Show c Girl ii I Whom Collins Was to Wed Loses I Hope He Is Living L LE Ky Feb A 6 6 A A solitary figure stood I in the glow ofa of a hill hIli top campfire last night watch watch- watching ing silently the thc shafts being sunk inch by inch to Floyd Collins The lights light's reflection after a minute two two streams of tears on the watchers watcher's face but they were never brushed away says a copyrighted story of the Journal Courier-Journal from Cave City today This silent oben observer er was lis AIm Alma Clark 22 III living InS tight eight hl miles mills Irons Crom Case p CI who ho came como to mourn on what hat hatas was as to 10 have hale Leer been her wedding day and for tor him who ho was s 's to 10 have hase ha e been leen her husband Alone Iono she a as scores of or exerted cried themselves es 10 to Ce force re a 0 ana awai na a through ro rod rock and Into Inlo the cavern 11 her mans man were re callIng to one ono another and solute nero ero laughing The did not Hut tile the didn t 1 I even see e this figure CIure nor did Bho ho hc see ace them She her eyes a on the nosy new made shI Site She turned finally and antI In Ina Ina Ina a moment was as lost In lit the dark ness floss lU IlE GOM GOJ Her lea tears her e and ana 11 walk Alle told plainly that iset hopes a at aie e no more that she ha the cave case which Flod Flo d Collins set et setout setout out to explore will III not r release lN se Its gulp until ho he dies It Ia has held hIm set seven en dOl dais s It has haa held hold out hope to 10 him time and anti again but bul it II shattered them Ihm be beyond ond 1 lIen if It closed the one III avenue to 10 the Iho us world orld outside 1 I 1 llo 10 lod d Collins Collin and Miss AI Alma ml Clark were re to 10 lod touts Lut but on onI a Ce less few of or their thuIr friends knew the Iho secret ecret One Ono of oC them thema a man saw the girl Irl at al the shan shaft tonight and saw sa the saddened face Cace lie sa saw and I knew ne neho he ho un- un understood un understood and amt lie Ie turned d ills his C es S as she passed him hint Others of I our ourse knew or of orthe the friendship and some sonic ml might ht halo base 1 n known that the wedding day was as set sel for tor March larch l 2 nut But Ruler ser er few fe feIne knew Ine tint lust rloyd Floyd Colling and Clark dark had lund decided to 10 teal all away awa a quietly today loday anti and I as min n and wife Ire O JI or CT TO fO M I Mini JUU i It was aa s said ld that thai to the marriage II bad ad been Leen made and that the elopement was a planned no as a means of or overcoming o It And this Ihlo may be Le wh I Ilo lod Collins would not I give tiso o up hi his fight for Cor life liCe us when hen hen he ho knew kne the fight seemed scented lost It may es- es esplain c plain why hy Collins kept ept courage when hen and friends Pre Predo don do It me ml m tes reveal e eat eal how 10 Collins ed cd tOI lure tue w with ith a at al times limes through sIc s 1 daIs dao da sin In the Iho grip of oC a stone slone in tile the rave cave and it ma show aho the power r that kept alive alit e that Ih 1 spark park of or Co faith he cherished |