The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-09-19

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er; those stones are the very shape OF
tombstones ~ AZ
Idon'i see the resemblance returned
Ellie. 8 i could fancy, instead number
of people bending down dig up sand
ellis.
Searching as they were among the rocks,
the chidrenlittle ina gined the IA p;d
gress the tide was making, SO gehfl
rfcisiesslv did the little waves wander ins
among the stones.
ss Arthur. Arthur I shouted Ellie clap.s
Iping her hands, come here d quickly 4
have found a cave in the rock
Arthur stood by her side in moment.
So you have! did not know that
there was cave here; but other people
did however. for there are rude sort OF
steps cut out in the stone up to the en-
trance.
Come and let ussinyestigate it, Arthur.
Ihave never been in a cave before.
4 ~ Certainly only take care you do not
1fall on the sippe1y steps
] Ellie uttered All exclamation of delight,
I as, after passing through long, narrow,
Il passage, they entered large cavern. AT
l1soon grew accustomed to the dim light,
|aud she looked Found in astonishment at
1.-The vaulted room in which she found her.
lself
ssss o, Arthur. have you ever seen such a
curious placer
4 t Oh! yes, the caves at Plemont are
|much largcr.s But you speak in a low:
9voice, Ellie, as if you were afraid of being
/ overheard by the fairies with which tra-
dition peoples the, caves
] Is here auy Sfnrias a HINT this one sqses
sVery likely there is; bul 4 don't hap
pen o know it. don't believe there is a
! cave that has not some legened belonging
to it-There is one in Guernsey which
/ is said to have been builtsin the night by
a band of fairies
am sure the fairies would hav0dhe
good taste. to prefer grassy napundsand
/ fowery meadows to a gloomy Pike
this y ~ 81
i quite agree with YOU
would be much filter placeof abode for
the blackldwarfs and trolls. -
Ellie examined the cavern atten-
lively for q long time, while Arthur
told her all the anecdotes he remember
4 ed relating to caves. AT last she said
'}''But Arthur, look there is another
4 openings, perhaps we may find another
4 rBom.'
stYou had better take care, Ellie. 1t
is said of a,cave in the Western Is
lands that, whoever penetrates to the
end, returns with out his skin'
4 .Ellie laughed. ''It would be better
to come back wanting ones skin, than
not to come back at all. But, Arthur"
she continued, ''look how the walls
glitter Do knock me off a piece of
them.i'
Certainly, if / had a stone to do it
with but it so dark here. ooh here
is one that will do. No, Ellie we must
hurry back =
oh! wait here is such a pretty bit;
do give it to me =
True is the saying, "More haste
worse speed..' Aurthur's efforts to be
speedy. only made him longer.
What is the matter, Arthur Why
have you taken such a sudden restless
ft.!" said Ellie, looking at him with
'We havS been away very long
time. and the others will be wondering
where we are; besides
Besides what =
Il have quite forgotten to look at the
tide; and it may be quite near us for
all we know"
i*.''N6osense we would hear it much
palmer if it were, What odd little
caves those are in the wall : where do
they lead to? =
/ Tradition says, to the centre of the
: earth but that's humbug. Do come
away now
but Ellie was headstrong, and insist
ed OH exploring every one ofthe little fis-
L. Il. {l,r
even then she fingered, in spite of Ar
thurs efforts to hurry her.
How funny you look = she said
laughing. "What are you in such a
state about 1t would be great fun if
the tide had come in ~
Ellie, you don't know what you are
saying" said Arthur, as grasping her
hand tightly, he drew her forward.
'Whsta tiresome boy you are" said
Ellie, half laughing, half provoked
I'VE have only been a short time in