St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-26

gins had the other. Following my di-
rectionS, he hauled away Oh it with al
his might, his oycrgruwn Drawn stand
ing him in gOOd stead. and the count
was dangling and spraWling i'll rlid-air.
As soon as he found his IGoc Oft the
boulder his strength and cucrgy seemed
10 return with marvellous rapidity; lie
facilitated his ascent by thH root and
strap. and finally scrambled over the
edge with an agility | should never
have given him credit tnr possessing.
lie d!sappcaICi, and l sat alone on
the rock it seemed as though | were
milaculously suspended in the aiG. I'm
PEELED by chastity fascination, J look
ed DOWN. ard, and SAW the distant iriuc-
tops, the rUugh masses Of rock. looking
like pebble, AID the torrent foaming
between them. Bat its Ioul WAS almost
hustled hy the distance. \ hawk flew
past 50 tar hencath me Is to seem i
mere spcck, set he must have been
soaring ii least four hundred icrt above
the valley. Then The boulder Un who h
! sat stirred. aud | saw tha: TIE last It
naining iiIgrcc had given way, and iii
unoIher moment the end would come.
| lrlt nu fear. bat Wa wrapped up IL
AN cuti.,liyinT interest, an uEcIWhcltn-
iily vuiiositl, nov that death WA@ At
hand. ~ >cr il. Pluyc il. | Wa coli
~ciUns OF an awful delight i, being abul,l
To meet the mystery y hich 40 man had
solved. Then | cried u.ti as in Sudden
fear. ~umcthiug had strH'L Hiy itc".
Thought nf death. that s;Idd,H touch II
the rup, which vas 20 save ne L,!si
uu my nerves with the C1cct ri tenor.
Nor, through blind impulse Ghau IA,
thing else | caugh; The rope. gave it j
couple of turns round III, ann. Il siu".
lifted myself oil the huutder. ~tLItud
by the impCru, Of Iny foot iii Spiingin@
from il. tie great fragment alil from t.
position and ont into the ain. listen
ed. brrlthlcsS. until. attcl what seemed
many minutes ii faint dull. splulcrin=
crash todd that il had icact,.; the bot
tom al last. and uipi,,.
Then began - ~on'r. y..-H,iN Why
"a, not drawn ur. could hcAl 4
confused -Jund al Voices ahOVC. - II III
augry ult,rcaiion. hc rope .,L, iriL-
cd once oT twice. but II" muIr. ! +, il
my hold gradually slipping. ihcp
In, " i''lNc I'll H"'7 '-i'' ''''
i'''''"'', I'll '"'li'7'' - ~ ~ 'i''
mrEl the rope Was seized and drawn
steadily and powerfully upW,nd, ald IL
another instant l was ltn'tvd s.s!rl, IL
the Top. and Nuggin- E..s t!liH~ttng The
brand, lll-l. down my throat. eNr.i-
Gated myself from the rope. MuEsiuS.
ANA thr "lth'lN i"-' /" i'N "''- H''
7"ht! "'""t me
M IN i':' ~ 49,, =
,'" i''''s on Il. "it'IH - ''i' i''l' 49,.
! ii-e''hih2 over '"' III VIZ" N'''' 'i''
MS ">""i S'"' I. "'1 u'c ''""'. "Pl'','
III '''''' ''''''
able eNrioLt.
n.y. WHAT ~ '>'''''''il''i . ''''. g.
"'AtL ! '>'lA'lrr,'' 'll '''' NM my
'i'''' i.i Tie '..-' '''"' III '''''nN ma.
"'''.
Ii ".,- .'i'--"NplI!l.rd ~'lnil. ,a"''@!'
attrI".I'i. l'in!ntd Hrintoii. =. l."
count. finding they ihirhdrd making
tins tTlp "NcI The mountain. volunteer
cd IL li,tr "h Ill adNdnrr. ,tId -,cugr
rooms in gl!c ho:cl "m the oth>. si,}c; :;
,tld had lr not. iUrclicd !v au ":ltui-
tJnrttr p;"dllecti0n for h"tanH. reached
IL" far over the I.c'tSr 81 The cllil IL! .
RAE specimen. d"nbtlear h'' would Lave
done IL. Wei, after ucd ia!!'" over.
a. I've lclatcd. and l'rr;i dln"n NJ. ht
had manifested kindly Intention T."
eat the l"rc. lnd irt ~" clln" uPnj III,
leisure without lt. Bat Nu@girS had
strrnno"~iy Objected. an'!. IA, 'i:.iaGc
appealing .jn~' thea. h, look hold @ud
helped hrul u, mp. When SAW h:.n
standing hy lii" mirage, he. MS giving
the Eupcit~ IN .mpru'''t account ct
thu cEcnt> which had at %rcnircd ="
thl et.yci At hat !'c"h jlr uhtmtH-