Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-06-09
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which, though dealt in damned cause. mirh
work a desired end There was no chance st
desperate but it looked lovely in Vivenzio'
eyes. compared with the idea of being total,
abandoned
The night came, and VivenZio watched
morning came, and Vivenzio was confounded
! He must have Slumbered without knowing it
! Sleep must have stolen over him when exhaus
| ted by fatigue, and in that interval of feverisl
| repose he had been bafiled for there stood hi.
repieniShed pitcher OF water, and there his daY.
| meal Nor was this ALL Casting his looks
! toward the windows of his dungeon he coun
ted but live Here was no deception and
he was now convinced that there had been
none the day before But what did all this
portend! Into what strange and mysterious
den had he been cast? He gazed till his ewes
ached he could discover nothing to explain
the mystery
That it was so, he was satisfied. Why if
was SO, he racked his imagination in vain to
conjecture. He examined the doors A single
circumstance convinced him they had not been
/ opened.
A whisp of straw which he had earelessly
thrown against them the preceding day, as he
paced to and fro, remained where he had cast
1t. though it must have been displaced by the
slightest motion of either of the doors. This
was evidence that could not be disputed and
ii followed there must be some secret machinery
IN the walls, by which a person could enter
lie inspected them closely. They appeared to
him one solid and compact mass of iron or
Joined, if joined they were, with such nice art
that no mark of division was perceptible-
Again and again he surveyed them and the
floor and the roof and the range of yisiona.
~ windows, as he was now almost tempted TO
consider them: he could discover nothing. alb
Soiutely nothing, TO relieve his doubts. or salts
fv his curiosity. Sometimes he fancied that
altogether the dungeon had more contracted
appearance that it surely looked smaller ;
but this he attributed TO fancy. and the i'm
preston naturally produced upon his mind By
the undeniable disappearance of two of the
windows
With intense anxiety Vivenzio looked for.
ward TO the return of night and as il ap-
preached, he resolved that no treacherous sleep
should again betray him Instead of seeking
his bed cf straw, he continued TO walk no and
down his dungeon till daylight. straining his
eyes ia every direction through the darkness.
10 watch for any appearance that might explain
these mysteries While thus engaged. and as
nearly as he could Judge, (by the time that af-
terwards elapsed before the morning came in. J
about two O'Clock. there was slight. tremu-
ious motion OF the floor. He stopped the mo-
ton lasted nearly a minute but il was so ex-
tremely gentle, that he almost doubted whether
Il was real or imaginary. Not a sound could
be heard Presently. however, he felt rush
OF cold air blow upon him and daShing tow
ards the quarter whence il seemed To proceed
be stumbled over something which he Judged
TO be the water ever. The rush of cold air
was no longer pereeptible and as Viyenzio
stretched out his hands. he found himself close
/ 10 the walls. He remained moti0nleSS for q
considerable time but nothing occurred during
the remainder Of the night 70 excite his at-en-
ton, though he continued to watch with una
b2ted vigilance.
The first approaches Of The morning were
visible through the grated windows. breaking
with faint division Of light the darkness that
still pervadei every other rart. long before
FivenZlo was enabled TO distinguish aav oh
ject il his dungeon. InStiacti7ely and fearful
y he turned his eyes, hot and infanei with
watching towards them There were four ,
He could see only foUr hut i; might be that
some Intervening object prevented the fifth b.
coming paTcepI3ble /; ana he waited inpatient
ly 10 ascertain If it we're so As the light
strengthened, however, ana penetrated every
corner Of the cell, other objects Of amazemeat
struck his sight. On the ground lay the bro
ken fragments Of the pitcher he had used the
day before and at small distance from them.
nearer 10 the wall, soOl the one had noticed
the first n;g gh:- Il vas filed with water. and
beside i vas h;S food. He was row certain.
that, bv some nec hanicaI coHtrira1ce. N o3en-
ing was obtained through the iron wall. ard
that through this opening the current OF sir
had found entrance But how nOiSeleSS. FoF
had feather almost waved II TIE time. he
must hare heard IL Again he examined that;
part of the wall blt both 10 sight ami touch
it appeared one even sad un;forrn su-face.
while to repeated and Violent blows. there were
no reverbeTatinS sounds Indicative of hollow
ness
The perplexinS mySterv had for 8 time with
drawn MS thoughts from the windows hut
now directing his eve again towards them. he
saw that the fifth had disappeared in the same
manner Is the preceding two. without the least
distingUishahle alteration of external appear
anceS- The remaining four looked ss the seven
had originally hooked that is occupying, ST
irregular distances. the top of the wall On that
SIDE Of the dua-eoa- The tall folding door.
too, still seemed 10 stand beneath, In the cen
t-e Of the four Bat he could 10 longer doubt,
what, on the preceding day he faDcied might
Be the effect Of usual deception Tie dungeon
waS smaller The roof had lowered sBi the
opposite ends had contracted the immediate
distance by space equal, he thought. to that
over which The three windows had extended
He was b=wildered in vain imagination TO &C
c,agl..s for these things Some frirhtf1l pGr-
pose some GeTiiish torture of Haind or body
sone Gaheagsi-of deTice foE ProdBniag exquisite
Elzsery, lGrke3. he WAS sure, in what hsd taken
ylace. Oppressed with this belief, and diS;rac
ss,i mo-e by ;he dreadful uncertainty Of ~ha.
ever fate lEpezE.ed, than be eoRli be disDayed
{ he thoagat. bv the knoxls6ge of the worst, b