Connecticut western news., 1872-10-18

l had first descended, was owing to my position of feet foremost; but the shock of the concussion left a feeling as of paralysis. My staff I still retained; but the point had caught and broken off. Down l went directly into the yawning end of Assure, my staff catching feebly at hejagged walls. No doubt the Assure was hundreds of feet in depth, but was not destined to sound the bottom"
 "No!'
 "The rains and thaws, the catching and splintering of crumbling avalanches, had poured tons of shelly ice directly into the mouth of the chasm; and apart from be- ing severely scratched by the sharp par ticles, and being stunned by the force of my stopping, after the rapidity of my de- scent, 1 was not seriously injured when I stopped. There I was, in a well-like aperture of rattling, shelly ice, and un- conscious. The rest of what I learnt later."
 "But you are alive, Rawdon."
 Yes. Mortified as the whole party were, they had yet the sense to hasten the descent to the hamlet, and procure ropes and lights-for night had then set in. sTo secure the body said the guides. And the news spread, and the cry went echoing along the village, Man lost |! Man lost in chasm!
 " In an hours time the two guides, De Ware and Moulett, and another guide, were ready to ascend the slight distance to the point where the accident happened. Just outside the hamlet they were sur prised to be joined by Jennie Dessonard. Shn VI %n ha of roo the chamois, and no one disputed her right to accompany the party. They toil ed up in the Assure where I had disap- peared, and then he'd a consultation. Was It best to lower lamp? Doubtless the depth would make such proceeding useless. Should one of the men be low cred by the others? This was an expe- dition not to be coveted. The party con- sisted wholly of large, heavy men; their weight might make the grinding of the rope instant destruction; and, at any rate, would be attended by great danger even to those who held the rope. Yet there was no other alternative.
 "Young Jennie, brave girl, stepped forward and began uncoiling the rope.
 "'I am going down. she said. M. Coutet is to fasten this about me; came for the purpose of descending the Assure.
 "They tried to dissuade her.
 "If you will not secure me, I will tie it myself she affirmed.
 "They yielded the point at last after some argument. With the ropes fastened about her, and the lamp strapped to her breast, the intrepid girl was slowly swung into the Assure. With her staff, steel pointed at each end, she kept herself from striking against the jagged sides. In twenty minutes she signaled to be hauled up-then signaled them to stop. She had touched the bottom of the crevice, which was wonderfully shallow, and not finding any body, she conjectured that it must have lodged somewhere above.
 "Her lamp had streamed into the basin and discovered me. She did not stop to ascertain if was dead; but, taking the lines which she had brought, she bound me to herAwrapping her mantle about my head, least in some manner it might beat against the walls of the chasm; and then gave the signal to be drawn up.
 "And drawn up we were in safety. was borne back to the hamlet-where, though still unconscious, was found to be living." .--
 "But the escape was marvellous, Raw. don," said.
 "It was."
 "And what of Jennie 2"
 "She married Coutet."