The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-08
Description Of a., hdvcntrr" ty Charlie
N.clcIlS.

From LA, of Charles Dickens, b. FoS:cr.
II had rnincd al! night, and WAS rainin!
then rs it only does in those parts. Tnroug
the whole glen, which il ten miles long, to-
rr.lt> we're Doiin- and toamiug, and ,cndn
up in every direction spray Ike the smoa'
vi great fires. They we're rushing dow
every Hill and moUntaia-,ld', and teaI,u
like devils across the path and down int
the depths of the rocks. Some OF the h!!l
looked IS il they were Iull q: silver, ana hat
cracked in hundred places. others rs il the,
WEI. frightened. anl lad hToken out lito /
deadly sweat. Such spatc, il short. had no;
been KNOWN for ulnv year. HE PoSi-Uo.
WAS not at oil at his caSe, and the horses e.
We'll they might beg Were very much fright
enei BY the perpetual T.-ing and roaring
The rumble where TON SIT was by this tim
30 full OF water that at Kings House he wa
obliged TO borrow a g!iilCt and bore holes III
the bottom to let it run out. -" We crossct
the Back Mount and Cairo % place where
rapid river runs over 4 bed Of broken rock.
Now, this river, sir, had bridge last winter,
put t.le bridge broke down when the thiN
came, and has never s!nc4. hecn u:cnded: 80
travellers cross upon little platform mad
Of rough deal panks, stretching from roci.
to rock; and carriages and horse. ford tn
water 4, certain point. As the PLATFORM /
the reverse Of steady 1--WE had proved thi'
the day before. is very slippery, and afford
anything Iut Il pheasant footing, having on.
4 trembling little rail on ole eide. and Oil IL
other nothing between It and Tic toMnii:
stream, Kate decided TO remain III the cai-
,iayc and trust herself to the wheels ratnc
than to her feet. Fletcher and | had 20,
ont, and it WAS going away, when advised
lrr, as ! had done several times before,
GONE with lis, for | saw that the water w..
very high, the current being greatly sWollen
by the rain, and that the poSt-hoy had bcc?'
rscing it ina very disconnected lnalnrr fo'
tho last half hour. This decided her 20 com.
out; and Fletcher, she, Tom, ana be .can
cross, while the clrcilg" went aiiout 4 qilaltc.
ofamile down The iaiik, in search of a shallow
place. The pllliorm shook So much that W.
could only come across two at tine, an,
then it felt as ii it Were hung on springs. !.
to the wind and rain. Well, pu;
into one gust all III" wind and rain you cvci
saw aud heard, and You'll have some faiu
notion of il. When we got s';clr 10 the OF
poSite hnnk there calne riding up viii.
Highlander, in 4 great pEid, whom we II
cognlzed ~ the landlord Of the inn, an
vino, without taking the least nctire of lis
went d;,ohing on, with the plaid he wa,
wrapped III streaming In the wind, screech
Ing in Gaelic to the post-boy OIL the opposite
bank, and making the most frantic gesture
you ever saw, in which he was Joined b,
some other wild man on foot who had com
ily short cut knec-dcep in mire and water
AS we began to sec what this meant W
that is Fletcher and y scrambled on aftc
them; while the boy, horses, and carriag
were plunSing in the water, which Lett onl
che horses heads and the boys body visible
by the time we got up to them the man o.
horseback and the man on foot were perfect
mad with pantomime; for as to any of thei
shouts being heard by the boy, the waite
made such a great noise that they might Il
Well have been dumb. 1t made me quit
sick to think how should have fit il Kat
had been inside. The earfin.c went ruupt
and round like great stone, the boy as IA.
IA death the horses were struggling, an,
FLASHING, and snortiuS IKE sea animals, an
we were all roar.ng to the driver to thro,
himself of, and let them and the coac
go to .ne devil, when suddenly it carl
all right (haring got into shallow water
nnd al, tumbling, and dripping, and joggiu
from side TO side, climbed up to the dry lan(
I assure you we looked rather queer, rs W
wiped our faces and stared at each other in
little cluster round about it. 1t seemed TIN,
the man on horseback had been looking q
US through a telescope as we came to tn
track, and knowing that the place was yer
dangerous, aud seeing that we meant t
bring the carriage, had come on at gres
gallop to show the driver the only plac
where he could cross. BY the time he cam
up the man had taken the water at a wron
place, and, In word, was as nearly browne
with carriage, horses, luggage and all) i
ever man was. Was this good adventure