The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-15
WHEELING DAILY 1NTELGENCER SATURDAY SEPTEMBER Is 1891

v,v To tho fco cavern aud his tasks;
sbe stood AZ the hut door until she had
seen him disappear behind the troTn'
Inc rocks. Then She Wrung het hands
pIteously and looked shuddertrtRly AZ
tbe closc. dark sky. She had scarcely
rs,.ntered tho cabin door, when tho
farmer With his pack.pouIes and helpers
had come. A.. ,,,1
"Wo will DO tho work. Get the student
fool and follow quickly; for tho hrst
Wild storms are even now upon US
She ran ileetly TO the teId ana ouFs'
into tho leo cavern, calling loudly:
dComc! Como! They are here. 10
you not know what dreadful storms aro
coming7 Can you not believe Kan
' hut Professor Dctrius MOraiue was
surely sciencemad in his slittering
Tell them, no distractedly rsturned
as bu came 10 the entrance, ITO remaln
for but two days; for but ono. l will
nav tLOu we'll what ever they may
wish, They mua wait HRnsine' For
all Norway l cannot sooner leave TINS
place" M =. u,,,d0a
Look, look" Hero she raised he' up-
turned palm and clutched at hakcs fine
and hard Ms needle.points which Der
woather.wise eyes alone could gee.
"Can you not hear the moaning oil the
winds creeping stealthily ike wild
beast into the gorges"
"Ono more day, Hanslne !-one more
day. must, will, have Ill Tell the
GOOD people SOL" no said almost tierco-
", toaring himself from hor, but not
without q struggle. and hastNning back
10 his leo chamber and his work.
"Doar God! Is go great q mind gone
mndW sho cried, reolinG back despair
ingly from the cavern entrance.
What derturbed moments this lnno-
cent girl had known within the broad
silences Of her soul in tho week that bad
gone; what immeasurablo agonies now
sWaps into her ireBzied heart; what
heights OF dauntloss heroism her nature
in an instant reached, might mover DO
fully revealed. This much had out
ward expression.
She looked again at tho sky as at
deadly foe. She poerod over tho rocks
to her departing friends. md heard the
tinklinG bells OF tho ponies and tho
herds already fading to musical whis'
pers far down the cragEy heights. She
turned and stealtbily placed little
package OF food she had brought within
the Cavern entrance. She swung back
The skins and blankets before 1t with
the trembling touch OF one replacing a
pall upon thor best loved dead. Then.
with q parting glance OF unuttorable
tenderness, sho left the SPOT, reeied
down the rocks and across tho valley tn
the open cabin door as one struck with
mortal hurt, and thon foil unconscious
upon tho oarthon floor Of tho deserted
Crag-hollow sneter hut.
Whom our rcscuing party. which
numbered half tho folk of tho Romsdal,
tho sturdy innkoopor OF Ormein, all
bu..frantic Lars, my ingenious compan.
ion and myself, had reached tho saeter
Of EHppe.Uui, tho ilinty snow lay oil.
most oven across tho valley from crag
10 crag.
but single tiny black spot was any.
whore visible upon tho binding reach
OF white. A mad race was instantly
mado for this. II proved 10 DO the wide
chimuey.top OF the sou9ht-for saeter
hut TO the Norwegians' practicod
eyes it showed where the heroic girl had
made her exit from her imprisonment
for rescue OF her own.
1t was easy to follow the tracks OF
her sooty snow shoes across tho level
snow. A mile or go higher up the field,
Lars cspied tho black, pinnaclcd craR-
point beside what We all felt euro must
be tho leo tomb Of Professor Dctrius
Mornine.
Wo pressed forward and ringing
cheer speedily went up from tho fieetost
In advance. Pell.mcll we camo head-
long into deep excavation; and here
stood the bravo Hansine, toiling force
" at her mighty task; excitodly beating
back those who would relieve her with
crios Of:
"I have heard hIs answering knock.
ings II shall DO Hansiue who brings
him forth to lifel"
And 30 It was. With Gnal crash tho
snow wall fell, carrying down tho cur
tanning blankets and tho skins-as Han
sine sprang wildly into the Professors
outstretched arms!
"Bloss mel Bless mo! exclaimed the
Professor. beaming radiently upon us
oil. Precisely In tho nick Of timel l
had Just finished my work; and the
prospect Of further confinement was
really becoming somewhat irksome. II
como Of you good peoplo-will--ah-
support this dear young person for a
moment, until ! can gather up my tri-
fling odds and ends, we will all go back
to Ormeim together; and Tiff thero
arc no insuperable objections" hero
ho looked around upon tho astonished
rescuers with bland and gentle inquiry
Ill think l can engage to support
her happily during tho remainder Of
her natural lifeW