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Show A THRILLING ADVENTURE. Members of th. I'nlyt.chnle 8oel.tr Kx-p.rtnnc. Kx-p.rtnnc. a ll.ir Br.adth Fucapa. The latest of a series of pilgrimages that have been made by the members of the Polytechn society during the season was accompanied by an episode that will stamp it with indelible effect upon the memory of every scholar in the circle. They had been over the situation aud were isMiing fit m the tunnel when a runaway car came plunging down upon them like a thuudei bolt. There was a desperate struggle to get out of its devastating course, all of the party dropping on their faces save Superintendent Lawless of thelWestern Cement company, com-pany, who pasted himself like a porous plaster to the granite walls aud as the car passed hurled it from the track. 11" was pretty seriously shaken up but the free use of arnica is taking out tho kinks and he will, it is hoped, be in normal condition in a few hours. It was a thrilling adventure, as pictured by Colonel Stevenson, and the escape was just a little too narrow for the party to relish tho drama while it was in progress. |