Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-08-03

dertaking and the difficulties of its accom-
pllshmeni but sense Of her ewn wrongs
as often occurring 10 rouse her bosom TO
resistance, and the thoughts OF what must
soon be her fate without n perseverance,
in her plans. impelling hef onward TO nc-
ton. bore up her courage through oil. and
tempered her usually mild sp irit with an
energy adequate 10 the trying ergencc.
I They a, length arrived al the foot Of the
now sieeply ascending mountain. David
here againg came to a halt for the purpose
: Of ascertaining his bearings, and tie most
feasible places for climbing tho ascent
After cropping about awhile. me roinrnei.
and. informed May that he had succeeded
in finding Il place whefe he intend Cd TO 30
u1, he led her to the spot.
Now. Miss May, 10 said in low
cautious tone. 'now for the tougher l
listens and just hears the diggers at their
work-not a great ways off from here they
are now-the mister, | guesses, has come
down elore this; but if he sint. and wo
meets him hears him coming time enough
, and when ! gives three jerks o! the cord,
you must slnk under bush or something
and lie still rs mouse, and does the
somo ill he gets by. SO now leis pail lor
il,
Bless me- said May, JUS, being abe {,
discern the dark outline of the steep which
rose like TIE side of 4 house before her,
Bless me. David, We havn't got to climb
up here!'
Yes, no other way for it-bat never
mind. we goes il; and I tells you what.
Mss May. you lie the end of the cord
round You, like I've donc-the-e now let
them white hands work for their living
seizos at the roots and bushes along up.
and if you pulls ne back, you must be
stronger than that pesky old bear that
/ grnPpled hold OF my t-owsers last summer
just as | springs and scrambles UP a snp-
rling 10 got out Of the way OF her.
With this they commenced their labo-
rious and d. .ilicuit task of climbing up tie
mountain.
Slowly clambering from tree To- trec
AMI rock 10 rock. orr sturdy and active
/ litlo moun,aineer, followed by his scarce
ly less agile and resolu,e companion. con-
iinued to work his way several hundred
/ feet by the almost perpendicular ascent.
/ till they came ton narrow lavei. beyond
which an upright aud wall like ledge in
/ tcrposed and ins urmountable obstacle 10
their proceeding any further in the direc-
/ ton they had been pursuing.
| 'Ah! remembers this cute place. whis-
pered David as they both dropped down
on mossy rock on reaching the summit
through exas,ion from the severity oil their
struggIe les. 81 remember this, we are RIOS,
there now-only go along apiece on this
/ level place ill we comes TO the end nnd
! then when we mounts another rock, and
! just gets round point o. a ledge. there's
the cave-no trouble but what we finds it
cause see. there's more light now, we've
/ get above the tops Of the trees down be-
low
Our advcn.srers ngain set forward a
long the scanty shelf towards the north.
keeping as near the ledgy barrier on tho
left rs possible, rs on the right. and often
within yard of their feet yawned the
black and fearful chasm cf The precipice.
here falling down tsome hundred feet be-
meath them. They soon, however. safe-
ly reached The Termination of their walk
in this direction. For al this place, whle
the shelf along which, for nearly hun
dred yards, they had now passed consid-
erably widened, tall roch shot out boldly
from the left, forming a rectangular arena
OF several square rods of level surface, in
the corner of which stood small treo
whose branches overtopped the ledgo
above, here not more than ten feet In
/ height.
There. Miss May said the li,tle guido
when we gets up TO the top of this, we
are within few rods of the place where
! ihe mister STAYS. as now feels sure cause
| finds tho iwigs and bushes broke oil
along back there by going and coming apd
| knows well enough nobody else comes
10 this mortal place..
Yes David but how are we ever to get
up ihereP
why supposed all tho time that he'd
fixed u2 some continuance TO GET up and
dowa. but | sees none When Mr.. Ash
ley and come down egets UP into the
top of that tree; out you can't climb can
you Miss Mayo
Il never tried it, David, baievc, or at
leas, 20, lately; but is there no other
way?,
Stay bit-let's see little replied
the boy. So saying and passing talong
the base OF the ledge. he soon announced
that he something projecting over
The top which he thought TO be some kind
of ladder. And now nimbly mounting
the tree and jumping on The rock, he pro-
ceeded to let down the conirivance he had
discovered which proved to be a light lad
der composed of two poles disicnded at
the ends by split sticks with strong bark
ropes confined at proper intervals 10 tho
sides TO serve in lieu of rounds. Our
heroine courageously mounted and soon
stood bv the sdo of her companion on the
top of the rock.-lIere !hev found anolh-
er level terminating at distance of two
or three rods in another ard still lof,ier
ledge of rocks. After pulling up, and
carefully adjusting the ladder in its origi-
nal position, David proposed. as from I'm
ding the ladder al the top. Cow might still
be in the cave. to leave May under pro-
al