Had Never Seen A Tunnel

A eOTTesp'CMjidtetnit) of tiiie Ph'tladelpíhiia Tilmos, Aviites íroni OoOoradD Síprfnigs aa follo'vvs : "I'm fncrni MJsswurt, a.nd thiay'l] hlavo to sh'Oiw me !" Thiati ih what John Duffe:-, oí P'.lke Oamn'ty. Mo., remarte!1 tíhiüa mornimg lis Iu3 was baiinig pia.ttí!i'ecl tup iln ilio office of De. Oreügihitou at Maalfeou. EMs face akl liamls wwre badly scratclied wttiere thOy liad' come in contact wlitít t'.T3 Sharp grave!, there was a brníiss over oae. eye "wJisre hite Jir.-ül had strack agWoab a fragment or p:ik(;'s Peak, om,s eltow íelt "lüke a teraattioa wild cat hiadi clawcd it," und -títere as a franieir'al' feeliaig rf soreness "pretíty muclii everywhere," asi he expliailM'di iíb toi tíie. dlocibor, bu,t lio was a-MIve aiwl tCvankful. Jíohn had jumped fromtJie pW í"rm of a Colorado Malla nd .pa--nS&r tira.iía at ttis ent-ance ,to tb Rís tiTOBel abaivie Manitou, while labocv Itog a mistía.ke .as tilia d-eistiimaöDiï of tte tra-iiTi, whiah appeaffeí to le pluingns iuiia tlia -iiruut lin Side. ' ''Yon dooit catcih, mi3 iefctítol 'em ruri me Jcutio tihra gro'u,ml wJibh any oí thejr Kjratas, -wluem I'to pfft a thro'agh tdlcket to Oriipple Creek ia my pocket," lio remartoad, as tlhe dioetw took anr otlhsi' stiiltch ia hila soalp aiiil adinfited an artüiSt.ib coart piaster stoilngte n t,h.e gwielWmg aver Ivis r-ilghfc eye. "I'm pretit.y badly peeled, up, but you ibe I'm stiíll on top, ana thiat'a vhere i'mi. gioünig tío sbay." Anö JoJin Duffer tpok a good'sizad, bisba( out , of a maminotlh piece of navy plug he üug öub oí bfa pcwfcit, ,aná retopsed imt-o miomentary silencie,, tihougth hifi jaws w0rkedi Sa-Ster thiam ever. "T(OH see, doe," saifl th,e Mifisow:-l'an, as h,e delug&d the gasi log itï the ■doctoa-'s fiïreplace wïbh, tb overflow from his Hilpa, "I was agoiilnig omento Cnippte Creek to see what. those göM miiinies look 1 ike, -ii&re t.hey eho'vel up t,h.8 staf; tato a -waronD and let ü&r ■0 at itlLait, awd BW ctank of gold ta tha ncvek. I had my grip a'iül a bucket oi grul iia the oai-, awJ jusit aften- tlhia traila l&it thie depot I went tuut oin(tlii3 platic:nnito look, at tlue tnpiunitíiiliM. Down on one Bil3)3 was a hiOililer, and up om -totiher sïdie. was a lulll that I couildku't öee ta the top faf, an'OI on all siidas was momntaiSnB, tand I co'uMn't seeliO'w ttoO trailn was ever tjoiing tff tl3',ls tihem all. The aüttle s'hi3lf th.3. t:-aiiü was ruaniöB n kept wiagdilng throagJ hiils liike a snuko iln a plow ieldl, and (Muera I liooteed' ahiead and saw whe:e a liiüll luadl been splöt plumlb d.jwm to 'flho gTOaaS to löt r.iiltioad 'Ulii-'O'ugh, ansil that was all riight lecause I could sse daylig'h'ö o'iï the sildfe. Anid then when the traita went thnaugih that spïiib in tho hill Ilb swiltclhiedi a",in'l ttoder to one eildie. and I oaulil s;s tlhe teiack nhead of ilhe engjjae, aal e:i 1 saw e, Kfg ivSuJtO mpuautaih all cOTeoèdl witih Boom ötiickiing cleaJ nip lato I8113 feloadö and aobody koawB how unoch ïu''tjhsir, aniel tüs nixb t'.iüii I km ,ved t'ho mgilnia give a scireeclb H'ke slhe Kvias mioit) scia"--odl t.o dieat'h, and I iaoked1 qmbk ani;l tlhra wliole busteeas "as gaJnig; plu'iik tatia a: hiIei iin the grouMnd. -lul t'hgn I jumped. Come miear geWitog ki'llei.11. burt I ; xole;l' em ttet trip. You don't ca.tch mo rrunr tí.tv up agaiiusb any gamia vhat I öioiiipb fcno'w anytlhiüng a-louf, ;uul I aili't go-iflig hu o nnyilhiiig t'.iat I don't knioiw 'the out of. Thea letame titoiwn towiu to göt );it;:t'i lip, and I'm feiocmg to C"-iipp! ■ Cneefe somO olher wa-y, even if I have to walk." "Amiil wtoaJi tKöame oí fchia traf.in?" oskecl tüte dl .''.:)■:■, wftuo bad bee.ru ieel(Jng af Duffer's riba to soa if tihiery ,were all iki place, "cffidai't -tvjusy step for -.on ?" "S'bop aottbiüog. Th1 last I tvaw of Ulw thjlins tb wis gbill gpiag into the 'hole, aivi I doa'b care -n-bsitlior lt lefvei" stioppeid! ar not. I Tasn't 011 1tt( Siay, a yöu i"Oclaaa. I couid gb my buskeb back i!f tlhiey geit them out ?" It töiak consiMlarwble tlmia anJ tilic tiesftimioiniy taf Bevemali witnpeses to coaviimice Mr. Duffer tluojb; entre ■flraliiii aisd its ciO'iitanta wiere noit hinpcleasly "burfed! in. tito inteiiiiOir af Pike's Pedk, ankü quUe aj litttle onowd acoompaijtad hun l:o t.lue station, where Aigenit Iunj8,way telegrapihied to Casoa,die to Tetura onia llwidlii pail aiwl igilp labelekl Jo'luni Duffer, 'Plke cownity, Müsso'urJ. Ankl a,s ha letTti tto BfcatiO'iv to fill lip on "free soida biituig i-iig'hjtj omt of tihie g-ix)uüJd," Mr Duffer expliaitaed omce taove : "AVÏieu the. tnaSn ran into thie lnolo I thougtot we'd never ,see rday-lBgJiit again, arwli miy only ohíinco m'as to jujiip, and bo I jujnped. I'm ffom Mïsaowrl, apfll you'll liava to .liow me !"