The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-11-05

them boo Time, putlhr box uig ut II. ~.
ana huipLrl u1 vest over DO MNipIfI.
inHure ln procuring i.slt, aud lhr uau .,i
WN hitists, added i0 my bpU.Irrmuu' ui
mlhd ! suffered lutpustly. Through a.I %
became clear 90 ma lhat Instead % falling aru.,
] h4d fallen hToUM thc cH-siIauur rs lr
Was lhai hollow ground AA4-.I occur tu urlr
20 lhe edge siibout tbr external wall nf fIr
ciiu ,alng in towards .l lhrspaDe through
which j bad aiI,u must hute been marrow.
lIr Wj hoiA wac bruised, sud thr thm tom
lfuW uY sides, With tiIls at ms t.uiIIrgt
ihlt could trI. On, fora hghttu, anime
better lutl my miserable po.iuuuf 90 after
hll' w not feel without tGpc. / could uot
lose the idea that was 90 Mt upou some
means or wH} VI escape, 10 ouIy could gtt
hr matches 90 igriic, and show me tAe s.lr
and form Of the cave,
Worn out With pain aud thought. / must
have slept, aWuke With q raging thirst
ana almost at the same Time, became sumo
lhat heard lhc dropping Of water dup-
Frl myself towards tho sound, stretched rlt
my haud, ana drops from above ll upon ne
eagerly lVwalioWol few, which burned a.,
lhroli M.V Tas disiDYtd Lyus--sa.t us Az,
mprgnaiiou Of wafer could possibly be-,
This disappointment crushed mo terribly.
H. should ! dc 81 IhIul @g, Ibad Gdvtl erynty
gave forth a light smoke. lu time tbo heat
Of my breast would dry tpm-Ihat ~1sa
hope had mo- -ilc Of tiny. .tlyc that my
watch bad run dy0u While ttrrt NooUd
IL ,,, ,,ic l,,a,,i,, ,l,., N. too :, ,,,sir .,,,-
ped oightludIwouty hours would have gone
by, Again, on my hands aud kucrs, ! crcpt
arouul G,rl,ugLy the dam, walls. and. a,
c,p,,ru,lIy snt,a,,b,l-,pJ rcc4l,I from tl,c
.pot where tlc salt water dropped from
-proi,et;ng ro,. I discovered that the c,,e
must bc rc,rI, round and po, mani, ward,
-ouo,.. Having discovered tbi, became
morc cor,c,,l aud rr,olutr. aul forced u,,.
self ~ fl cain. review or my po,i,i,p. Ibsd
10 acspovl,dpc 10 m,,,lC that M, onI, hose
If escape seemed ,hc hole or crack through
which / had fallen Inn po r,, of lpbt be-.
,r,,ed ma, sp,t-rar,b md stone. mus, have
/ fallen in and filled II up. p,rcbing with
thirst. and G,,pt from bodily iniuri,; / wa,
Utmost ot tl, p.,ut Of lr.pair. when di,-
liant sound fell up.n m, ear. listened with
intense attention. soon. more and more dis.
t,uctI,. | rccoppil,d the uoi.e of machinery.
the run.b,ipp of carts. and the voice, OF men;
then A hell runr. and. with d throb of ioy.
recognized il as the morning summons tothc
aborcr, in the works. A nipht oul, could
have ps.sed since M, leaving the outer world.
Had the, missed mc2 Would they search
for mo? Alas, there WAS nothing 10 lead
them I'd. su,prct the spot Of ny capihity. |
thought of the strange di,aputarance Of n,
Young lrotbcr-tbi, double bereavement
would kiIl my poor mother; but still WAS
r,mfrft,d b, the knowledge that only "a par
tition cc rock separated me from my fellow
men. Now could almost Distinguish their
Voices. lh tb.tu WIS Vain 10 hone ,hat
uy call, and shout, could bc heard hy them,
Il fl., .t....,.....,8I r,...
Gn"e exhausted
Then ! rejected on the mean, ] could uub
of digsiug away the barrier .ni luen. Il wa,
. t...... 81.
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htaunS sound '"d tonn"ot" l''i' as h''
fallen cluSv To- the edge OF tAc ,l,", / had
sunk STRAIGHT doVp In tL, l.,rl ot t,r. ~
i., t.,.l .,l. ,...,.u 90 90.
~ w '''
PRISON was not more 'H"" TWO OF '"I'v ''''
in thickness. But had no implement saNt
nv LniG,. nud TINT Wls a slender one. Quit,
, Say ., cr,ti,,,., ,,,.s,o, ,br.rrb r,,t
""'I"'' " S'''"e
the Soit ana damp sa't-roc", "hieE iulm''
: the partition. suddenly ! remembered EaN
b ing uirLrd mn n bc,,, irop. ox shoe. ON tb,
% ...,o i...;...,..',. s..,.l.,.,,.u. b,..
'' ''o w.,
'ut ~ M! Pot"cI WIN what joy pu"''
b 1t out, aud commenced eagerly my " ork.
- Twill not detail the agony Of those day
r. ,...i,. ,,l...,r...l..I,, g., ,l, .l..i
'"" "'B"''' ""'" "''"', Oh j" ''' ""' !"
! ness sometimes encouraged sometimes near
= Is hopeless. could no, find that l made am
IS ,i,ibl,. proprcss. the sound, wrre not pe,r
I .....1 ,... ......;,... ,......l
It '''" at "'>'' '''" ""S S''""S "'"''
more exhausted from fatigue and burnioi
' Ih'r't' Inc salt u" oi the cave hu'n'1 m