Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-07-03

heard a tahtlrumbling noise that sour
fded far down In thefearth. eI5. .58F !;
M | turned, to my guide3 and was abor
to speak, when | observed he was tren
bling and as pale as death .ar.aa
+ rs the matter r Il asked "yo
seem to be frightened,"1;,l 6a.a.sfant @,,;
1 .1'Oh, my Gods!'oiu he, gasped, sfthere'
going to be another eruption" Yab9x al.
sFHow do you know that?1 Have 20,
lever been here before ?, "a &c. af;.T,r
EYES, but | meyer saw it look like this
! When [ was here last there was no hol
/ low there, but level piece Of snow AM
ice" : -. H.. s. ..Nl ..'.'' ''.-1-4.
Indeed p I exclaimed, with intens,
interest s'sand you judge that fact to b.
decisive, with regard to an eruption p
,oS"SOh, my master" said he, in the great
est agony, "what else could have caused
this clIapge7 There must be fire below,
or what has melted this glacier Yot
see the ice is nearly gone, and what il
LETT is fast melting, and viii soon follow
/ it." ft zfm L1oaafIS bue rosHd0g
l observed at this point that my feet
had a sensation of warmth, and STOPPING
down found the ground quite hot. a5 :
-. ii ow9 Is this p inquired zagJ q
| He shook his headbd III . haezsEgxs p
Sail wrong; there's trouble brewing,
master, as sure as youlive. You had bet
| ter leave." "aGd9ayCaf sdf q @a5Joai rs
| recalled the fact that the last erup-
ton OF Hecla occurred 80 years before.
long previous toathe~ birth of my guide,
andsconsequently he could know as little
OF that as [ did. This foolish thought
prevented me from putting. faith in his
words that / ought to have done. - ot
l'f There is no hurry" Iareplied ) HI
have been so long finding my way to the
top, that am hardly disposed to leave
until have seen more of the Volcano .
l observed his paleness and trembling
increase, if possible but I sti IL felt a. re-
luctance to retreat SO spontaneously, after
tolllng so hard to make the summit. ferr,
oo He stood moment in silence, and then
.ventured again. a1e.s re;-.s@.,T ..a
=" let us. go while there is time. I am
afraid to remain here. . " e may be over.
iWHtlIneu az an moment. Is -, ---f-. =
- .'Hold on = said I, sensible of a cur
lous tacination, such as sometimes comes
over one when on the brink of the most
appalling peril. "It is true the ice has
melted, but it has done so very gradually.
| have spent great deal of time to reach
Iceland, and when I started it was with
the resolve to see Hecla.
" Heaven knows ] have seen too much
already" he replied; ''more than has ev-
er been. seen before by living man.
!. How do you know that?" I demanded,
somewhat annoyed at the dogmatical man
ner of my guide -
sAt least I think so +" .
: And I think you are mistaken. T
cannot consent to go back until I have
descended into the basin and looked down
into one of those chasms.'' - $3.50 57l'
a.. Let ME beseach you, do not. It will
be. the death Of you."- 91-a.a. faa#s -
ri "If you are afraid, you can return"
said with an ,unfeeling tone, for which
there was no justifcation.2 .2SLaT a.@ ba@a
aa4 4''Oh, no, my master, / will not desert
''All [ ask then, is that you will mere-
ly wait for me-" <'1s4 ST. ssa5o
| had no right to ask even that, and l
consider the guide a sinpleton because
be needed my request 7e5T @ 'sd5 ga
a q y i'll Wait, he replied; f'but remem-
Der when you go down that I kept entreat-
ing you not to do so'- SISSY uof 1Ha84--
''I hold you blameless, whatever should
occur, SO, have no apprehensions upon
that score.' sg9aaT d9E" asa1 .,#dmu
~. The crater was about twenty yards in
depth, with sides that slope so gradually
thatlt conld be descended without difficult
ty if ordinary care was exercised. es-
r.. [ first felt the lava and found it quite
hot, but-not unpleasantly So and using
my stick with great precaution, | began
the descent: / observed the tempera-
t5uureFof 5u the lava beneath my feet .con-
stantly to;increase, but I had thick shoes
and L knew they would be- unframed. re
linoticed, also, thick, sulphurous od-
or, but considered nothing unusual,
although it left thick, disagreeable taste
in my mouth and gave al unpleasant
twingeto my olfactories, si.I ~ s7e, ,9.-
Therlll OF water made by the melting
ice flowed kissing down, and was lost to
view in the dark ,chasm, from which came
putts OF hot air. accompanied by rum
bling and trembling IF the ground. II
.a. The place, the scene, and, withal the
sense OF Danger connected with it held
me there BY slsort Of magnetic fascina
ton, and lisoon found myself strongly
tempted to make fatal plunge into the
awful abyss. Conscious that reason fire.
quently loses her power at such times,
forced myself backward a few feet, but
still remained fearfully near the opening,
needless OF the frantic entreaties OF my
guide. .i.a.54s 4sa. H. a...r.a.-
Giving no heed, therefore, to his ear
nest solicitations, l now determed, if pos