Demoine courier., 1856-08-07

SErAN0 IN VOLCANO.
The following thrilling sketch We ex
,rac, hom .'The Adventures of Kober
Romance remarkable book. publi. hes
by PHILIPPE, sampson T. Co. Romano
hi. wife, and the pys bear. make . .ou,
TO = vo'csno. which seems peril city
qu,ei They enter The crhte. ano nigh,
osrr'skes them. "irhe p~rscipi,oas wall,
on every eide. eniirei, hare Of sepe.s.
ti"n. h'ark.aed and glazed nv f,e-,ht
ihhek aud suIphurous sapo, tina, hung
about the h0i,om. and ehcen and fpwed
iHztl, aipur iesl-and ,he total absence
NJ every hing that looked ike life,
made NJ altogether me dreariesi and
mos' por'1nnoUs region my eyes had
ever seem. The idea of sleeping m the
mouth III . volcano. even though tina,
mouth was open. was anything bu, a.
g~reeable; but itere vas No help tor II.
ard We prepared to make ourselves az
comfortable as circumstances would sd
mit. Afer hesiiaiing q momen be-
tween stones and aches. we finally
chose the former. as being much clean
er than the other; and slough lt mus, be
confessed that our bed was none Of the
soiiest. YET We were by lhis time 100
well used to that mode Of lifs. to think
OF utlsrlne . word ofoomRla,nt." They
ale supper and sleps and Mr.. Romano
dreaoaed tina, he was sleeping in The
upper story Of the As,or House in.New
York and ,hs. The As,or House in tina,
city was on FIRE. Tho narrative then
conunues:, rsayg4a
Al thai momens ] walked from nv
dream ~ find il a reality. TIE rocks.
,iia,. when ] las, saw them. we're turning
from gra, d. black under The rhstaws
"f evening. were nov Ii, up with a radd ,
hsfA glare. ta.5
Far brara,h. u sss Of FIRE / seed aud
ho,i. i IKE spmc ca'dron. The suri.cs
as dol red, but ~soirii- of white no,
tasa we're G %,n,innsllyi rlsipg ahove u.
winch. tu'n,nc dark nv exposure l., The
~ru,i-r AR. tell back ageln hex.ii, and
viii a mufisd splash ,n,a the mai rp
lake. Occasions!i, a mass much larger
.han %"r.iinaty. ~su!d shuut upward Ia a
great height. aud then bursting witt a
prodtginus noise. scatter iis Fragments
ai,on ever, side. fs5 y
The m,dnlght darkness III ,.hs sky
cpu,rasird strangely with the burning
sea below. The sight was terrible, We,
beautiful bsy ond description.
N"iwuhsia nd!ng the danger We ran OF
being .nf!ocaled BY those p-s,ien, tunes.
or seorceed by The showers Of burning
lav..a my s.erious fasclna ios Held VI
las, 10 the spoi.
The postum which We oschpiaL was
sminenily favorable for ob.aining q full
aud satisfactory v'ew Of the Whole ex
,raordinary spectacle. We s,o0d upon
q protesting cray, from hive hundred Ia
. thousand leei above the surface OF he
.asa, upon which we looked down q, an
angle of neatly for.y 6.e agrees
The opposre walls Of that vas. ampi
t%n-nief, with their innumerable peaks
and bellows, STOOD on, in strange and ter.
ribie tuinclnes.. As the Hicksrne
fames rose aad fell. The solid mountain
itself seemed I, wavss 10 aud ffe; shen
a sudden wreath ot smoke would shu,
erff,,aing from our siew. ags
BIt now the lava, " Inch ad kiihpr,o
renamed stationary at nearl, The saWe
!eset. began 10 rise with fearful snpidry.
ks when--iO cea,par. great ,bing'
with smnli--s group OF childrer IN a
farmers kitchen gathered rouad 4 boil.
leg kettle If ~ rup or molssses. aud sud
,ienly The bLbbiIog mass brgms 10 swell.
t%hrealin'ng the d-s,ruc,,un Of their hopes
and one CRIES, sake of the ksnlr!" add
another. Put out the frr!" so. bu, We,
with greater fear and cpns,e rnaliIon. did
Alice and I tehold the rising oil 'ihsi
fiery food,
To put out the 6ie or take OF The kei-
lie was equally beyond our power. and
our only safely WAS 10 flight. But. fas'
as we fed, The fire followed faster. AZ
often al paused, 10 recover my fatigue
and east bre.,hlsss glance behind me,
saw IL gaining on ".
We redoub;sd oar eser,ions--Se
lesped from one Dizzy poin. 70 ano,Ler--
we surmoun.ed obstacles that in cur cool
or momsn,s wound have seesued irwin.
chile; ho, s,iil tbs FIRE came On, mn
hoas,fuliv. 40 apparently in any hurry,
IN, slowly. surely. certain Of ,,s prev.
a There WA someshlng indsscrihabiy
appalling in this cool. dslihsra,s advance
hike The inward march Of > grsa, army
that. even III shs e~xc's-aisnt Of The charge
scnrn Ia break ito vstks. 5
At leng,h. completely exhsusied. -.
~. dawn upon . h.oad Ga, rock. the eli
, nathan at which rendered all farihe,
flight impnssibts.s Before os rose . loit,
prec,p,cs. while the path behind 10 ~.
already ssised BY me pursuing foe. 4
single glance vas enosgh 10 show tina
our fate was sealed. aa3 Ai
Already va felt ,cnrching hea, apor
NOR iaers. The Ere had planted lts tore
iess op"n the lower par, 81 ,he sock =
S~hnddsrinely we closed our eyes. ant
clasped in each others arms. avsi,s,
The final plunge.
W. waited. hu. il did not come
Once Gor- ] opened my ewes aud looke'
sroand me 10 discover The explanation
Of This unexpected respite. a. 6rs,
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