Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-30
CLEVELAND FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 80, 1859.

haPless prisoners who had been left in that cave
to perish BY droioningi
Slowly but surely the waters crept along
Ihe verinin fled before them TO the elevated
| spot on which Maurice stood. Slowly follow
ing. The incoming water at length reached his
feet
| At the end of the cave, within few feet Of
the wall, and underneath the aperture before
| spoken Of WAS a large piece Of rock, some four
feet high, that might have fallen from above -
10 this Maurice hastened as quickly ss his
manacies would permit Aner some exertion
he succeeded in climbing 10 The top Of il, and
stood erect, his head within few inchss OF the
roof OF the cavern But he was not fllowed 10
occupy this retreat alone. As the water began
to circle round its base, the rats also sought
| refuge on II in great numbers, and in vain did
Maurice try to dislOdge them with his manacled
feet
Soon (as it seemed to the captiye) the water
came ripping over the top Of the rock. He felt
its moisture upon his feet And still II rose =
slowly but relentlesely Il rose higher-biqher;
and as il rose, tie ra's climbed up bis limbs for
safety 1t was in vain that he brushed them Oft
with his fettersd hands They instantly re.
turned. They clanbered up his bacA-to his
shoulders-over the back of his neck--to the
crown OF bis head; their clammy bodies slrik
ing a chill to his verv heart
And still higher the waters rose and more
thickly the foul veTmin clustered upon the de
voted captive shoulders and head, as their onlv
places OF safety. Driven frantic at last by the
horrors of his situation, he was about TO plunge
into the surging tide aud seek wstery grave,
when his attention was arrested by the treed OF
rapid footsteps near the aperture above his
head, and the sound of harsh masculine
voice, almost instantly followed by a noise as
OF struggle, and piercing shrek which
thrilled Maurice Lester to the very soul He
could not be mistaken; it was CARRIE's voice
Again he heard it, but now in tones of en-.
treaty. Oh, IL trdS her voice. She was no,
dead She lived aud was near him Gather
ing all bis strength ho shouted, carrie! Cdrrid
CARR1E!"
y dead silence followed, broken only by the
fearful murmurs of the still rising waters, and
the splash Of the rats as they fell from tho
wretched captce's head and shoulders only
to return again, in their fierce struggles for
a perch of safety from the advancing tide,
which had now nearly reached our hero's
shoulders
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