The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-28


poor fellows brow, as he now paused |
for moment in the recital OF this terri |
BILE story. He passed his hand over his |
rough features, and resumed II with less |
agitation of manner:
slow long l might have remained |
there senseless don't know. The doc |
tors have since told me it must have |
been sort of tit, more Like an apopleXy |
than swoon, Tor the attack finally |
passed OIL in sleep. 1e', L slept, l know |
that, for l dredmed-dreamed a heap |
o. things atore woke. Flere is but one !
dream, however, that have ever been |
able to recall distinctly, aad that must |
have come on shortly before recov-
cred my CONSCIOUSNESS. My resting |
place through the night had been, as
Pve told You, at the lar end of the boiler.
Well l now dreamed that the man-hole
was still open; and what seems curious,
rather than laughable, ifyou take it IN
connection with other things, l tancled
that my legs had been so stretched with
the long walk l mad taken the evening
before that they now reached the whole
length of the boiler, and extended
through the opening.
CAT first in my dreamy reflections it
was comfortable thought tnat no one
could now smut up the man-hoIe without
awakening me. But soon it seemed as
If my feet, which were on the outside,
were becoming drencned in the storm,
which had originally driven me to seek
tuls shelter. l felt the chilling ram
upon my eXJremlties. They grew colder
aud colder, anu their numbuesS grad
ually extended upward to other parts OF
my body. 1t seemed, however, tnat it
" as only the under side OF my person
| that was thus strangely visited. l laid
| n nv hack and mIIGt have bppu "A
species of nightmare that atiilcted me,
| tor | knew at last that L was dreaming,
yet felt it Impossible to rouse myself. A
| violent iii OF coughing restored at last
lmy powers of voliClon. The water,
| which had been slowly rising around
me, rusued into my mouth; aWOke-tu
near the rapid strokes OF the pump,
which as driving iL into the boiler.
| "My Whole cOndition-no, not all OF 1t
-uot yeI--my present condition flashed
across me Win new horror. But l ala
not again swoOn. Tne choking sensa-
| non, Wnica made me laint when L tirjt
uscoV6I ed now l was entombed, gave
| way to a 4lyelier though less OVerpower-
ing emotio Il. l snrleked even as | start
al from my jslumDer. The previous dis
cover, OF The closed aperture, with the
instant oblivion that IohoWed, seemed
only "a part Of my dream, and L lrew
mvarns about aud looked eagerly for
Inc oueulnp by which | mad entered the
hurriu piace-yes, looked tor it, and felt
Ior 1t, Lnougu il Was tn terrible conv,c-
ton that 1T was closed, now second
Lime brought home TO me, when prompt
ed my lrenzi4u cry. Every sense seemed
To hnye teu.iolu auuLrncss, yet not one
10 actin unison wltn anotner. lshrieked
Invain and agaln-lmplUrIugly, desper-
ntuly. sayageIy. fl ed the nolow cnam-
her with my cr,es TIL its IRON wal.s
seemed to tIngLe around me. The duh
strokes of the AcGurssu pump seemed
only TO mock at, while they ueaueneu
nv screams.
"At last | gave myself up. 1t Is the
| struggle ag dnst our Iate LuaL rehZles
the mind. We cease TO lear when We
cease TO hope. ] gave myself up, and
then | grew calm!
IL was resigned to die-resigned even
to my mode OF death. Was not, l
| Thought, SO very new aLJer all, AS w
AWAKEN untoward horror IN man
| Thousands hau Deen sunk 10 Ine Dottou
OF the ocean smut IN the hoI1s OF Vessels
beating themselves against the batteneo
uatcues-dragSeu down from the utpei
tWOrlu slrlehing, not lOr lie uu. 'ol
death, only beneath tue eye anu amlo
the Dl eatn OF heaven! luous anus nave
endured such appalling klnd ol suHJca
ton. | would ule onIy as many Dettel
man had died before. L cOuLd meet sucL
IL death. SAID SO, tnuug1V 80, tell
so--lelt so, L mean, ior a nm ute or more
ten minutes 1t may have been, or buJ al
instant oi time; l Know not, nor does /
matter II L couiu coHI puVe IL. lneEe Wt'
time, then, Wnen was resigned " my
fate. But, good Coo! was resigned tt
it in the shape Ill WhIcn IL n9XJ came II
appal me? Stranger! | felt the water
growing not about my limbs, though i
was only yet mlu-leg deep! lelJ IL, ant
the same moment heard the roar OF thu
furnace that was TO turn it into steam
be ore IL could get deep enough to drowl
me.
you shuduer. 1t was hideous-bu
. did | shrek, and shrivei, and crumbl
down upon Gne iron floor, and lose M
senses in that norrid agony Of iearP n,
though my brain swan, and the lie
, blood that curd!ed at my heart seemet
about TO staIuate there forever, stlll
knew [ was too hoarse, too helpless
from my previous efforts TO cry UuCMore
, But l struck, leeDly at nfht, ana tnel
=. strongly, lrantically, with my clencue'
=. fist, against The sides OF tie boiler
I there we're people moving near VIII
/ must hear my blows. Could not hea
the grating Of chains, the shuth.ng o
, teet, The very rustic oil rope-Aedr tuel