The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-03-27

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Miriam. his lossai GA wsishgD Nirismis HIS
.faes shsA.Sisvsds VITA ~ hstsis liShg and ~
said ntl9Ss that aid MT faitsr: - .hha .sssi'
& aBut' Ea<le~ expostniAss& HE lisutenant,
'this q posi- live, ma1nles. You mast net .risk
your life. We Will vsat 3 wAile, and IL the man
do not return, W viii move onrs si4ss.sup gaF
They may .ssd ,hsln " rspliSd Hubsrt. stead.
lly. "They may lsse lsao6ph tsted- well, God
Knows whst 4 csnt Imagine ~ I Are my rid,
os%s e rs i a, y 2 f:tas within The time
Hs vent up e ths nearest nearest hfe, picked mp MP
blazing stick, srraagedh III rife for instant uss,
approached the mouth Of TIN cavespssred into it
cassiously, and listsusd intsntlY for some sound
Of life within. beverages fsais3l s 7ei3e9s
!. No sound came - ~ 4 = still !. death
Ths NEXT Instant Hubert had vanished tas si
All vss NOW breathless suspsnses ..sias'a,o3
/ The lieutenant and his men gathered around
10 lstea for ths rspoet d the rifle. The minutes
by-1tenA fifteen, and still no, sound reached
their earst They could zee brief Spacs into the
cavern, BY the light, of their own torches, but
nothing but rocky walls and Aoor met thsir gaze
Twenty -minutes swere. thus passed. The time
was mp, and Hubert had not returned. tes s1@at
The msu locked stsonS smother with pallid
faces. As if turned to stone, they stood an awe
stricken group about the caxern's mouth, until
the minutes had more than made up an hour
Ia.d still they fingered. .Ts3.a
During this time tbsY bad cleared away the
bushes from the moeth Of the cave. They had
tried again and again peer into the dark depths
Of the opsninss bat could not The lieutensnt
had called repeatedly to Hubert, but received
No answer. At lsagth he proposed to tie . rope
around his waist and descend into the sinister
abyss, but his msn obisctsd unanimously ~
'sWhats The sss r ssksd one. sThsrs's some.
thing haze that no nsrtal man can coaqsR."ast
I'VE can't risk your liz. lie1tsnaat," said an
other. "Just think how few there are Of ~" +
The tine continued 10 drag on.
At last when two full hours had passed, Lien.
tenant Bridges staggered to his feet, and said
'sThis il horrible-terrible beyond expression
We have lost four of our comrades and this noble
young stranger, whom loved az brother. This
fearful cave must hold the secret of their fate,
be it what IL may. Let rs 60"
Without word, but with white faoss-ia .
sort OF mute terror, the men mounted their hor-
sss and resumed their journey. The above il all
Of this story that viii b published in our col
umns. The continuation Of it from where it
leaves OF hsrs can b found only in the New
York Ledger, which is for sale At Osnan q
Hapeman's, and Ill other bookstores and news
depota. AK for the number dated April 10,
1869, and IN it zen viii find the continuation Of
this beautiful talA The Ledger is mailed to
Subscribers 1t three dollars year. The publ.
cation Of Rev. DR.. Tyng's great story, which has
bssn written expressly for the Ledger, is just
commenced in the Ledger, 80 that our readers
viii got the Who'll Of these two stores in it. The
Ledger has IA kest stories Of any paper in the
world, and Hoy Ward Bseohsr, Jssnss Parton
md Fanny Fen have articles in every number. !,