Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns; Or, The Light in Tunnel Six

mmy!" excl

belonged to the Wolf P

without belonging to t

ated, although they called out the names of t

s a dream," Ge

t vivid dream I ever

ome moments, searching for the sou

to the shaft,

ow is whether we can find the shaft. The water is so

r passage the boys were obliged to stoop

wn in the boat in order to protect their heads, they came to a large chamber which seeme

chlight around the place. "This chamber looks as if there h

o the shaft if possible. If we can't, we'll make noise enough t

ng the boat a great push toward the

against a solid p

see any way out!"

ere somewhere!

cried George. "I

ter?" rep

f we get out of this hole before the pu

e dip and saw that it was now ful

l have to swi

to me that I can see snakes and alligators wiggling in it from here. Looks worse to me than th

air in this chamber will be unbreathable. There is no vent at all, now that th

ve to. If a rope or something should twine around my legs while I was in there, I'd drop dead with fr

the water rose steadily. It seemed certain that the mine

on as this," Will said, as he pushed the boat from side t

d and right!" e

d up a wet hand high up toward t

rrent of air

mother to dead!"

shale which had been thrown up to within a few inches of the roof, "som

must have ascended to the very top of the wall. We may have to climb up there our

and it seemed to the boys that by this time mos

whole Mississippi river were turned into it!" cried George in a tone of disgust. "If Canfield

all we know, the boilers as well as the electric motors

nce. "We heard him rowing along in front of us one minute, and the next minute

make it my business to find out whether that detective is r

lves dropping into long intervals of silence while they listened for the gurgle

rought them to their feet in great excitement. Almost unable to be

ear that?"

urse I

t I thought I m

replied George. "That's

tr

at Tommy and Sandy

orge. "I wonder if this blooming old mine is chock full of Boy Sc

times they thought they heard whispers coming from the da

vers in here for all w

!" chuckled George. "Beavers

water out there ru

got all I can endure now without stand

t appeared directly above the point where the shale had been heaped up. It moved swiftly

ommy's foolishnes

aver call several time

And I don't believe these ginks in the mines hav

water with the flat of the blade seve

ounds exactly like a beaver's tail co

nd perhaps some beaver'll come along and build a dam to get you out

t and get lost, and we come out after you, and the mine gets flooded, and we get tied up betw

le and work your way through the opening between the two levels. This might have been used as a sort of an air hole a few hundre

n making their way up the rugged face of the shaft in the directi

now?" asked Will as the boys stood with t