Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-01-17

% am king mere. IN me you
see the being who causes the
lava 70 pour fourth, and overwhelm
the regions below. | have lived
here for centuries. The spirits Of
the deep obey me: see!',
He leaped up from the ground
There was fearful fire in his eye,
he nostrils wered ilated, his pale face
become a. white 40 marble, and Al
bloodless, save that on either cheek
there glowed q deep red fspot. ] ,fnt
"See!" he shrieked wildly and loud.
". "spirits Of the deep, arise!- Hail
-yonder see them! they nre
coming--in clouds-enfobe in thun.
der garments-seer 81
! l leaped up from the ground: ga.
zed at him
He threw off his hat wildly, and il
fell far down in the abyss. He flung
Of his coat and threwit away.
"Signor," said /, in hopes that a
mild tone might make him calm
!. "Signor, the winds obey you. Let
us co. .s@ Hs7. 81 ssaas
! "Go! Where2 Isnot this my home;
is not this my palace? Saw you moi
my servants9 You are my guestr'
| I"Will you not sit down and tell
me about your homer" said | shud'
dering. ..s 's ~. 4.a5. .
mo! there are secrets that ear
never be spoken. Can you under.
stand them? Who are you, a. NOR
tai that you dare to ask2" =.
| walked slowly toward the harrow
passage Of land--the bridge. Blu
he saw me, and stood upon it. !
could not go.
"Can this all be pleasantry?'
thought ]. Anawful thought passed
! through me, which iroze my hearts
4 blood. ,, !. =, y, r.. -.
/ Pleasantly! There he Stood. my
wild companion, his eyes blazing
I fixed piercingly on me, his hand,
:, clenched, his mouth foaming, every
sinew in his body worked up. HI
stood screaming and laughing. o
God! ! was alone with a maniac!
"You are to go with me-" he cried
I "Where?''~> :. f' ~
"There / have come to carry yor
to my home" He pointed with d
cold, shaky smile down toward the
unfathomable abyss whence ascen
ded the terrible column Of inky ant
suffocating smoke. Az .......NL
i =. QazaA ~ hiru. for there was some
! element Of. fascination In his CLASSY
. stare, which forced me, compelled
me, to gaze. There was a cold smile
! upon his lips, which were all blood,
less, and disclosed, as they parted
his mouth and tightly shut teeth
1 There is my home-there; and
/ have come to. take you with me-
Ha! ha! how happy you will bel
Comet -. - ~N-....
i Still gazed; while my heart throb,
bed with slow but terrible pulsa'
tons. r.. f. @~s.> - >I~ - 4.
| He advanced one step toward me
/ looked all around, the spell wa.
broken which enchanted my gaze,
looked all around; at the blue sky
above, at the scorched earth around
at the horrid chasm beneath. There
was no hope. Oh! could Tbut leap
the space which separated me from
the main cliff! Could Ibut do it
but could not! There was no hope
What! doyou not answer he cri,
ed, suddenly flashing into fury by my
silence, and stamping his footin fren'
zy upon the rock. IN " b
h do you not answer Then Unjust
carry you with mel p
+ The maniac sprung toward me!
| With all my energies reused into
frantic action, with every sinew bra.
ced, and every muscle contracted,
/ planted my foot backward against a
small angular rock which projected
above, the loose, sandy soil, and en-.
deayor to meet the shock. With a
wild scream which arose thrillingly
into the air, his eyes all bloodshot, biz
mouth foaming on he came. He
struck me-his arms surrounded me
in q fearful embrace. his hot breath
came burningly upon my cheek. i
stood firm; for despair, and the bit:
terness Of death, had given no place
to fear and timidity, but had bestow-
ed upon me goodness Of one in an
ordinary situation. | threw my left
arm beneath his, my right passed
over his neck and around his back,
thus seeking to press him to the
earth. n
1t was a moment of horror such as
mortal tongue could ever tell. A
struggle with a maniac! To be on
q small serface ola rock, while, three
thousand feet beneath, laythe abyss
untold horrorsi All this hour my
heart beats more forcibly even as ]
think upon the time. sss y
Thus we stood breast to breast,
face to face--the mailman and l.
he with his arms encircling me;
seeking to save myself 49,
He pressed me towards the edge Of
the cliff. He plunged his feet deep