ head screw; as shown. Make tho aide: crimped into the top edge u indicate.
~llc's got the If he‘d bowl "Handy 30"" Who" mother 10"" l of the box and groove them to receive at g. and a handle made to fall down
. Y - . M m M! Plants. for it may be on“! mov‘d the ends at f and fasten them as indi- out of night as suggested at h to allow
; 1 °" ”M “m“ ‘1" 9°?“ W U" “"33 outed; these Ildel give thejardlnic'ro the pan to be ,-lifted out. The in-
”NC H.“ the 1m. room ‘t ‘1‘, time 1nd "3° shelves '1“ the outlines: necessary to resist the should be fitted! closely. but not I.
closely that it cannot be lifted out
easily.
Finish by stain or varnish or pain!
and stencil a design upon the sides and
and! and cover with a waterproof var-
dish.
swung it up. It would reach the rope
but how could he get it. miened to
the rope? He must and a way! Long
before any near-chore could and him
he would have succumbed to the chill
of that icy water and would have
nipped below its ourfaco.
He thought intensely. And finally
he had an idea, It was worth trying
anyhow.
In the dim light he lifted first one
foot and then the other and pain-
fully removed his sheen. He took the
lace; out of them and put them in his
pocket. Ho tore his handkerchief into
strips and tied them together. He
tore some strips off his shirt to make
more cord of the some sort. Then
he placed hie shoes solo to solo with
the bolt between them. no that it hung
down from the toes of the shoes with
the buckle between the lantern.
Ihelp? Some mall chip! of alone. a
Namib- clashed holes iix’to the too:
Then he put one of his chip: of stone
between the heels. 1 little to one aide.
Ho bound the shoe: together at the
heels as ho had at the teen.
Now he had his shoes swung at
the end of his belt in such a way
that there was a splice about two
inches across between their instepa.
with a smaller space about an inch
across between their heels. Turning
to fact the rope. he began to too:
this queer contrivanco up at the knot
in the end of the rope.
Again and again he threw it. only
to have the shoes drop back into
his hands each time. He was very
tired and almost ready to give up
when at last his idea worked. The
knot. slipped between the instep: of
his shoes. with the rope above panning
botwocn the heels. and there his shoes
hung with a heel of each choc prea-
SaVe
Gee - ‘
Stick 1. ’3: W35!“ ' small 1mm. game coins, a matchbox. of the upper: and. passing some of hi! lug down on either side of the knot.
°3' "“Wbflu the due? a bill-fold. No help men. an belt! cord through them. be bound the He :ullcdhcautiously on his belt. Ev-
' Ho tool: it on and considered it. He ahoea together at. the toe: on that they eryt in: old firmly. Gradually ho
Tl“! ‘ a“ 09'5“” held the belt firmly between them. Increased his pull until he was bear-
ing his whole weight on the belt. 80
went up one foot. two feet. and hid
hands closed on the rope:
In his exhausted condition it was
hard climbing out. He went up clow-
ly. stopping to rest wherever he could
get a little support from the slanting
side of the shaft. Finally he drew
himself out and the sunshine had
never felt so good before. After 1
while he drew up his shoes. put them
on and weakly made his way home.
That night. after his uncle had
heard his story and examined hi.-
shoes. he said to Jerry:
“Well. my boy. I won't scold you
for your foolhardineso because you’vo
had your lesson. But I will any that
after you've learned something about
-minea and all that. goon with them
you ought to make a handy mun to
have around below ground. The! was
a mighty clever idea of nun. lei-rye!
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