The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-02-09

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ing ia1ce 81 tbnnlerho.t WHAT i
should never escppeY Aud L this dld
happen, not onls p0uli lose my liie.
. bat ms good name u9uld alao be Dc.
stroysd; fer my employers would ney-
er doub; ] hla aci With tAe money
The slekeuiug terror that came over
nae unnamed me for time; but after
a htts recovered nay fartitude, and
utteriug d short PRAYER for support |
shouted for help At the pitch Of ny
voice. and hammered with my hand at
the door, After ] had made a. much
noise az | could lor several minutes, |
stopped to listen bat all was silont as
the grave Al intervals ! repeated my
endeavors to make myself heard bat no
reply came to my calls, nor did any
souud indicate that bad succeeded in
drawing attention to the place Of my
confinement FAINT and weary, ! now
thought Of tie food, and cropping to the
place where it had been left for my
light was now gone l ate and drank
ray1nously
For days and nights this weary, ter
I rible captivity continued How time
was passing | could not tell had no
/ light to LET me see my watch | called
for help till my voice grew hoarse from
! continued shouting / battered the
door with my clenched fists till the skin
I peeled off them ID flakes prayed for
help till my heart was weary with the
unanswered cry, Lord help and deliver
me. Iu vain did shout; in vain did
! l wildly rush against the nnyielJing
door; in vain did ! send up my cry to
heaven. No help came, and ] was al
most tempted to curse God and die
At last there came a time whom con
seriousness departed from me, and at the
darkest hour, when hope had given way
with me, tho prayer which thought
unanswered was heard, and the help Of
which | had despaired arrived,
When l recovered consciousness /
was lying on sofa in handsomely
furnished room. There was three per
sons aropBd the sofa, two gentlemen,
one Of whom was doctor and a young
lady The lusrrous eyes Of the latter
were filled with tears, and though she
did not know-that heard her, she NUT
tered words of the deepest and most
earnest sympathy. l had again shut
my eyes after a single glance at those
bright orbs Of hers, and now again |
opened them, much TO the satisfaction
Of the Esculapius, who had been labor
ing to restore me to life After little
l was able to sit up, aud the doctor, see
ing that sls very weak, asked the 9th
er gentleman il he could get me a glass
Of vine. Scarcely had he uttered the
request, when my fair friend bounded
from the room, and presently returned
with some sherry The VINE revived
me so much that / was again able to
speak, and thank them for their kind
ness Naturally enough they inquired
how l came to be in the cellar, and | at
once told them my story
You have 10 thank God, my friend,
said the gentleman, that my daughter
there is gifted with the faculty of acute
hearing. Two days ago she returned
from tue country, where she had been
visiting, and on going into the yard be-
hind the house, yesterday morning, she
heard a voice as if down in tie bowels
Of the earth calling for help. She lis
tened for a little while without being
able to distinguish from what direction
the noise proceeded, and presently the
sounds ceased. This morning she heard
them again and after little hesitation
decided that they came from the cellars
Of the neighboring house, which has
been untenanted for some time She
told me Of the matter and prevail
ed upon me--for can refuse her moth
ing-to get the house searched Pro
curing a couple Of policemen, and the
necessary authority we entered thc
house, and aster searching a number o.
closets at last came 10 the one IN which
You were confined We had TO breal
open the door, as We had no key, and
this we hesitatcd about doing; but An
nie was so sure that she was correct as
to the locality, aud l had previously
had so mans proofs Of her acute hear
ing, that / consented at last 10 yield ID
her entroaties, and thank God that
did 50 for vel found you lying n a stupoi
from which you probably never would
have recovered without assistance
When be ceased speaking | turned
my eyes upon the beautiful girl no bad
saved me, and in broken words oi graf
itude uttered my thanks woman al
ways feels greater interest man whC
( life she has saved than in one who ha'
saved her, aud therefore my thanks