Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-10-23

sat TN Ter &c VO.ca % ) &c al let the
torrent fall upon or heads. Ahuus u
GA ter o an no ir we II jd lc',c thcr1,
AMI alre dy elch del WIS III in clt-
r,ct. suddenly w heard Shouting.
which rose above IL swish AMI tlud-
ding o. the water.
"'rhn Is man IN thc dell below
81 uted the IND al in m ca, b t wan
nDsIs "a o. intort.t il hi stol.d fac.
"rhat man will be dfoWnc1,' hc argu
Cu calmly.
Alone. da .ho down the sudden
slope, ana stood upon i crlllnblinG
el5c. looking eagerly into the ho low.
The trees were all uprooted and bro Ken.
the little brook was furious river. y q
ri.ht beneath me, among the tanglc OF
boughs. man struggled madly against
the gathering waters. II was not in my
power to render him aid; | could but
shou. encouragement, aud watch his
efforts with sympathy. Again and
again he FIJI AMI with each instant the
torrent swcllcd. The bOurhs were tWis-
ted around his feet, but h clung to them
dc ,peratey and all the while shouted
desperately and struggled on. | ran TO
the covering mules, and. hastily tying
their haltcrs together, threw the rope
toward the drowning man. Not till
the fourth or fifth cast did he seem to
see the means o. safety, or to under
stand my intention. though | called my
loudcst, and the rolc Tell close hes &c
him. But at length he graspcd it, and
we dragged him ont. Again and again
the undermined bank gave way, and
once he lost his hold; but | threw the
moose again. jus, rs the water swept him
off, and dragged him safe to land
But his behavior. W sen thus CXtrica-
ted from deadly peril. WAS not cpcorrag-
4, IA, f,t u
9Th he dashed OF our hand, and tore
away over the hillside, needless OF our
calls. Recovering his feet, the In
dian gave vent to an angry cara OF
aud suddenly retired. Alone | pursued
the mailman. chasing him with many Il
slide and fall over The slip cry turf. II
I'll 1T myth he came down hcadlong
ana lay still. | approached him eau
tiously, remembering The tale just told
and tho dangerous fury OF my 1illibu 'tei
friend in clsc som what similar He
did not move. but lay helpless on the
ground alarng ut me With the eyes o,
q maniac. / called the Indian. and
most unwil!ngly he aided me to car.
the rescued man towards orr mules.
It was not ;Or ONE hours after that hC
recovered strength and sense to tell hi
story. We got aim tC j ii yalpa, and IN
q horrd little inn there, the best house
that town can bo}st, he rC.a.c to lng
the coucatcnnt.op of cream tancV
which had thus turned his brain.
would p?ca", now .ng the coun ry well
ii was the huult OF tAis man TO brcah
his Journey in the dell of VIII eli | h ",
told you, and to sleep away the hottc
hours OF tho day II Il certain gro,t'
which existed there. In that cavern h,
was no doubt, whoa we desc ,dcd Il
lunch. and III re rem ,incd. Irwin, par
taken freely of a"uard cate .. scnnlp
or some other precious liquor, until the
ouragal broke out. That rJu 3cl hiM
Is ilIecd its firy mi III almost hay
reused those de ld chicftainS in thccl.rls
around. lie fought his way to the en-
trancc--.o be dashed back instantly
bruised and ter. o.-sJr.c ken, by the IN
changed winds. BcW.idt:c by III,
fall, dea with die unc irthlya rick
ing aud ,bundcr, he lay awhile upon tn
cavern floor until the hcaVing OF til
" trcmblcr," the crash Of falling Stones.
and tossing of the earth recalled II con
&C .ousnesss. Instinct once more causc'
him once again to dash ut the ca en-
me nth; but again LIE was driven back. |
The situation indeed was horrible; OK
posed to fear III dc nth in side, to b, |
buried alive under the hCaving 100
but unable TO q cape After the second
effort he lay still awhile, helpless ana
half conscious with fear. But a dread |
fll sound reused the haunted man t.
life again. Louder than the roar with. |
out, more full OF deadly terror than any
sound OF an inanimNtc world. The |
voice of the jaguar stunned his cars
Close beside hun it burst out, cchoine
from rock to locii, from floor to root,
from every quarter OF the vault at once. !
Peal after peal, beaten back and rebound |
Il
For Il moment he strovc to trace tn,
sound, to spy two flaming eyes in the
darkness but 40 sign was to be noticed
no clue discovered. Again and again
that roar broke forth, above, bel NV, and
on every side. III II he went mad ana |
I, for ono, say, No shame TO him A
tigers voice is a fearful thing to hear,
you men, whether in the Eastern jungle |
or on a lonely mountain OF America
but in black cavern, where no mai
can tell whence it comes n)r where the
beast may be, that menace is a trial few
nerves could bear. Try for yourselves
Only 90 with u savage dog into Il vault |
cd cellar, and hear the hewIldering echo
of his bark. The who.o space VIII ring,
and 90 man, however experienced,
could guess whence danger IS TO be cX
pcctcd. That myStary mad the horro |
of the scene Ny triend-I call him
friend, for he wandered many day
with mc-was very brave; but his |
ll-iyes, already greatly tried, could ! OF
i ar that strain. lie dashed head.one |
from the cavern, whore death in three
Dreadful shapes was threatening, wind |
and carthquakc. and the tigers claws
And on the thIcshold, rs though fate |
had lcau9ol all elements against MS lie |
he fell into the raging cat2ruc. from |
which i had rescued him,
The Lord ma ie dad SCI At me that |
time" he used TO say, in quaint set not
consciously irrevc cnt phra IS, "but |
there was work found tot me some-