. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . es of their famous-menhunt, because the experience was atonce so unexpected and so novel. Andnext morning, as they sped northwardtoward Louisville, the personallv con-ducted five held a mass meeting in theirparlor-car compartment, and returned aspecial vote of thanks to Uncle Tom,duly engrossed in a shaky, railroady hand on a telegraph blank, and asshakily signed by each one of when they had left the curious cave region behind them, and werespeeding Louisville-ward again, Uncle Tom le
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . es of their famous-menhunt, because the experience was atonce so unexpected and so novel. Andnext morning, as they sped northwardtoward Louisville, the personallv con-ducted five held a mass meeting in theirparlor-car compartment, and returned aspecial vote of thanks to Uncle Tom,duly engrossed in a shaky, railroady hand on a telegraph blank, and asshakily signed by each one of when they had left the curious cave region behind them, and werespeeding Louisville-ward again, Uncle Tom led their minds back to the tem-porarily deserted channel of historic Americans, and advised them that theywere passing over storied ground. Up and down these highways, he said, contending armies moved in thefierce days of the Civil War, struggling for the possession of Kentucky, aborder State. Off there to the east, at Perryville, was fought the most des-perate battle ever waged on Kentucky soil. It was brother against brother,and Kentucky was saved to the Union. But even more than by the valor of. THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, MAMMOTH CAVE. BESIDE THE MISSISSIPPI 175
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