Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-07-08

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|" 70 the arst platform and % the foot
me nearest ladder the distance Was neal
= twenty feet. To this height ON .
J. eades !! was ahut IN by smooth and soil
y Wall OF rock: ,,. al ..,I. ..L l
next looked about the bottom .
Q tne ehar: The space was about etgh
Il iess IN width BY fourteen IN LENGTH
nsving Deen excavated IN this shape !
order 70 give room for planting the lad
aers at'a proper angle. Only half th
J. pott0m was dry ground. 'Ihe east sid
!. OF the smart, into which the vein dipped
' nad Deen sunk ABOUT three feet lowe
tnan she west side' and contained owe
: swo Ieet OF water.
"When / had made these observation
; again looked al0ft and carefully exam
! ined the walls on all sides, They afford
ed not cliDk BY meansof vhiqh coulS
hope TO climb to the platform above. 4
. planted the two pieces OF tho broker
ladder against the wall, and, carrying
the other, climbed mp and tried TO PLAN
, it upon the. first section. could moi
make it stand, and to have attempted tC
} climb 1t even though it had stood would
have been folly, as it was quite vertical.
tried planting its base In some Of the
notches IN my first section, but they
were not deep enough, and could not
make IT stand. When l stood my first
section against the shaft at smaller
angle could plant my second in the
notSnes put tnen u wouid not reach
nsn1r snan wl1nin siA q elens 4eet OF
'ne plm'!I!m !: wisneo W gam.
AL .nls 1lme my canale was stuck
iu.c VI. oi cray ~ 'ne DoS'om OF me
snaig; IL was Iase Deing consumed.
t1a Tnicn : S ocuio no. snolo, 1nelelcie l
p1 NOV ~. ~ ous "nu sae uown ~ tne oarK'
IVY I9eln8s may, perhaps, % 'ma8lned,
uu' canho1 oescrtpe tnem. wsnteo
" s.lnA-U oo SONS goou stronB
sMlAine-o ny tnouenSs ana ny
or"in SEEMS" W sPll "rounu III cilcie'
al ahu I'll dio was 10 rePeat over ana over
tue one word: Aost lost l0et l LOST
was III oouio say All couIo get my
prai4 70 compreneno'
my doWh ana rocked myse!t 10 ana no
ITO Oh inc erouna' not remaining stiu
Ior moment' save wnen occasionally
paused 10 gaze up at tne ntt!e square OF
| ngDt tnat marked tne Top OF the smart.
Onoe III tnus tossing aDout strucK my
nead against tne wall OF tne smart Inns
gave me an loea that stoPped 1or
moment 70 CONSIDER; y was taat mlgnt
NJ iast oasn out my DRAINS agalnst tne
rocA "Ien 'nere see"eo W Oe notnln8
"This did me some good, and begun
to think again. It appeared to me that
had seen something floating in the wa
ter in the other part of the shaft during
the time my candle was burning. Itried
to remember what it was. There were
several objects. They were not bits of
wood or bark, but something else-just
what could not recollect. This both
cred me so much that determined to
light my candle and see what was in the
water. I found two dead rabbits-all
bloated and green-three or four small
striped squirrels, one tolerably large
gray squirrel of burrowing kind, and
half dozen mice.
All these were more or less decayed,
but 1 considered chat it might yet be-
come necessary for me to eat them;
therefore fshed them out aud placed
them in q corner of the dry part OF the
shaft, where could find them if my
candle was all gone when the time came
that must eat ihem. This done I blew
out my candle and again laid down to
roll and toss, to gaze at the speck Of day
far above me, and groan.
s" Some one might pass that way and
hear me. The mo nent this thought
came into my head arose, and leaning
against the wall ard looking upward, I
began shouting. Hour after hour did
nothing but shout: shouted till could
nardiy. stand: finally, completely ex-
hausted, Ieh asleep.
81" When awoke 1t was all dark above,
ana l said 1t was now dark-no use OF
shouting. When daylight came again
resumed my shouting, and kept 1t up
until became very hoarse and weak,
when gave It up as worse than useless.
studied all manner OF comblna-
lions to be made with my two pieces OF
ladder, and two or three times lighted
my candle to look at them, but soon
blew 1t ont again, as l saw that they
could not be made any longer than they
actually were. The BIT OF daylight above
did not reach me, and did me no good
except to let me know when it was day
and when night. .,i.... .....,..
I" Il Is useless to prolong this part of
ny story. l soon suffered the pangs Of
hunger and thirst. It was not hard to
bring myself to crawl to the water and
lrink of it. foul as it was, but it was
aard to undertake to eat of the dead ami
mails. Several times attempted it, but
yave it up, feeling that the time had not
ret arrived. '-''''
"I found myself taking maps at all
lines Of the dav and nipht. On awak-
ming from one of these short maps I
hought 1 heard something on the bot
ON of the shaft-there was light rat
ling OF the Little quartz pebbles OF bro
ZEN fragments OF rock: I listened for
ome time and finally became satisfied
hat there was something moving about
n the shaft. I struck match and light
ID my candle, when saw near me q