Show ALTON C HAS ARTICLE IN JACOMA TIMES I 1 alton 0 melville who la Is doing missionary work in the north west has entered tho the contest tor for short story writing that la Is boing being conduced by ono one ot of tho the big dailies in that locality ono one of his bis articles taken from tho tacoma times roads reads an aa follows F mr GREATEST advy TIMES READERS TELL OF MOST THRILLING experiences AND COMPETE FOR WEEKLY CASH PRIZE OF FIVE DOLLARS by A G C melville P 0 box among other places wo we visited in last summers aum mora auto tour was cave located about 25 26 miles southwest from ely nevada tola this cave compares favorably in size andin and in many other respects with tho the noted mammoth cavo caro of kentucky it has rooms larger than any in tho the kent tucky wonder it has baa many drop otta offs which cro are c ro inaccessible and lan inn um numerable erable places as yet unexplored after having some of these thene wondern before altarina ontarl an tarina ns and alter after being warned of many of the daugurs ty by the theoulde gulde wo we were provided with a small carbide lamp these lamps lampa burn about two hours it if regulated oc caslin aly la is about tho time it takes to see BOO a certain explored part of the abo cavo cave unfortunately I 1 nov ov or learned how bow to regulate my lamp but on the guide to do this lalu tor for me this wonder cavo cave appealed to me so BO strongly that I 1 decided to tako take a second trip through tho the guide knowing this was waa my second trip jokingly asked ino it I 1 care to do a lit tle tie exploring alone the other mom bors bars of the party took this dare seriously so wishing to miko a good impression on ray my lady friends I 1 started to return to the place whore I 1 had left the party but greatly to my surprise I 1 found it toro to trace iny my patac I 1 r ing in tho the opposite direction noti i seemed familiar immediately a intense tear fear overtook mo me I 1 f followed passage after passage to their ends somo some of them led to small email rooms from irom which led several passages nono none of which looked familiar an endless chain of miserable thoughts ran through ray my mind after my little lamp went out it would bo be almost suicide to try to moyo the darkness dark found in a cavo cannot bo be compared with a dark night outside but it Is absolutely a blade black dar darkness knes and ono cannot see BOO his hand in front of him ar it seemed as aa though hours houn had pu passed when my light began basin to falter 1 stopped in a L cold damp roum room waiting wondering od ering hoping and fearing the thought of being imprisoned in an unknown plate place where some day somo agomo body might discover my remains hau anted meto an extent where I 1 thought I 1 was vas near In insanity there was wa nothing P in tha cavo cave to eat it beamed hours and hours I 1 was in tho the darkness being tortured by bythe tho greatest kind of mental agony it waa only after I 1 had been tortured for this seemingly long tamo amo that tho whole party appeared almost suddenly to fino find mo me palo and trembling like a loil loat I 1 was immediately tho the center of attraction and of humorous remarks it was x much worse baw lin gout than I 1 would have haar got had I 1 never taken oaken this little expedition alona alone |