Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-01
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l+sI- sdj 10i 9pn9V9d IRnIssnI 10 TOsg5E
wild WAY tried TO, offeri CUP, prayer for
succor: MOI standingTnot with my hand
festffg up6Hi the WAL lz4bnt kneeiing, with
the water rising to myaaieek. Ind 4 rose
again stFeng1Fscahd bettena Bile to stliuk.
IsaA nd now Albegan tod ookI withiho and to
Think OF the dangers j. had todencounter
AS to there being things swimming EabDht,
or anything terrible to attack meetny conn.
mon sense told me that there was no cause
forl fear sin1 that direetiOn; lbutI the next
th9pght was a t9rrible one candbmy breath
came thicker and lshprteras Iseemedstofeel
the, effect OF Sitn alreadg,-71iWas thereIany
foul gas N Butt found that EycoRld still
breathe freely and sby degrees this fear
went of; While, smyI eouf<
age llIWadedb on ,sssplasb- -splash1 inIAhe
eehotng darkness farther and qfarther into
the niue, alWays.with the, wafer growing
| ShalloWerJa and shal allOwerasI reeeded from
theishaft; and at last Istoedi upond the dry
bottom,l but With the1wate streaming g off
Il The place did not feel, cold, while as 5sat
down ! Icould net but wishthat pylclothes
We're dry. for they ieiupgi to dne till IstripH
ped q part of them off andTwrnngb-o out the
Water,f when u felt, on putting Ethem1 On
| again, comparatively warm. ButJwhatea
position! Trembling there in the midst of
that thick darkness with a swild.imagin6E
ton peopling it with, every imaginary hor-
ror, lay despairing, till, with the thought
strong upon me that was buried alive,
began torun recklessly about, now dasht
ing myself violently against the sides now
tripping over the fragments that had fallen
| from the roof till at last the spfashing
| water beneath omy feet warned me to- 90
back, when, withlmy head feeling. almost
on IRE, | crawled, back to lie painting
amongst the coal and slate. --,,.,.,-f-.- -.
iiAlpat onceI recollected the tobacco ana
| timeit seemed to calm me, SO that 1 could
| sit and think, though at timesI would have
given worlds to have run away from my
| thoughts. How time went could not tell;
but it seemed dafter a. while thatI must
have slept, ferI nleapt up all at once with
the fancy strong upon me that 1 heard
Polly calling; but though l strained my
ears 20 flsten.S there was nothing but the
"dFip. drip'hof the water; while feared to
call out, for the sound went echoing along,
| SO that it seemed to be repeated again and
again. till I felt to creep with dread. '" we
| Many hours rust have passed. for "a
heavy, duh, sleepy feeling oppressed me as
lay there, numbed bodily and in mind
but at length / started up thoroughly
awake, feeling certain that had heard a
cry which seemed to have, whispered like
in my ear. i sat,up trembling, when again
there came the shout faintly9 heard as ii
came along the top of the water, and then
/ gave loud desparingo shrek for help
three times, and then tainted.
When / came to again, it seemed like
waking from a dream !; and 4 felt so con-
fuS ed that l could hardly believe that 1 was
not in my own room at home; but as sat
up, the thought of where was came upon
me again, while like faint, buzzing, wills
pering noise, / could hear voices. To rouse
! up and give a. tremendous shout was but
the work of moment, when my heart rose
tor arna
and L knew that L was being sought for
and sat listening. z-rFo2 tsdt 4ssl ~ g b3r
But soon l grew impatient and began
wading into the water, so as to be once
more nearer to the living creatures; and
waded on and on till the water was up tC
my chin and could hardly stand, When
shouted again. and nowI could hear the
After while l saw, a faint light, flash
along the wall, and knew that piece OF
Something burning had been cast down the
pit; and then again and again [ saw SINH
lar flashes, while 1 stood there trembling
lest should sink from exhaustion and be
drowned. But now something far NOR,
reViVing came. for, like star shining alons
the water, Icould see the light of lanterI
that had been lowered down, as it swung
slowly about at the mouth OF the passage
while at length close by it, L saw some
thing move, when 1 felt choking, as knew
that a man had been lowered down, ant
was swinging beside the lantern; viii e,
when hisYoice came ringing along the pas
sage with CHEEKY "MheFe are you, mate?'
for few moments my. head swan, and J
couldn't answer. -rf,E uvygk
Cant you get to me ?" he, says, after
had answered. a1a 10 -z-'4'---- 3 %'7'''- '''
-,NorfIs says, II Ildaren't try to swim it,
SSFhen5 L must,p, he says; and then h,
shouted out .'Slack out" and an echoins
splash came along to my ears. GLOW fal
is it?" he SAYS ill aT. -i.t'-|.a7 7- 70 ii'
''About sixty yards,n gasped; and ther
he stopped and called out to me to keep uI
my heart, and he would soon be back
when shouting to those above, he wa
drawn up once more, and it seemed hour.
before heard the sound of his voice again
! and, directly alter, L could see the Lantern
4, coming towards me, and then I've recol.
lection OF. seeing some one with ligh
4 splashing about in the water, and of hav-
4 ing something tied under my arms which
tloated me up till l was pushed along to tn,
\ mouth of the passage, where eau recollec
4 clinging to the rope made fast round ME
4 ing against the rough sides of the shalt
! while a voice at my ear kept saying
i ''Cheer'up, mateym Then in sort of sleeI
4 heard people talking, and some one s i'd
''Here, catch hold of these liie- beltsp anC
it seemed like the voice of the man wht
came down to me. But the next thiLg
recollect is lying in my own bed, with some
one sitting at the side, as she used to all sht
i could for the next three days and told me
she did at last, of her horror when die
not come home, and of the search next day
but there were no footsteps on the waste OF
account of the snow, so that no one woult
have searched there, had not a boy beer
seem with my walking stick, which he haC
! found sticking up in the snow by the ole
4 RS,
! [ fell into the fearful gulf which held M,
! for two long days! .r-r..-..--,.s5 -...l.-