The Red Cloud chief., 1879-10-23
A Niagara Canon Adventure.

Saturday i a half holiday at De veaux
College, Niagara, aud unless "a boy has
greatly mi>hehavcd he can 20 off bounds
un that day. II i greatly cujoycd in
excursions Ia the Falls and the romantic
spots around the river. One Saturday
three years ago (Rrites a former student
AT the College, | wa master d. the day.
and when the report If absent ones was
handed Ia me III the supper table |
noticed the namc- of three of the small
est boys, Kelley, Park and Very. They
Were new BOYS, all three IF them, and
sat al my table. | asked the boys near
me whether they knew any thing about
them or not. II was thought they had
gone down the road towards the Devils
Hole. supper was over and they did
not appear. The BOYS marched into
evening school. and three Of the larger
boys were just starting To hunt the
missing mes, when two Of them came in,
Park and Very. Parks clothes were
torn and muddy. Very had a horrible
booking face, bruised black and blue.
and very bloody. They were - tired
and frightened that neither of them
could say a word. Where j. Kelley?
Where j. Kelley" This only made
them the more excited. Ii was only by
degrees that We found out that they had
gone down Ia the river near the Devils
Hole 10 play and Ia hunt fossils. and
that at the suggestion of Kelley they
had undertaken Ia return bv the river
along the rocks 10 the Whirlpool
stairs. They got along well at
first. Then ii grew darker. After
4 number IF serious falls down
the rocks, and eager crawling up again.
they cam" upon the Ladders. They did
not know whittier this would lead them:
hut 80 r%cioicch were they Ia get a little
higher that they clutchcd the rotten
rounds up, up, up. and then the roots Of
the trees. still higher and higher. not
daring Ia look back. and with hearts full
of JOY they at length recognized the
woods and the level land. They could
not rejoice in their own escape without
thinking of poor Kelley. Then they
lived over all they had gone through the
two or three hours before. Without
Kelley they feared al frs, To 20 back Ia
DeNcauN, but the dark night and their
bruises hurried them along.
bui where i hpiltN
Il don't know, / don't know"
they both cried. Here came Il sobbinc
period.
He went down"
Into the water?"
Il don't know. We could not see
him"
"WaS it very steep? Did he 90 into
the r~iver?"
"leS-I don't know"
This was all w could learn about poor
Kelley. The larger boys then started
with lantern and horn. and were Ia 90
along the top of the bank blowing the
horn and swinging the lantern to give
tn" boy some encouragement in case he
should see the light, or the roaring river
should allow him to hear the horn.
The night was too black Ia attempt a
descent at either IF the three places men
toned.
Al 10 O'Clock the three large BOYS re-
turned. but without a clew. At IL
O'Clock the clouds broke. the moon came
up. and il was almost ike DAYLIGHT. The
President. who had returned from Buff
falo. gave orders To have the upper
turned out to scour the rocks.
the boys in the two lower dormitorieS In
remain in bed. The hunting party was
divided int" three squads, each under
the command If 4 master. One squad
was 10 descend the rocks by the Whirl-
pool, another AT the Ladders. and the
other At the Devils Hole. They started
rather hopefully under the bright
sky. With each party was some re-
fre>hment> for the lost boy. chicken and
a little brandy. The Devils Hole party
took a wagon down the road with a lit
ter. mattress and blankets.
The ladder squad was the successful
Within a few feet of the loud and
river. under the shadow of an
rock, they found Kelley. who,
when night set in. had buttoned his coat
cooled himself up, and, taking
calmly, had gone 10 sleep. The
note Of the bugler awoke him as from A
With a happy smile he mel the
master and the bugler. With a hearty
Thank you." he took the chicken and
it a little brandy, and WAS then able
TO scramble up the rocks. climb the lad
iers and walk 10 DeVeaux. He was no,
At all. Ii appeared that he had
on a treacherous shale bed. and.
egs foremost. had sid down for 20 feet.
andinC al the bottom with scarcely a