Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-12-07

~. o"s w n's predecessors, II wasa plot,.
."ooRh' ol The. boy, 10 write bis nam,
on ,,'o " SIDE with that of the great fail.
'sc ~ V' his country. lie prnsns HI, Loir.
- WIN hrmof hand, and, cl,ouing :"
ri ..ne lo'l'ng crag, he cuts again ioIo Inc
of oI,ono ABOUT foot above where he
o,spus' nc then reaches up and cu,s m
- o'"ef Tor his hands. II is dangerous nd.
of o"'utoi but ms he put his feet and h,nds
tie ,".o '9oso gains, aud @aws himself mn
oo,'elu,.y 10 his full length, he finds him
; ,oi 'oo' ABOVE every name chronielsd
= 10 mat mighty wall. While his connao'
IONS are regarding him with concern ma
/ a '' ,' he cuts his name in rude can
y ,'"'S' large and deep, into that Hin,v #
s oum' Ills knife issllI 10 his ba ID and
strength IN his sinews, aud a new creotcJ
dSP'to'ion IN his heart. Again he cuIs
aho'her nl'che, aud again he caryes his
name IN large capitals. This is mi
enough Needless of the entreaties oc
his companions, he cuts and climbs ao,;n
ne gradua''ons of his ascending scale
grow wIder apart. He measures HE
iengtn al every gain he cuts. The vol
ces OF his friends wax weaker. I'M their
words are finally lost on his ear IA
now Tor the first time cast a look beneo,b
nun. Had tina; glance lasted a mo,
men'' that moment would have been his
last lie clIngs with convuIsve shud.
der to his little nitche in the rock. An
awiui ABYSS aw;s his almost certain fall =
ne Is ialht with exertion, and TREMBLING -
IRON the certain view of the dreadful des. d
truc'Ion to which he is exposed. He can r
near me voices but not the words OF his 4
terror stricken companions below. VIVA, a
i'o','e"'' W mai neagre chance to es. o
cape obstruction! There is no retrac,inp 10
his steps II is impossible 10 put his hi
'atos INTO the same ntche with his fee, to
ma retain his slender hold moment. Y
It's companions instantly perceive this 90
e| ana fearful dilemma, and await his IN,
all WIN emotions that "freeze their an
Dung blood" He is too high, too faint. to IN
s S1 'or ms father and mother, his brother. 10,
~ SISTERS TO come and witness or avert nm
Is destructon.-But one of his comnan. 90,
'"S anticipated his desire Swift rs the in
lno ne bounds down the channel, and W.,
10 situation OF the lated boy is told IN. bar
MS "ear'h stone bIa
"i"u'eS OF almost eternal length roll The
l. ana there are hundreds standing in "a,
at rock y channel, and hundreds on the oa.
ldge above, all holding their breath. der
- d"atihg the fearful catastrophe. ing
ne poor boy hears the hum of new and viii
'herous voices both above and below. yair
can just distinguish The tones of his fash
"er, "ho is shouting with all the ener file
OF Despair, William! William! Don't the,
TX Down! Your mother and Henry and m r,
'rrlet are all here praying for YOU! kno,
M look down! Keep your ewes towards In ,
top" The boy diId't look down. His Ihe,
Is e 10 hSed like flint towards Heaven nv
his young heart on him who reipns shin
re- Tie grasPs again his knife. He com,
$ another nltche, and another foot is SHIN,
led TO the hundreds that remove him NV
~ me reach OF human help from be. cage
v; now carefully he US IS his wasting rio1o
le' now anxlously he selects the soft. a ne,
do vast pier! How be could
IDS every filnty grain! How he econ m
P"! '''ai po"ers-reStIng inter,
"eh' al each--again he cuts. low fish
y n'otIoh IS watched from below. roar
ere stands his father, mother, brother epdio
SISTER, on the very spot, where, if he lish.
he s,n :. ~ "Gt 'a'' a.ohe. they
lad bas uo"n IN The west. honor
AT r,;oh,v Ill NY auo't'ohal nltcheS cry, a
dirac,I, :. Ia, a"u now hnds him lily is
u'rec'iy under the middle of that vast ed o
VI focks, earth and trees. He mus, prena
us way IN new direction to get from tram
{ tn's overhanging mountain. The memh
' 'ae'on oil nope IS lying in his bosom oueoc,
'l'al heat is fed by the increased we're
re.s onI ~ Percned upon cliffs white,
!, -: o'"erS VINO stand with would
I,Iers h,., VA Tue hridge above, great
.ue's oe'ow' Fifty gains more must heard
before The longest rope can reach of con
ms wasting blade strikes again into be aim
lneSIone. The boy is emerging pain. them,
'oo' oy loot, from under that lo(lv whio
oP'lced ropes are ready in the mems
% those who are leaning over the gard II
edge Of the bridge. Two minures enviab HI
a"u all wlIl be over. The blade is them y,
% the last half inch, The boys words
,ooI,o us Eyes are starting from OF one
MS 'aSt nope Is dying in the exc,
:, o,,a no ''!T re- must nang upon the next the two
I.s, o.: nat niche Is his last. imi;ator
.hfIl Ln;c, ,Sm nc makes MS knife, stran
81 .'o' 'diis from MS nerveless secret.
ana n ringing along the pfecipice, All II
~ ~ "o'ner's iee'. An 'nvolunta. stead OF
+ ro, uosPalr runs thus like death class, II
" 'he enamel below, and all by their
~ "0 grave Al the height Of stance, ,
9 81. nunored ieet, the devoted which c.
com S HOPELESS heart and closing fact, pet
'oment--there!-one foot swings NAV /