The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-02-16

right; he found the partition door open
He thought, at first, that it was curlos
|ity that had induced his nephew to e
into the catacombs, and it was not with
out shudder that he descended into
the silent depths in search of him. Al
he reached the end Of the steps ne TOOK
his lantern and, endeavored to discover
traces of Wolfgang's footsteps. lie
found them at last, and then knew to 9
certainty that the poor boy had los1
himself somewhere in these fearful
passages.
With growing Discrimination, but yet
with the firm resolve to find Wolfgang
and bring him back to the light of day
he went carefully on, calling out his
nephew's name from time to time. lie
went on until the passages began to
cross each other. Here he lost the
traces of footsteps, and he was in
doubt whether he should turn to the
right or to the left. Finally he deter.
mined to take the passage to the
right, and pursued his way, still call.
ing out, but receiving no answer.
How long he had been there he did not
know, but it seemed to him to be an
eternity.
Suddenly, he cried out in real terror.
His look, which had heretofore been
confined to the small space which his
lantern served to light up, now fell up
on the light itself, and he noticed that
the candle had almost burned down to
the edge of the socket which heldit
and might go out at any moment.
Instead of making any further effort
to save poor Wolfgang, he found that
he must now turn his thoughts to him.
self. He recognized the danger of 60
ing any further without a light, blamed
his own thoughtlessness for having
come so far alone and without proper
He turned around in an
instant and began to retrace his steps,
with the determination to get company
and new lights, and then recommence
the search.
When the light gave out the thought
of his poor wife and daughter W orrying
about himself and Wolfgang worked so
powerfully upon his already overtaxed
strength that his breath seemed to al
most leave him, his limbs grew cold
aud weak, and finally he sank down,
unable to go any further.
In the meantime, there were many
in the house above, for the
Did gentleman. They looked for him
everywhere, and missed Wolfgang at
about the same time The mother and
laughter We're plunged into the great
est anxiety. None Of the neighbors
lad seen either of the missing men, and
10 one could give any trace of them.
Hour alter hour slipped away, and nci-
her of them returned.
1t then occurred to Augusta to look
nto the cellar, and, accompanied by
Ter mother and house-servant, she
vent below. A light showed the anx-
Gus seekers the way, and they found
he partition door open. They guessed
It once what had happened, and, after
providing themselves with two or three
anterns, they descended into the cata-
ombs, determined to save those who
we're so dear to them.
Nothing can see so sharply or so far
s the eyes of love. They had gone
mt a few strides from the steps when
augusta discovered the footmarks, and
he followed them rapidly, with the GER
ainty that she was on the right track.
she stopped in her rapil ad-
ance, for she found herself surrounded
y skeletons and bones of dead men.
he fright took away the mothers
and the servant, a cowardly
nd superstitlous fellow, fell upon his
nees and stammered out prayer to
1e others to GO no further. The girl
lone retained anything like selfpos-
ession, and, selling one of the lanterns,
ne went on, calling out the names of
er father and Wolfgang She soon
card responsive voice in the dist
nee, and hurried on to it. 1t was but
few minutes before she had found
Tolfgang.
"My God, I thank theer he cried
ut, in deep earnestness, as he threw
IS arms about Augusta, and all his ,
loughts of ghosts, every appearance
ska1ntonc on1 oil HE fr;oht ond onv ,