The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-09

LOOKED OVER.
such circumstances. She had reached
tho end OF her initiative, however, aud
the leadership now r6'ted with mo,
Wa fought our way along In silence
iorabout ton minutes. A hollow sound,
audible from the fret, had grown
stronger and stronger above the rush
aud tumult Of the torrent. Now the
channel Of the stream narrowed, and It's
banks became nero masses OF nearly
naked rocks, through which the yellow
waters boiled aud loamod ike the rapids
OF u miniature Niagara. Wo crawled
around huge bowlder and bebcld a
sight worth seeing An Rrchway OF
black rock spRnnsd tho current; above
1t was the apparently solid earth, with
ancient trees growing upon It's surface;
below was black vault like the yawn.
ing month Of some namOoss monster Of
Iartarus. Into this bottomless NAV
loaped headlong tho whole mass Of
waters, and we're utterly swallowed up,
with long.drawn, cavernouS roar, ap.
palling to near. But just ut the lip Of
the fall peak Of Jagged rock
thrust itself above the swirl Of
tho rapids, like u tusk in tho
monster'a Jaw, and divided tho stream
right and left, lmOgon grnsped my arm
convulsively.
"lIe's there" she said, in an intense
whisper. "See-the headstall is round
the rock. We shall save himl"
Looking moro narrowly. perceived
in fact something hiiChed round the
tusk, which might have been some part
Of horsO's harness; 1t resembled II
headstall as much as anything. The
loon Of the brldlo iii II wero stilI at.
tuched TO it) was Of course out Of sight
on tho other side. Was Tom hanging
oft? My heart misgavo me; 1t was q
desperate chance, to say the best OF Il.
by getting on tho top OF tho arch, II
would be possible TO look down into tho
abyss aud determine whether the young
man we're there. glanced at lmogcn,
seeking for some prntext to induce her
to saw where she was; for my expecta'
tons Of happy issue OF our aualr were
smaller than ever; but 1t was evident
from tho poor girls white taco and blaE'
inv eve. that shI was not In condition
to be trillnd with. She was strung up
to pitch, and was quito capable
OF jumping into tho river and going
down into tho bowels OF tho earth Ia
quest OF her lover, should ho have been
40 Incousidnrato as TO allow himself TO
DO carried thilhor. II was most prnd.
ont, therefore, to keep her within my
roach.
Il did not take Us long to got to tho
coipn Of vantage above tho fall. | frat
cleared away the thick growth oil grass
aud shrnbbOry that grow there, and
then laid myself flat down on my stom'
ach and poorcd over.
The sun, in tho frat quarter OF his as
cent, was right opposite mo rs l lay,
and II was uomo timn before ! could
make out anything but darkness In tho
Cult before mo. Tho water swept Ia
tho shining brink aud went over II In
endless movement, producing an illu'
sion ns II the solid rock on which lay
woru curoerlng swiitly up atrCam. But
nothing defined itsoli within thoro.
shaded my eyes with my hands, and
gazed moro intently.
Tho body Of water was, a. | iayo said,
| pNllOu III AMWlW Wy bUu pVuh VI 'ubh
atunding Just NJ tho plungoi and iulg
ing by tho angle At which tho two
atrcain4 separated. there must DO .
apNco on tho inner aide Of tho peak conf
pnra.ivoly irec from anything more
than apray There man might hang
without boing drowned; but tho timo
that oven practical athlete could sup
| nnfL himguu la mir Mt tho nnu oil a
brIdlo must DO strictly limited, aud waH
TO DO counted by minutes rathOr thar
hours Now, II was nearly two hour
since imogOn aud had SGT forth OIL ouI
expedition.
That tho object hiclcd ovOr tho peal
Of rock WA actually tho hCadstall, wa'
now plain lmugOn had boon right
And Il could nov DO soon that tho birdie
was attached to II; could follow the
strip OF leather with my OyO Tor eovcrn
Inclioa. whom II wR' nh,ourpd BY TIN
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