The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-11-15

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Weyland had sqs4e time TO COM
prehend what he ha3I Bard before he
was felled to the gr6l &. by terrible
blow from apickaxe.r
When he became d S,;ous he felt n
giddiness in his hoad al told him he
vas considerably iroFs Then came a
sensation of heat aud Eocation. then
the sound of cracking Games overhead
and glow of red light
The cabin was on FIRE
Too weak to rise 10 hisssat WevIon6
s''i vas 10 much psNi.aered to fully
comprehend his terrible}sisuation. Tho
crazy man had stum5iSs with the light
and set fire to the ssding, There
seemed no avenue oily abe unless by
the excayated vein in-4Ae rock. Wey-
land crawled to it ani eand it to be a
small passage. It " Ssfaky dark, but
he crept on, still too We
The flames crackleSE ,5sle er and tho
air became thick with seke. Close as
he was to the gouut-A u could scarcely
breathe. Making his say along the
passage in the darsa With deathly
faintness- arising al frAin his in;nrv
and partial suffocation sept over him;
but, we'll knowing ttfs to iaint now
would be death, he crasa on.
A few feet furthss \. a barrier of
solid rock hemmed liin'isa
"The excavation goe farther" he
cried. "I am lost. air with NO
outlet, viii become toe alto breathe in
five minutes l''
At that instant he 4 strong cur
rent Of air blo.Sp4 81 face lie
seui1 hive fay ,,;s
=.ssiii5 Eafiit t5Ia fFs z. the ii iTs. Vas Vas
/ creating nu influx of f}Furo air. Then
the vein must have "a opening some
where. Feeling about he found that
the passage took au 4 3rupt turn to the
right. Revived b. ii lc comparatively
fresh air, lie managed with great effort
to proceed.
On and on he weut-thc distance.
although really not very great, sccmin /;
SO to him, enleebei as he was
At last he saw flint glimmcr OF
light ahead, and then he came to loose
stone wall through which the rays
strcamcd. This part ofthc excavation
WAS an abandoned one, which Carter
had struck in at the abrupt turn men
toned, and he had walled it up to pre-
vent discovery.
As Weylaud reached the wall, he
heard the sound ofa human voice Was
it a fancy? Was he becoming dclrous?
1t WAS the voice of Neil, singing song
that he had often heard.
Giddincss again came over him but,
with a dcspairing cry, he to,tercd to his
feet, and fell heavily against the wall
The loosely, piled stones fell outward
under his weight, carrying with them
the mass of vines and twigs with which
they had been clcverly hidden on the
outside.
The next instant Nell, astouished by
the sudden appariion, was knceing
over the form Of her unconscious lover.
Returning from her errand, she had
passed the masked opening at the ust2nt
Weyland tumbled from it with the
stones and debris
Help was obtained, and his badly
gashcd head properly attended to
Scarcely had this been done, VIXEN The
news of the burning .! the cabin was
brought, and that "Old Grip" had
pcrishcd in the flames.
Weylani and Nell we're subsequently,
married, and tho product of Cartors
insane and secret mining furnishes them
with ample wealth, And they can
sincerely forgive his attempted murder,
knowing that an Irresponsible mania
melted him to its commission.
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