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VOL. XIX

OCEAN CITY, X. J., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7. \M).

NO. 35.

OCEAN CITY SENTINEL. OCEAN cur, H. I, ‘ H. C. ROBINSON Eiilorani Propnelor. CITY DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICIALS. .w -jgj. V“"

DR. J. S. WAGGONER, Physician and Druggist. TJl Asbnrj A»c.. Ocean City, H. J. rti'”"’ "SJu fl "' h Sl * tlon ® r ^' X. C. HUTCHINSON. M. D. I lomo‘o|>ut UiHt. No. Ooenn Avenue.

M okga n hand, ATTORNKV AND <OI \Mr.l.l.OK AT I.AM.

Into tb.

D. GALLAGHER,

DKAI.KK IN

FINE • • FUBNITUfiE* 43 South Second Street, PMii.aitxi.rMiA.eA. K. K. TOKRKBT M. W. TOBHBBT TORUF.KT A HOW HOUSE MOVme AND RAISING t.cneral C'ontrarlont OCKAM CITV Wew Jrn<-> 1 >- S. SAMPSOIV,

Comeyancing. Real Estate Insutanae, Mortja§es and Collections

Stoves, Heaters,Ranges.

PUMPS, StSKS, *0.,

408-10 Aebtyy Avonuo,

OCEAN CITY. N J.

OPEN FOR THE SEASON OF »• BELLEVUE HOT BATHS,

SAMUEL SdBTUBCH.

B0A8DVALK, BETWEEI 7Ui AIID BUi STREETS N«w Suita tor Surf Bathlr*.

J. T. BRYAN, nIi.IoO? Ridge Are.

JOSEPH M. CORSON Real Estate Agent

PALERMO. N.

f. A. CAMI'BKU.

Q A. CAMPBELL & COREAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE 1908 Atlantic Avenue. AtlanticL'lty.NJ.

ild the aonDda of caUract end roowflidewaathe elfin ahriekof the : dominant on the conqnrrrd 1 In the afreet gravel hill (be HoldreJcM' ante were working, prejuu aldtal slope among tliudiunti grated vaah of a tbnnaand year* For i aolid ruck tbeenginnir may cm to win ateep angle be will; in bard/brd earth c-biat or clay la another fitting alopo. for all luoae matrrial only the nral alupe will bold Tbe angle at which gravel nine ia the angle ; ,11 May That ia ita natural Jnne tliv tunnel began, and with tbe tunnel tbe difik-ultica were unbar in tbe gravel waa a bed of blna it cut beantifnlly witb a ipado ivel It war aa atrangrly pore in a It waa bemogmenaa Not grain of rand gritted on a knife paaaed tl.rough It A man could rtand on a (r«h eut alab and hardly leave a mark inw b> it. tbe men called and he eent for Keeley The eight and feel of it gladdened hia

heart

■If l« rune through, tbia will aa' LJie labor." he raid, fur to tiinb The gravel teemed more and mo terrible to him Hia foreman looked doubtful bn I kepi hia donlita to himaelf He tail nothing when ihe contractor made eomi men pot down elaha of tbe day for i track, bn! be ebook hia head when HoMredge went away In the morning when Keelrj came out of hia tent and aet hia foot npun a bine alab be aank tn itdicply He looked for water and aaw nunc men'a long booti wen daubed witb

-’vte-r Holdredgef" be aald aa b-

tnmtileel ufl hia puny

“Thafa xe" aald Keeler “And yon are Mr. Gordon Will yon walk tbrungl,

now dr after d inner T"

“I'm Hungry and in a wicaed Dan temper tbe ni». .aaid Gordon, “au I'll

.i«.nwa»7oU At a distance the go tbroogb right away and gie yon a iHer war hare, but in tbe loft- hungry man e opraolou And then I'll nd-e tie- I- ak. pierred the aky '»* my ■««» • ■“<' hae a ver apeara The hearena were rmuke and gie yon a fnll man a t-rt t apl.ndid Here and there a judgment, for with b.th I don't often brilliant rUr or wifter idanet .bowed g° *r..ng. Mr Holdredge And till lighted aomuil of aome more y™ ln » uW ■ man a dig.^tioo and bU

n ,j r n.,, I temper you can't trnrt hi. word ''

