Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-01-03

Flplsss buiFouscious prisoner, aus
peHs Ier the shouth Of black and :
he5 81. TO IS hurled downward by 1
feat tlroe pf trembling nature.
& u help hclp for the love of God
helm ( Iscream4d in the very agony Of
wild despair.
iookedup and 'vonad 10 catch glimpse
lof my guide but Ne was gone, and had
nothing TO rely on baf the mercy Of Heaven;
and ! prayed TO Ggl rs never prayed
before, fora for2iysbess Of my sins, that
they might not. foll}W me TO judgment 1t
might be a second, i might be minute. it
might be an hoursilht J shoul have thus
10 undergo living sIea.h, but lie the time
1 long or short, icll there was no escape
from doom that gisn now makes me grow
pale and shuddes 4Acn lAink Of il. Above
1 @e wassa elsar w. sks-zbeqeath me .
black and horrihia abyss-,-aronnl ne sick
ening vapors that made my brain grow diz-
zy. Rambling and kissing sourds warned
me that another conyulsion might occur At
any moment, and another woald be the last
Of me. Nome and friends should never
see agairs aud my tomb would be Tie vol
eanic Hrcla. strove with the madness Of
desperation TO disehgage my imprisoned
limbs, but might as well have attempted
TO move mountain. There was fixed
and fastened for the terrible death l was
awaiting. Oh, God Of mercy what fate!
4 suddenly heard shout, and, lookirg
around, beheld with feelings that can
not describe, my faithful guide, Fastening
down the rugged sides Of tie crater to MY
relief He had fed in terror at the first
Affirming demonstration bat lad nobly re-
turned to save me, if possible, by risking
his life for mine May God reward him as
he deserves.
!" warred you, master" he said, as he
came up painting, his eyes half starring
from his head, and his whole countenauce
expressing oommiugGci terror and pity.
You did you did criel /, but oh !
forgive and save me
You are already forgiven, master, and
viii save you if ean-saye you or per-
ish with you
Instantly lie set to work With his iron
pointed stick to break the lafa around my
limbs, but had scare " made any progress
when again the earth trembIel, ard the
blocks parted, one Of them rolling down
into the yawning chasm with dull hollow
! sound, sprang forward - seized a hand
Of the guide--we both s'rqggled hard, and
the next moment bath ailen Jck
H each osh ali8 eari
~ se. @as free, bat SID upon TIE gerss
pf the pit, and any moment we might botl
be hurled 10 destruction.
, "Quick, MASTER cried tie guide, up
! upl and run for your life
| staggered to my feet with wild cr5
of hope and fear, and half supported by my
faithful companion, hurried up the sloping
sides OF the crater. As we reached ,ht
: ridge above. the ground shook with heavy
d explosion, and looking back, beheld with
horror, dark, smoking pit, where We haC
e so lately stood. And then, without waiting
r to see more, | turned and fed over the
rough ground as fast as my bruised limbs
e would let me. We reached our horses ii
: safety, and hurryiag down the mountain
I gave the alarm to the villagers who joined
Q US in our flight across the country till {
E safe distance was gained Here bad,
adieu to my faithful guide, rewarding hin
4 as a man grateful for the preservation Of
his life might be supposed 10 do. A few
t days later, when tle long extinct Hecls
/ was again eonvulsing the island and send
}, ing forth IFS mighty tongues OF fire AMI
&; streams of melted lava, was far away
a from the sublime and awful scene, thanking
God was alive to tell the story of m,
!, wonderful escape from burning tomb.
4 How JoHN BRowN SAVED THE Car.
/. IrAL.-The Washington correspondent o
t the Boston journal tells the following sin.
gular story, of the way in which Johr
4 Browns lawless raid into Virginia became
; the remote cause Of the salvation Of the
l federal capital -
/; When the marines dashed up to the
door of the engine house, where Virginia
] chiralry auailed. they ssized not only John