128 ROUND ABOUT CHICAGO 



deck of the passing schooner and call out to 

 the idle crew. Then, as the turning bridge fol- 

 lowed the vessel, we found ourselves in delightful 

 bewilderment on the opposite side of the river, 

 and stepped dizzily off. Wonderful experience, 

 perennially new! 



But then, on the other hand, the tunnels! 

 They were so mysterious and so fascinating! 

 There was even the alluring possibility of Robbers ! 

 The carriages then all went through the tunnels, 

 as yet unprofaned by street cars. There was a 

 separate road for foot passengers, reached 

 from the street by a crooked winding stair that 

 seemed to lead down to the very depths of the 

 earth. But we knew! The last turn brought 

 us into the cold gray passage-way and then we 

 ran down with all our might, our screams rever- 

 berating from the imprisoning walls in terrifying 

 roars, and the speed we gained was enough to 

 carry us panting half way up the opposite incline. 

 In the bottom, the white- washed walls were al- 

 ways wet and it was dank and shivery, and through, 

 the open archways we caught glimpses of the more 

 brightly lighted carriage way and heard the deafen- 

 ing hoof-beats as of a hundred king's horses. 

 How deliciously fearful we were, and how brave ! 

 And when we emerged how stifling the warmth 



