The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-11-30

! 90.
, As scaetsliy The case q, each times.
, some little impeiineet preven,ei. Ny
foot csushi 10 vine, Tell, and dosp ue
J both weai sm "a loi Of bushes. earth and
psbhler,ones.
} When ue fetched up on the bottom,
and iound that neither OF os sss hart we
lauabsd, bat after We looked into the IN at
! ter little fatlhtr, Ss didn't laugh gate
90 much
We bal ialllcB toto 3 seam ~ h'sute
soou, 80 isei 10 depth. aud Of iade6nle
length II, wee zoe Of these cracks such
a. ars N With 10 tropical couuiries, aud
J the dense vices gresing on the IN rain 30
bid il ir IN view lhst We never suspected
its etis,erce, and went 90 near ths, IL
otumbled aud We both tumtled over the
edge together,
The uadergro9th sni rafting debris
so broke our fall that We we're no. hart 10
the least. bat when We examined further,
We found that, somehow OF other, both
oar guus we're so rjared as 10 be useless
until repsitet. The locks we're only
slightly broken. but It was just enough TO
prevent their bti0g discharged while 10
that tI
Tue issure iuto which We were precipi
tsted was 10 more than four feet 10 width.
We supposed at first that by goiug either
| Onward or backward we would hnd some
way ont
MAJ wslked ahead, while walked the
opposite way, hundr d feet or mere
snd was stopped by the narrowing Of
be crack. which seemed to come together
81 ort distance further on. When
attempted TO push ahead, ] was nesrly GOV
cred by the dirt that ratified down upon
my bead so, Of course, turned back to
hear what MeI had TO ssy,
met bim at th very spot where we he'd
fallen 10, aud he shook his head There
was no door by which we could walk out.
He bad been obstructed 10 the same man
the extremity OF his walk, the water OF
which seemed to escape by some under
ground outlet.
How are we to get out2 wac the question
which came to our lips simultaneously rs
we looked in each others faces.
1t was already gro wing dark. and we
had 20 reason to hope that any OF our
friends were within Eve miles; bat, ss
nothing else suggested itself, we took |
tnrns 10 shouting uniil We we're COMPEL
cd to cease from exhaustion, No response
came; as night wore on. Max and sat
down to dscnss the situation, which 10
deed, was no joking matter.
For a long time it seemed as il there
must be some way by which we could
climb up tito sides Of the ravine, and 1t
was not until ar had repeatedly tried and
failed that we concluded tha. some other
means must be found, You SEE that,
while there were plenty OF places by
which VIC could catch held, yet none OF
them would hold Every time we tried
i the dirt and gravel came rafting down
on our heads; and more than once we
really feared We we're going TO b5 buried
alive.
We wrestled with the conundtum Is TO
how we were to get ont, until we gave it
up, and lay down to sleep. Our position
wasn't pleasant; but l can't say we felt
anything like despair. We believed we
were going to get out Of the scrspe some
way or other, even il we couldL't guess
the method; and when we lay down, we
both fell asleep, and remained go until
daylight Irtmember that it was pretty
warm down where We were, but we got
plenty OF fresh air, and weren't troubled
with those pestiierous little insects thut
sometimes tormented us almost to death
when camping ont.
Max was the first to wake. and giving
me a shake, be went of on another eyplor
ing tour saw him with bis neck aim ost
cracked staring up OF the blue ely, ana
turning over all sorts OF theories In bis
mind.
Can you settle how it IL to be done !
asked, as joined him.
I'll be hanged il carl be answered,
placing bis band al The back OF bis neck,
as sharp kink took him ;here
What scheme has occurred to you?
You seo those vines hanging down?
Well, now, II there was way Of getting
hold OF them, fellow might do some
thing. II he could grab a handful the
roots wonl be strong enough to help him
climb to the top. Bn. they're 20 feet
above our heads at The least cslculsllon;
and thst's the end OF that matter
We spent the gr.sitr part OF the day 10
6suring upon 1t, and tried throwing
stones, and tossing ny our broken guns.
IN the vain hope that they would lodge up
on some Of the vines, and bend them down
90 that we could hnd way OF reschiug
them. The day WAS another scorcher.
and We drank often from the spring. We
we're tuoety. too; but OF confss there
wasn't nylbing TO be got 10 the way OF
food.
When the second night came aud found
us there, We didn't laugh aud j)ke ss
Oh the preceding. /. looked too serious,
altogether. We had done considerable
shouting. and had slight hope tha, some
Of the boys would take 1t into their heads
to hutt for Us; bat there wss very little
prospect, Indeed, Of ,bs,.