calm No wind moved in the forest j Me Mt down on a heavy balk, which The pnlre of the river wa. tbe one j »»« “*0 atep (or three opngbu. wl nnd in a rleeping world ! he came to the middle of the tunnel Fifty yard, from ll.e lo-other*’ tent I »«« ‘hen tbe dinner boor and tbe u 1. the ent in the hill that led to the I wnr 'towing rough beef and roogber

ery ob- j plr iu a big tent Tbe aonnd of

1- in tlie path, bar or pick or ahovel | Unghter and Ulk

overturned tiarrow. wa. a. virible. tunnel

n daylight lint anddenly tbe aontli 1 For five minot--* Gordon aaid noth .boulder of the bill lifted lt~ If tug. The air wa.fnll of atrange eounda in-I the roond moon and for a min ' A cracking, weeping, whimpering. Hill Holdredge walked blinded- He 1 went on forever. He laid hiaeeragaii ‘

u a pbnk laid on tbe fine clay j one upright and lirUned

DOW a puddle and came to the I “Gie me the lamp." be raid prmei

™.. ..-iherof tbe tnnnrl a eiftrance I ly And j*looked at the fir be bad t« He walked in, and agnin night fell j anting on Where one upright .U«id

thick night. Egyptian and' it tba balk waa comprwd two Inch darknem He tqfped loond j Un each ride rplintery fiber,

and ontelde the air wa. like the thin A Utile damp oo*-d from the gracn ghort of day Sitting down upon a l>ar ' wwrf He atood back and looked at tb*,

row, he r.-ried hi. head upon hi. hand 1 ui>right

And a. he aal tbe bill talked to him in ! “Gie'a a (traigbt e.lge if yoi faint whiriH-rw at firrt hardly aodible. j onr.” .aid ha And Kerlejr found but pre^-ntly be h«-ard very plainly , * by 4 acautling lyiu*

and lilt'd hi. bead to Urten I not yet mwl

Tbe hiU ei«ke in a language intelli | “la ah# atraightf asked Gordon

gible b. an engineer, who. standing j point]

there, might have interpreted what it

aald aa the patholugirt interpret, ob-1 aolleniy

ten re phenomena to tbe bed.ido phyd ! Bnt Gordon pot tbe ecaotllng' 1 Inch aide agaiBat 4he »«*ge balk, and il “Have TOO cubed my contentaT' only touched il cloeely on aaked tbe hill “Have you weighed me i joat in Ihe middle On the other ride in your .caba and halanceel For I am ; of the talk the two coda of the not rock, hot gravel LUtenf I Hing touched, but the middle waa an

And tbe Atlantcan timber* groaned 1 inch away

faintly till the yonng man . .kin ted. j “She juat backing, man. ' aald Ocr

tied and hia hair moved Thi. narrow ! don /

world -o-med alive “Bot laJieJbn w-'ll try A. be'.at there wllh open ear*, which With three out of five tl

gradually grew acute i

than hungry, whrlh ' -oak: he cried angrily jerlt'a in materiala or in Providence, ir dry iu hi. month i And tbat'a a dre-ng gr--t argument j the men were j-<vfnl | again.t -aw-etici.m *nd a-aiBy araciLof j work which neemed eo | “Barring tbe pipe. I'm done till aopper.time." he raid preaeutly. “and after nne .moke I II play tbe wiw phTutwian •g.in and pm my finger on the pnlae at the big hill and b-U yoa what , what in two idiaktvi of a lamb’, tail And 1 iw , don t mind nying out Mraight that my raprrlence is a. big a. that of a carload of the common run of engineer*.' through tine tunnel again, and the brothers followed. Once or twice be .topped and spoke to a laborer a. wrU aa tbe foreman. “Yon wonder. ' be aald to BiU Holdredge, “that I'd .peak to three turn Who worked witb the j and hear what they have to any, fur I lany rudely learned in : ree -all tbey.ee and mair But I've leaniTto trnut to feeling., man, a. well M knowledge, and till you do you may be a school engineer, bnt the hooka ICTUS* your eye. and beury on your

thought. V "Aye." aald Keeley And Gordon filled hi. pipe “If yon can drop ll end if you hae start on aoinething eUe, my ndolt I'm not nuking any I don't know how you - and I it op Bnt to ■» on ia to Againrt a certainly T" arked Bill acrewrd np hi. muntb and abiaik hi. head slowly ‘I'll no ray that, trat It's long odds' ‘And if Ww go on. what*" aaked Keeley ‘Doable timber bn-throughout and hard wood if you can Bot my advice ia to cot yonr loaww and your labor There's narthing In the orld no peetlful a. bonoat In lair wasted Goodby. lairs and glad lock to you!" He rode hack to Laggan whtrtling. "They'll try It; they'll try il " he 'And I've nae dealt they Tl bar

