The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-02-03

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against them till we were blee.ling from 4
scorc Of wounds. OBJ. only guile was the
side OF the taver1y which We kept touching
and e bewtldered did We grow 1n thedark.
ness thnt we were several times seincd with
the terrifying Thought chat We had turncl
We went. feebly, aud still f1orc fcebly, for
nour after hour, stopping every few min.
oses 70 rest. TOR y strength was spent.
Once No fell asleep, and, / think, must
have slept for some hours, for. when we
yoke, our limbs were quito stiff, and the
bi0od. from ctr blows and scratches Ind
caEed, and WIS hard and dry ttpun Our
Skin. Then We dragged ourselves On
egoin, Till at last. when despair was enter
the light OF the day, and found. ourselves
outside the tunnel tn the rocky fold ON che
outer surface Of the cliff that, 1t will he re-
membcred. lel into It.
" wa early mOrning-fhat We could tell
s SS S Sies ssed 81 sk the w sWest q. 1lr IAN and ,, the look SaSs oi
to see again. II had, 90 near rs We knew,
neen an hour after sunset When we entered
the tunnel. sc 1t followed that Il had taken
ns the entire night to crawl through that
dreadful place.
"one more effort, lIeo,"I raspsd, .and
Z he hasn't gone. Come, don't give way"
Tor no had cast himself upon his face. He
got up. and. leaning on each other, we got
nown that fifty feet or 30 Of cliff-sOme-
now. I have not the least notion how. I
only remember that we found ourselves
once more began to drag ourselves along
on our hands and knees toward the grove
where She had told Billali to wait her mr.
rival, for we corld not walk another foot.
We had notgone fifty yards in this fashion
when suddenly on of the mutes emerged
frnnn nvNn fWoNc nm Ns~ ne 1Aos~- ~,,1Srl.
I presume, he had been taking a morning
stroll. and came running up to see what
sort of strange nnimalwc were. He stared,
and stared, and then held up his hands III
horror, and nearly fell to the ground.
Next: he started of as hard us he could
Tor the grove some two hundred Yards
away. No wonder that he was Mortified at
our appearance, for we must have been a
shocking sight. To begin, Leo with his
golden curlS turned a snowy white, his
clothes nearly e from lis body, his worn
face aud his hands a mass OF bruises. cuts,
and bloosl-incrustcd flth-wasa sufficient
y alarming spectacle. as he painfully
dragged himself along the ground, and I
have no doubt TINT 1 was little better. I
know that two days aftcrward when l
looked ut my face in some water I scarcely
knew myself. have never been famous
tur. beauty, but there was something beside
ugliness stamped upon my TEXTURES that 1
have never got rid Of until this day, some
thing resembling TINT wild look with which
a Startled person a from deep sleep
more III anything that I can think Of.
And really 1t Is not to be wondered at.
What ! dO wonder ut Is that we, escaped Mt
nll with our reason.
Presently to my intense relief I saw old
Billa!i hurry;ng toward us, and even then
I cOull scarcely help smiling ut the cx-
preston of CONSERVATION OH his dignificd
cOuntennnce.
'Ol, my Balloon! my Babooni" he cried;
my dear son, is 1t indeed thee md the
LiOnf Why, his mnnc that was us ripe rs
corn Is white like the snow. Whencecome
ye? and where is tho Pig. and where too
northumberland
dead, both dead," 1 answered, but ask
no questions; help us, and give us food and
water, or we too shall die before thine
eyes. Seest thou not that our tongues are
black for want Of waters How can we
talk thene:"
"Dead!' he gasped, impossible: She
who never dies-icad, how can it be!" and
then pcrceiving, ] think, that his face was
being watched by the mutes who had come
running up, he checked himself. and mo
TONED 10 them to carry us to the camp,
which they did.
Fortunately when we arrived some broth
WIS boiling OH the fire, and with this Bill
laii fed us, for we were too weak to feed
ourselves, thereby, l firmly believe, saving
us from death by exhaustion. Then lie
bade the mutes wash the blood and Crime
from us With wet cloths. AMI after that we