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

|. feeling ashamed that | should appear
50 hypOrcritical: ''thc most natural
thing i'll the world =" And | made up
my mind not 10 SAY another word.
Next morning. continued Brmt0n.
replacing his feet on the window sill,
after Il good night rest, we set out
;ItreSh. and SUon approached ia" pass.
There was i carriage road running
through ii, and Il narrow foot path
skilting the nu!crluust verge of The
cliff. which fell sheer d"Nn nrally u
thousand icCt TO where i torrent rush
cd amidst tumhlcd rocks. which had
evidently been detached from the cliff.
us gaps every here and there showed.
The scenery WAS magnificent, ofcoulsc.
bat ii was rather gid'ly and dangerous
walking. as. | dare say. Yea know.
since you've been through il. Well.
after uuiling along iui ln hour. polhap-
we saw Il s;iddicd hol,c tied IL the road
side nearly opposite to Il part Of til"
cliff whcIict. Il large fragment had IL
Gently been detached. Fherr Was Tie
horse. bat hi rider Wa nowhere - hc
seen.
Seized hy :, Sudden mi. 2iNinc. / It, r.
ped 10 the edge OF tie elm and looked
over. The sight that Iuct my eyes Va
sach aS l. not seen twice III ilietInic.
The fragment. starting on its hoattloIg
descent To the hut;uIH. lad been ..irC.t
cd nearly II the outset, and almost iniI o
aculoaSlv brought to -tand-~till by 4
marrow lcdgc iuttin@ "uI ubout ,hiIry
stout Young tiI-tICt.. Ihcsc. thCu@h
;.tloIdimg temporai., sntp"Tt, "cI' mo
mcHtlrily giving way. aud II WIS rNi-
dent that The tlaGHrns would III It few
moments continue on IL dnNEW.Id
course.
hut ii WAS not the houldcr. h:,t the
object clinging To- il, that made IA,
blood lun cold Ullc tgmrc "t Il Imam.
halt sitting. hall living. graSping the
rock desperately with No,h hands. and
qui\ cling all over III an agony Of fear
Ever and anon small fragments, d,tach-
ed 1ron :h,. piece 10 which lie chung,
fell plunging down, bounding from the
pIrcipitous sides. and at ias; dropping
with i distant splash into tic stream.
Then would the duomci man utter i
low. ircmul"ti~ moan. aAd hi, shaking
hands almost uIcla>ped their hold. II
he WeIc not rescued within Il trH min
"'tN' MS 'iiiii'iii''io,i w.!
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NaS ~ Ing al i'tii lthS'h' Ms h''" - FL
thc t"Sc. hE" ms 'us''i',''N VI ""'' s'4h
on his face. Tie pointed t" The figure
on the Inrh.
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he" rhurklrd hc.
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