' • all"

And that very night the second Mt ... limber wa. ordered. What they could bny they tamgbt Bnt imilnhle hard ’ there wa. none within 8.000 miles, and to aet ^rhat hill on oak pillar* wa* to boy |I0 with a golden eagle Aa a makeshift new pine and fir ell on flat and inonntain elope, and the trees of daylight ware daily buried iu the pit. They found tbe western end- which a. nay nonomea. narneet to deal with, and there they don bird the ctrp*

bud

wood wedge* in. and under snrb they Mocked tbe inward, thrusting mnd with heavy gris-n planks, by 10. that came from a mi ming near tbe summit the upright, allowed no sign of kling at first wa. the deadliest sign of all. for where the cement bott. It waa necenury to pat in square block* betwixt each huge standard. And even then the groaning was more horrid, new .trains were established, tbe maa. of timber* t.-came more organic and piped perpetually. Day by day the for eats sent tribute to the devunring dragou of the underbill and soon it was almost impuaslhle to see the clay aave upon tbs bottom. Yet her* and there it squeexsd onl between cioae aet

went to their tenU and played 1 pass the time. Bui though now idle and their men duthe hill wa. busy.

si had beard of the mad' tunnel ik'd in. and the strange noise* reared ne of .them. On Sunday bstf the men ■m the contractor, next sts ve them me to view it The end at the track i» now bnt five mile. away, and mine

t a week." he said ** than a week Keeley Holic op to him. have to make a cut of II

1 lb* Job?" asked

"We're going over to tbe taken, air." ■nswerrd Uoldr'dga “I’vehad a letter From Andy Onderdonk It waa a gam-

ble. and the cards were egainet os' They shook hands and parted

The 1

nel'e

midnight, he beard a thousand voice* inaudible in tbe bn.y day Every balk laid fist for the great upright* had its word, every upright whispered, the roof timber* complained, there wa* a eonnd that wa* no nound or like no known sound in the world If it wa* like angbt. it resembled moet a breath of wind in a tuft of gra*. in a tre*. It wa* like the sound of fin* wheat grow ifter rain

•brie

man who listened held hi* breath he heard hi* heart beat like a pulaomeU-r working ’ Bnt be understood what tbe minute churn, of the night meant Tbe tbe In nne! wa* beginning take tbs Ktrain ••Beginning." be said, "beginning And when he *lept again be dreamed that he and hi* brother were hack in Utah witbont a red cent He spoke to Keeley as they breakfasted, just wl the men were turning to •T couldn't sleep last night’* ••No?" raid Keeley “Si I got op and went into the tl

gel"

“What timer

“Sba talks a deal too mneb." raid Gordon. “Y'on'ro laid too mocb on tbe wood 1 always said I bad my doota Bnt dowI't* oardoots—doeriladootl "W r |]r'raid Keeley ■•She's coming down, man—alow, bot When yon bear timber* crack a title*. It'a narthing. for they'd crack wi' heat or talk. talk, talk all tbe time that's fear timber only talks nstnrally when tbs strain raries —when one rob. against another And a wooden ship meatu a shortening life and there we know tbe strains Whi knows ’em here? 1're nae doota man Bnt let's has dinner " Mr Gordon think* we re gone op lrmH* - - • “ -

the table

The Scotchman Bad hia month fnl and coold not speak, hut be held np hix finger and strogghd witb a half chewed chunk of beef When be had gorged 11

be spoke.

