News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-10-06

These rocks ran out from a point
of land, and on one side the shore
slOped back and rounded far in, for
the most part barred from the sea by
a reef, with the exception of a small
inlet known as the Cove. This had a
sea-beach, and the waters, being pro-
tected by the point, were still enough
to hold the fishing-smacks anchored
there.
On the other side of the Tongs there
ran small beach, which was ended
abruptly by a rough mass of rocks !;
Just beyond this a deep chasm ran
back for perhaps fifty feet, hemmed
in on each side by cliffs some twenty
feet high.
1t was here that Katy hoped to find
Jim; for though at high tide the
waves dashed over the rocks into it,
at low tide it was free from water:
and it was upon the seaweeds which
lined the walls that the yellow snails
clung.
1t was ebb-tide now, and, as she
crossed the sands. the TOngs seemed
rise above the waves and then sink
toto the foam as the water lashed by
the wind, rose and fell.
'HOw pretty it will look when the
tide turns!" she thought. 81 do
hope Jim will wait till then"
She skirted the rocks, and, coming
to the chasm, peered over. Sure
enough there was Jim at the other
end; and, as she was tired from her
long walk in the wind, she stepped
back and rested a while before she
spoke. In a few moments she rose,
and, leaning over to look for him,
saw a sight which made her shudder
with fear.
At the farther end of the echasm was
a pointed rock covered with Shiny
seaweed, and upon the point stood
Jim, fully seven feet from the bottom
reaching for a shell above him.
What if his foot should slip on the
treacherous seaweed With an in
voluntary cry of dismay she started
forward, just in time to see Jim, eth
er startled by her voice or losing his
footing, waver for a moment, yainly
grasp the seaweed above him, and
then, with outstretched hands, fall
heavily on the rocks below.
For a moment she stood helpless,
with straining eyes, gazing at his
deathlv quiet form. She called to
him-no sound. She thought wildly
of the men so far away, and then,
with no thought of anything except
! that Jim lay there before her, per-
haps dead, she threw off her cumber-
some shawl, and clinging desperately,
| half climbed, half fell to the bottom of
the cliff, bruised body and bleeding
hands.
In an instant she was at his side,
calling to him, sobbing over him,
begging him to speak to her, as she
tried to move his foot, which was
bent beneath him in his fall But
when she saw that it was injured, she
stood dismayed; for even if heshould
regain consciousness, how was he to
move? and, worse than all, the tide
would turn in about two hours.
But, alive or dead, he must be
carried to his home; and her next
thought was to bring help from the
Cove.
How was she to leave the chasm?
If she had been a man she would have
been able to mount up by clinging to
the walls, stepping from one prOjec-
ton to another. She knew that Jim
could do it when well, and SO turned
resolutely to the place where she had
descended; but the rocks were Shiny,
the sharp points hurt her bruised
hands, and struggle as she might,
she climbed again and again only to
fall back.
Baffled and exhausted, she turned
despairingly to the only outlet, a
rough mass of rocks which half closed
the entrance and barred it from the
beach beyond. Suddenly the thought
flashed through her mind, would it
be possible to climb over and around
the rocks to the sands beyond?
She thought that it had never been
done; she remembered fearfully ot
how rough and rugged the rocks
look when seen from the ocean, and
of how the water h& d lashed against
their base as she crossed the beach
Even as she stood there she could
hear the heavy roll as each breaker
struck and fell. No, she dared not
venture: she must stay till some one
missing them should come: then she
; remembered with a shudder how sht
had once seen the chasm when the
tide was high. The water came fal
upon the walls; the waves outside
over the rocks at the entrance, and
J breaking into spray, dripped anC
+ri.Blol FNhO Y,,nScoC Of COO
: weed hanging from the walls haC
writhed and twisted like strange sea
monsters as the water surged abOu-
: them
Would help come before the It'd,
= rose?
She turned toward Jim: he la,
5 senseless.
| She looked beseechingly at the sur
J rounding cliffs; they seemed to loon
up higher than ever; and, with I
! sinking heart, she knew that sh
must leave the chasm, and that he
, only hope was in passing the rock
4 = to the beach beyond.
? They also were covered with sea
r weed, and she had climbed but a fev
3 feet when her foot slipped and sh
/ fell back; she then drew off her shoe
1 and started again. The rocks hur
her bare feet, but she clung firmly
e and in q few moments had clamberet
! over the entrance, and stood fright
: ened yet fascinated by the grandeu
{ of the sight on the main reef.
. Her eyes were filled with the thur
q der of the rushing waves, her eye
: we're blinded by the swirling spray
and shutting them, she pressed clos
:. er to the rock, overcome by tn
d sense of her own weakness and tn
= vastness of the oceans might. Th
mOmentary faintness passed; she wen
: on. Sometimes there was a narrO'
0 ledge along which she crawled, the
u it would end, and she climbed frOr
# one point of rock to another. One
. the ledge dipped towards the sea an
= high wave broke about her feet; a
:. most sweeping her from the rock.
- However her work was not yt
! finished; q dreary, sandy road mus