Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-04-10

| the peaks noTthward, and there were fire.
| quent gusts of ice cold winds rushing
| down from gap and pass in the rocky
range that forms the boundary of India
| ! rode on, and presently from an angie
/ in tao mountain road, caught glimpse
| of the Twenty Springs" as Mr.. War
| ren's thriving station was called, with
/ its gardens and meadows, and the now
deserted plantations, and the empty huts
of the coolies. Then | turned the corner
and saw ii no more; but even as it van
ished from my eyes | heard strange,
deep sound like that of distant thunder,
the nature of which could not divine
My horse suddenly snorted and reared,
and then stood trembling and could
scarcely be urged forward. While was
in the act of STOPPING forward to pat the
Arabs glossy neck, speaking soothingly
to him the while, there broke upon my
ear Il sullon roar-loudcr, nearer, at each
instant, and eliminating in crash so
dreadful that the simultaneous discharge
of thousand cannons would have
seemed puny when compared with 1t.
Deafened. dizzy and confused, | dis
mounted from my frightened horse, now
wholly unmanageable, and hurried on
foot to n spot whence, as | remembered,
Edith's home was in sight. The air was
thick with dust and withered leaves; but
as the prospect grew clearer could see
no trace of the bungalow, of its home
stead and gardens, or of the thriving tea
plantations and verdant meadows around
it. N&inly did | strain my eyes to catch
one well known feature of the familiar
scene. Nothing was visible save n dreary
waste Of stones, mud and rocks filling up
half the valley, and above which hung a
cloud of tawny dust that was slowly sub
siding.
AS | stood stupidity gazing on the scene
of ruin, caught sight of II man, bare
headed, and with white scared face. ]
knew him. 1t was the young clergyman
who had come from Nynee Tai to per-
form the marriage ceremony between
Edith and me.
MIR. Edwards" l said, inquiringly, as
| neared him.
He caught my hand, covered bis face
and burst into tears. Then. for the first
time, realized what fear was.
For PHYS sake, tell me air. cried /,
hoarsely is Miss Warren--is Edith
safe? What has"---
"Of all beneath that roof-the roof Of
Mr.. Warren's hospitable house, alone
am spared" answered the clergyman in
broken accents. Death tho grim
mower, has garnered in his harvest there. -
The cause of the disaster was but too
evident A stone avalanche, or moraine,
as it is called in Switzerland, had rushed
down from the unscaled heights of the
huge mountain towering above Yirmi
Sou, and had overwhelmed all beneath it.
Il caught glimpse of Miss Warren
in the garden, as the stony flood burst on
US with its deafening roar said the
clergyman, MS he grew calmer; sit may
be that Gods mercy has spared her life,
too
And indeed have much to be thank
full for, since my dear Edith was found,
/ fainting, but unhurt. at the foot of a tall
cedar, the only tree left standing, wedged
in between fallen rocks. But the other in
mates of the house had persisted, nor
were even their bodies ever extricated
from the mighty mausoleum which ma
lures own hand had piled above them.
Edith and have been married these five
years, but our home is IN England, not
in India; and sometimes, when | see a
shadow come across my wife's fair face,
| know that she is thinking of those who
sleep below the cruel stones at Yirmi
Sou. ALBANY journal.