•That wa* my hungry opeenlon. boy*, and may ha «ny af tern.au one winna dlflrr nl-v b. Bot though they ray a Scutchuuui fights head with hi* belly

“Now you wont my second OunighUT balks and cants of rawed lumber in thl ribbons of deep pur* Hue. and ximetimei It protruded through a knothole hanging down like solid pouring water And hour by bonr. day and night Keeley or bis brother patrolled the tnnncl which was now like a leaking ship They doubled their redoubled care and watched the ’msrey frarfii-work perpetually. Tbe roof was treble Umber*, each 11 Indie* square They uudr*ied l< again and net angled struts complex lattlcewcrk * gainst tb< doubled walla And the fiat floor of the They raw it and for a day as each other thet ‘t was not so I night they set a long straight edge the floor and tere.cd It It touched the middle, and nailing both end* to the aide frame, they left It By the early dawn the middle of th* straight edge wa* l If inebra sunk in mnd The foreman raid this wa* the end of it Bnt Keeley •ml for m stufl and. leveling tbe floor again, art in a aolid bottom W inches lii and beat it down with aiedgen Along tbe side* be set timber* lengthways and on them three more struts against tbe root And he saw the floor wa* r roof was eenrex. bulging

L

I done all we can." raid tbg it bolds now. we shall made nothing And If It doera t

ton* It shrieked and cried and aet a man's teeth on edge with horrible grating notsea Tbe steps on which the upright. stood were crushed through 1 each standard's heavy heel was set in mere wind fll>er. as soft, it seemed, as a hank ofcoiryarua And where tbe ride thrust* were greatest the short Mocks splintsTThe ceiling was now a downward hanging arch. Tbe bulging waa rtrj obvious And by no trick of forcing the imagination conld tbe rye behold a terel floor Little shake* and splinters rune co when a man bend* a lath to breaking. Anderery bonr or ao came a sound gunshot when acme drier, overwrought beam gave way utterly Though its eouril brought seeming ai- « in a moment mure tbe crieaof the ined wood were greater asd more

itiln \

myself, who writs this, was then at work fur another contractor two miles id one hot Sunday in Angnsl when my mates 'were lying in went to view tbe tunnel And. though I was afraid. I walked through its whole dark burrow It was it the find time I had done il but It a* tbe last. There wa* something uncanny in tbe groaning of the wood, aom.ithing awe inspiring. When half way through in the inU-neeet darkness, terror got bold if me. and my hair bristled Wishing to rouTT could ool and 1 sweated icr IS I went In tbe daylight at th* wsat rod I raw tbe hanging roof It seemed tc move; king splinters pointed more rod mere perpendicularly, and the ride ■Isndards bent like bows. I walked on I curve of flocr umber* driven upward ay tbe rising clay. Her* and there were jagged points;.beams split and opened, ragged with tough fiber In tbe hands of the mountain the mightiest tree* were match wood. And ontaide by their tent I raw the HoMradgse loading op A pack pony, while two other littl. caymns stood ready saddled. I gave them good day. ' they nodded—not uncheerfully. aa And when tb* pony's losd fixed np I followed them at a little distance aa they took their last walk tc the tunnel', month, which waa now ahapeleaa and dirt dried. Two great rafters bad freed their end* and pointed northweet and southwest. Tbe *iU wa* bunt and the under clay roaa is a strange mnd Sower. From the tunnel'1 depth cam* eonnds which were half musical half discordant like the load cry of breaking harp strings "It'a aettllng now," raid Keeley Holdredge as he took hie brother'* arm. And visibly, though with a peculiar alow new*, a* if of oonaciooa power, the jaw* of tbe tunnel were being forced together. Tbe riven roofing fringed IU jagged mouth like yellow fang*, stained Mae in places, until It seemed aome living mounter writhing in agony under a moat intolerable weight But tb* eounda of tbe deeper tunnel were muffled : We knew tbe day waa bursting In st s thousand place* Perhaps even now the long work of gravity waa done there. Ore groan bant oat at the closing mouth, and tlieu wa heard tb* whistle of a driven wind bias through th* ragged teeth. But with that came a fall »f gravel from tbe higher hill and when the dost wa* dissipated the tunnel was seen no more It might have t> bnt aa the brother* turned a seemed to me that a great »•*, off their minds I met old Gordon a and stopped him "The mad'lnnDeJ's down. Mr Gor1," I Said. And be wbUtled. "Did yon era tbe Hokln-dgra. man?"

he asked I nodded.

“And what did they ■ayT*' "Oh. )nst‘Dash it' raid l “And they've gone away whtrtliag They were good men to wc«k fur." "You ought to know, cried Gordon grinning, “for. you know. they fired

yon I"

But if I did get the rack at the mod tunnel it was only for h iring too much toaay And I bore 11

mile op tbe toad

The MeMcan burros aacvrialn where .0 dig for water by closely observing the surface of the ground. Ona sb-

dry rand. Having dug a bole thing over a foot In depth, be out and watched It Intently.