The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-25

III RO WAX yOu ! - ohy
befailen him, my love would find him. when
nothing else could. On my knees, dear friends
Of travelersl By, the love your dear mothers had
for your fathers !" man,
The good, rough fellows were moved: "Ait Ss
speaks but the truth. She knows the ways OF
the mountains. Sec how msrvelon- ly she has
come herel But 40 to Monsieur nnere, ma'am-.
sslleT p
OF the house and wait for me-, will You not :"
III know'd which o. you two recommended
it," growled Joey Ladle, eying the two men wltn
great Indignation. "Pd fight you for sixpencs
and give you half . crown toward your expenses.
No. S,G.i miss II. FL e stick ms By 1yS yG 21l g si ien Ysr Is y sSsr Sse any
cant do better" The state Of the moon render
ing it highly important that no time should be
lost, and the dogs showing. signs OF great I'M
ca ness, the two mon quickly took their resoiu-
ton. The rope that y0ked them together WAS
exchanged for . longer one; the party were Sc
last and they set out for the Refugees. The 40
tual distance Of those places was nothing; the
whole Eve and the next Hospice to. boot being
within two miles; but the CHASTITY way was whit
ened out and sheeted over.
They made no miss in reaching the gallery
where the two had taken shelter. The second
storm Of wind and snow had 30 wildly swept
over IL since, that their tracks were gone. But
the dogs went to and fro with their noses down,
and we're confident. The party stopping, how,
ever, at the further arch, where the second
storm had been especially furious, and where
the drift was deep, the dogs became troubled,
and went about and about, in quest OF o lost
purpose TRs sr.,. .b,,, being known TO lie on the
right, they wandered too much TO the lett, sna
had to regain the way with infinite labor through
o deep field Of snow. The leader OF the line
had stopped 1t, and was taking note OF the land
mark. when one Of the dogs fell to tearing up
the snow 0 little before them. Advancing snd
stopping to look ut it, thinking that some ons
might be overwhelmed there. they saw that it
WAS stained, and that the stain was RED.
The other dog was now seen to look over the
brink Of the gulf, with his forelegs straightened
out, lest he should fall into it, and to tremble
in every limb. Then the dog who had found the
stained snow joined him, and then they ran 70
both stopped on the brink together, and setting
MP their heads, howled dolefully.
"There Is some one lying below" said Mar
guerite. ,
well inward, the two last, and let rs look over"
The last man kindledt two torches from his
basket. and handed them forward. The leader
taking one, and Marguerite the other, they
looked down now shading the torches, now
moving them to the right or left, now raising
them, now depressing. them, as moonlight ff
below commended with black shadows. Apierc-
ing cry from Marguerite broke o long silence.
"My dodi On o projecting point, where 2
wall OF ice stretches forward over the torrent, l
see Q human form
"Where, ma'amsele, where !"
"See, therei On the shelf of ice below the
dcgsr
not all inactive, for Marguerite, with swift and
slillful fingers, had detached both herself and
him from the rope in o few seconds.
"show me the baskets. These two are the
"The only ropes here. ma'amselle but at the
"t he is able-I know it is my loyer-he win
be dead before you can return. Dear Guidesi
Blessed friends Of trayelersl Look at me.
Watch my hands. If they falter or go wrong.
make me your prisoner hS1r 3 10 force CO.. lin 4 ons g are
She guided herself with o cord under the breast
| and arms, she formed it into o knd Of jacket.
| she drew it into knots, she leid it's end side by
side with the end Of the other cord, she twisted
and twined the Two together, she knotted them
| together, she set her foot upon the knots she
| strained them, she held them for the TIVE men to
strain at. .,t
SPY the Almighty's mercy" she exclaimed.
You both know that I am by, far the highest
lower me down to him. Then 60 for assistance
| and . stronger rope. You see that when it
il, lowered to me-look OF this about me
now-I can make it fast and safe to his
body. Alive or dead, I will bring him
up, or die with him. love him passionately.
They turned to her companion, but he was
lying ~senseless on the snow.
Lower me down to him" she said, taking two
little kegs they had brought, and hanging them
about her, or I will dash myself to pieces l
am a peasant and I know no giddiness or fear;
and this is nothing to me, and l passlonately
| love him. Lower me down."
"Ma'amseIle. ma'amselle, he must be dying or
dead" 49,
"Dying or dead, ny husbands head shall lie
upon my breast, or I will dash myself to pieces
They yielded, overborne. With such precau-
tions as their skill and the circumstances admit
ted, they let her slip from the summit, guiding
herself down the precipitous 10y wall with her
hand, and they lowered down, and lowered down,
and lowered down, until the cry came up:
Enough
SIS It really he, and is be dead2" they called
The cry came up: He is insensible; but his
heart beats. 1t beats against NINE"
Chow does he lie -. -
The cry came up: "Upon q ledge OF ice. 1t
has thawed beneath him, and it will thaw be-
meath ma. Hasten. If we die, ] am content"