The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-10-23
"Thcre, there, | promise

"Ihcre, there, promise salU
Captain James. kissing hcr.
lie walked away, and she seem
ed now contcnted, smiling through
her tears npcn Harry Defer, the
yonn" Swiss.
The captain could not forbear
giving him 4 parting Shot.
"You haven't the Spunk Of a
chicken, Mr.. DeIfcr," said be; Il
don't know what you'd do if We
were in much peril"
Dclter'S eyes flashed, but he con
trolled himself, for little Clar'hel
was tn@giny Il, his knee, whisper,
! ing. "Neyer mind =
TIE wounded hand was well in
q couple OF days. Mean while Del
ter's refusal to chop of the doves
head was, by many OF the sailors:
looked upon Us proof Of his being
decidedly "a chlcken-hcarted fel-
low"
The vessel was then at anchor.
Onc morning, about three days
after the event recorded, dove
few ont Of the bin, and was, by
the wind blowing freshly at the
time, carried some yards from The
ship. 1t alishted upon the edge
Of an iceberg. towering to the
height Of ourtop- gallant yard. and
from thence to the very summit
Of the bcrS.
Wi.ha quick cry, C!aribcl bound
ed 10 the rail, and, getting over
into the main chaiu>, she WAS, oe-
fore any person could prevent her:
upon the foundation Of the berg
broad: circular, jagged piece Of
ice, upon which the base Of the
frozen pinnacle was fixed.
The upper part Of the lofty mass
projected outward, like huge
rocky shelf, overhangins the tonn-
'dation. As It was supported by 4
rather narrow strip Of ice, and as
| it had been heard TO crack severa!
times by those aboard the vessel,
we all expected TO see it give way
1T apy moment.
| Judge, therefore, Of our consteE-
nation when we saw Clarbel, light
as a fairy, crawling up the ruggc"
side of the lce-cli1f. 1t seemed 10
Us that no man, unless it was an
experienced climbcr, conId moant
that berg. His weight would, we
believed, cause him to slip ut every
step. CIaubel, however. owing 10
her Iightncss, went up the precl-
pice almost as easily as if She were
! going upstairs.
At this moment the vessel,
caught by a puff Of wind, swung
round. 50 that, for severa! minutes,
! the little climber was lost to our
view.
The captain and the rest called
to her to come back, but the wind
! was blowing against Us, SO that
we doubted if we were heard.
! At length, there she stood upon
! that hngc overhanging mass Of
ice pr ,iecting from the summit OF
the lofty berg. The dove had
! flown to 4 little ledge of ice on the
very edge Of the mass, and Clarl.
! bel stood looking down at it. Not
seeming to see or near us, she sud
denly stopped, and actually slid to
the ledge
! The Stoutcst heart aboard ship
! quaiIed at the little ones peril espe'
ciaily when a loud crack was sad
denly heard, and the strip sup
porting the projecting icc-rock
was seen to yawn with u wide
crack!
The captain turned pale. Fall.
! ing from such height, CIaribc!
wouli be dashed to pieces on the
jagged ice, fifty feet below, which,
in Sharp points, projected on all
sides!
! SUII, there she was, laughingly
unconscious Of her peril, on the
slippery ledge, reaching out for
! the dove.
! The berg was now osclIlatlng
! with the waves; the cracking
/ Sonnd was heard again.
The captain sprung 10 the quar-
! ter boat. Half i dozen men, among
: them the young Swiss puEser,
! Henry Defer, sprung in.
! The boat touched tho icy foun-
dation. All the occupants at once
each man eager to be the one to
save the little yirl-endeavored to
ascend the slippery precipice: and
failed: all but the young Switzer,
once q chamois-huuter, who stead.
, ilv mounted to the summit OF the
berg.
! He had snatched 4 coil Of rope
/ from the boat, and thrown it over
his shoulder.
Stand BY" he exclaimed, to
; those below: but, even as lie spoke,
he glanced quickly at the coil, and
from that to another lce-ciltf about
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