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broke through q resolution he had formed anu looked beneath him. It was a rare sight that, for the first time Well do remember how my head swan as l looked Ut the water far, far below and tie waves that one could see, but not hear as they broleOyer the shin gies. Presence of mind, on which lie had 50 yauntel himself, where was it now He was about to pull the rope; but he thought of his poor wife and sister, and that was enough On he went. To regain footing was inpos- siblc. Father and kept gradually lowering the rope; and with his face to the cliff; lis hands outstrctchcd, catching at each object as lie passed enyeloped in shower of stones and chalk, which hc had not the strength to avoid; gaspns and panting for breath, poor MT. q. sided down another hundred feet. Here the cliff arched inwards, forming an immense hollow, Ike wonder rock, sir; and, swinging to and fro, and round and round as 1t were between heaven anu earth, down he went. At one moment, the wide ocean met his dizzy 2q2e at another, fiocks of startled birds flew around his head uttering their shrill and an- gry cries. Again sir, he found himself slil- ing down against the side of the cliff, his flesh all sore and tom, his body and arms in abso- lute torture from the pressure of the rope Again, in agony he made a frantic effort to gain { iaot,ag; but, D ao doing fastened one Q. Ei legs in narrow Assure or opening in q rock. Vain was the struggle to release it sir Mr. Clements was cirher too weak and faint. q the limb too firmly secured in the rock. MI h.s effort, were useless and i @hudder q. the bare recollection while i tell it
 tje roHt1uef 0EDLyav Hc roy! Hanging by the leg, head downuards. there ne Iay the c9rmoy@uts and mcH~ fitting around him. and joining in his trqhttul @lreks.
 :. Horrible. was he long thus {"
 |. Not long, sir Father soon discovered that there was no weight or pull upon tie . tie ,ope; and earm,ing from lis experience what had occurred, we ra:.cl it few feet and released Mr. Clements from his painful situation. From that moment ne told ne ho Was unconscious as to whether lie was ascend ing or desccn4ing until he heard his name called in | faint voice He opened his eyes, We had lowered him over the arch of an inn lueusc cavern. within which all was darkness The sen was rolling in beneath him his foot touched it; he felt that He must either swim or drown he teebly 4ru7rol the rope; thri.i ot i0v ran through L5 veins as hc found aA unexpected footing on < rock concealed ly ti.e waves. In about three tl-- os water; the depth around tor tile l.l alt I44ttarcI not. lie remained iJr a 4cw moments m ationic. on tIe Iock lis name was again caloG the sound came from the interior of the cave,
 Extrcating himself from the rope he made an effort to swim; lie toand that he had more strength than he had thought; swam forward through the darkness up the cavern; he Strug- 4ul-sank-roa d u-.,in-hcard his name call eQ louder and nc.reE-Inade one effort more tclt tile ~lud the smooth sand under lis feet - .ag-cred IrvMI-regel, and fell cz- It4u.;ei into le arm. of lis wife,"
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 " lhc ladies were both there, a,r. Tic cayo WAS about lilly leet in dgy.h >1Inz upaarj toward the back, aul partly filled with gyeI-
 stones and sand Here Mrs Clements and hyr sister had been driven to t4Eote.u-e from tna 4.-.ag tito. lhg4 Aad lanu-d from tle by.t uI tile rocks. It some distance from tile cavern in the hope ot finding pathway \. outlet w which tLay couldc,capc 3p the cHH After long and hapelc>, search, they bel thought themselves oi tho boat. and, tt their extreme terror found that il had been carried away hy tho rising tide, which HOW partly covered the rocks, lhcy had just time to climb into the cavern, over the fallen rock, under tile arch when tAe water sweeping in. closed Up all tile entrances tJaHy but & swim mer ALth0u-L tho t5c Twas fast rising. tLv ladies chcerol each other with the ho, that they hould escape. Fortunately, the dark ness of the cave prevented their discovering the night to which the water usually rose.
 As you might imagine, Mr. Clements was some time before lie recovered his senses Ilia wife was kuocIing beside him, chatn1 his L"owa, when her sister, starting up, callcI their attention D the rope by which lie had descended. We were pulling t up; and hc shook hia head as i, disap cared over the arch of the cavern Well ho knew how use la.s, t would have been for them to use it..
 1t matters not he said, they (meaain- u@, ] have gone to -. We shall have boats here soon; wc are satt-t,uito safc ana so on, en- dc4yyrug to keep their spirits up, while Lc well knew that in tLo d4r,acs5 tha chances were that the boat would never find tAc cave.
 Two hours. sir-two long hours passed on in this way, and Mr. Clements lad given up aIl hope. The water kept rising and rising, til at last tLe waves broke at their feet, and each inst.ut threatened their de- sJuct.Un. The ladies were almost dead with cold and fear, nlca a large, heavy, Du.cn built boat-yoa don't See such now, sir-swcpt, with scarcely sound, under the arch into the cave, her brow coming close {. upon tie spot where Mr. Clements and the ladies were They did not see her until they were within inc cavern and no won der, for the oars were muilled, and those who were in her were as silent as the grave. It was part of the cargo of a French smugglcr, lying few miles of, that , her crew, assisted by some fishermen, were about to land, and they had taken shelter in the cavern having been alarmed by the , approach of q boat up the coast. Fortu- nate was 1t that 1Ir. Clements prevented them from calling out for assistance from them"
 "Why, I should have thought that at such moment even"
 Not they, sir not they; and Mir Glenn ents knew It. Desperate men like them would have left the poor things to drown, or would have murdered them No, Mir. Clem- ] ents knew better. He tried last and dan