Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-02-26

dungeon? Even if l made up NV mind
to face the dog, trusting that he had re-
covered from his momentarv anger.
had no means of opening the door. and
as to making any one hear me l knew
that was impossible.
Il had no hope that my servants would
seek me here. L had not seen any one
when ran into the tower, and if they
should discover that I was here in this
dungeon how could they open the door?
The key was In my fathers possession.
he had taken 1t to Vienna to exhibit it
as curiosity to some of his mechanical
friends. He believed that there was not
such another key in the world. Twas
In the habit of making long absences
! from the castle, and if should be looked
! for l believe that the tower would he
the last place visited.
Night came on; the little light in
the room vanished and, hungry, thirsty
ana almost hopeless, / fell asleep.
During the night there was a most
dreadful storm. The thunder roared.
the lightning flashed through the slit in
the wall, and the wind blew with such
terrific violence that the tower shook
and trembled. After time I heard a
tremendous crash as of falling walls, and
then another, and now felt the wind
blowing into my prison.
There was no further sleep for me.
Trembling with fearful apprehension
OF what might happen next, covered
against the wall until the day broke,
| then perceived that in front of me was
/ great hole in the wall of the dungeon.
which extended for more than a ward
above the floor. l sat and looked at
this until the light became stronger. and
then 1 cautiously approached the
aperture and looked out. Nearly the
whole of the castle lay in ruins before
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ut was easy to see what had happened
The storm had demolished the crumblinr
walls of the old building, and the tower,
itself frail and tottering, stood alone,
high above the PROSTATE ruins. If the
winds should again arise it must fall,
and at any moment its shaken foun-
dations might give away beneath it.
Through the hole in the wall, which
had been caused by the tearing away of
some of the connection between the
tower and main building, / could look
down on the ground below, covered with
masses of jagged stone. but there was
no way in which l could get down. /
could not descend that perpendicular
wall. If | leaped out death would be
certain.
AS crouched at the opening 1 felt
the head of dog pushed against me. A
spasm of terror ran through me, but the
moment the creature began to lick my
hands knew that / had nothing to fear
from him. Instantly my courage re-
turned. felt that he was my protect
or. patted his head, and he renewed
his caresses.
] Passing my hand over him, found
he was holding himself in his present
position by means of his fore legs, which
we're stretched out upon the fioor. What
dog this must be, who could climb q
walll But gave no time to conjectures
OF this sort. How could avail myself
OF his assistance? In what manner could
he enable me to escape from that dam
gerous tower?
suddenly thought came to me.
remembered the snake part of him.
Judging from the ratio of diminution,
which / have mentioned before, that
part, II hanging down, must reach near
iy, II not quite, to the ground. BY tax
ing advantage of this means of descent /
might be saved, but the feat would re-
quire great dexterity and an immense
amount of faith. This serpent-lfke
portion of the animal was invisible.
How could know how long it wasl
But there was no time for considera-
tion, the wind had again arisen and
gas blowing with fury. The toFer
shook beneath me; at any moment Is
might fall. IF should again escape
from death, through the assistance Of