Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-18

tDelOWrGner6 was uOaeSCape. lue 3ltile
Eresti place on which sthe two men
found themselves was filed with drift
wood. Hanging to the rock that had
wrecked them was long rope that
had been in the boat; this the desper-
ado fishetl out. g,..
''We'n build a raft, said the ont
| law. He made the. ,sheepman5 carry
cedar logs, limbless and SCARED, cross
ties and pieces of bridge timber that
had .driftedc for hundreds off miles
down the mad river. and we're gnawed
lllike'tlie hitching post in front of a
country church. ---,-----.----s,--.. .t,t
When he had iashed lot Of these
together he told he sheepman to get
Eaboard, ,saud the sheepman said he'd
diesfrst Il 8 s.sc
1All tight" said the smiling villain,
and the wild report of his revolver
!, filed the. canyon, and went on and out
through side canyons, laundering its,
echoes back to the two men there in
the awful gorge. The bullet whirred'
past the shepherds ear. g,
Ii Once more on the breast of the
boiling stream the men, now on the
rude raft, were, tempting. fate. They
l1ay fat down. shanging.to The ropes,
! sometimesS beneath, sometimes far
sbove. .thesmad3 3torrentS lesping from
'tfhe crest of high falls, shooting rapids
and capering over awful cataracts. At
the4end of on hour they emerged from
The marrow! canyon and entered along
stretch of deep green water, slowly
\ 4nrov'ing, sun-kissed and quiet. So
still seemed the beautiful river that
they were obliged to take markers on
the shore to see if they really moved.
4 Far awsy,atsthesendeefsthe stretch of
fpeacettil water, the rivers seemed to
]: end. Across;its path wall rose, red
and high. ) The water, running over,
and flowing down the face Of ;she cliff;
had streaked and striped The red
sandstone untilit look ed in the sum
light ike d: beautiful piece Of tapestry,
and the desperado Scalled III Tapestry
4 Wall, and SOFT has been called ever
since. t.5t:asJip
i The river. however, did.Gnot end
! here. Swinging in long graceful
curve, growing swifter and swifter, ii
sucked into narrow pass and became
aragilg, frothing cataract.r -
For some moments they saw moth.
ing and heard only the, awful tumult
of the boiling river, and then with 8
slam the raft hung upon a sh:s rock
mat split the current near the middle
4 Of the stream. - &, !.
When the shepherd had wiped the
Espray, from his .eyesshe saw that he
was alone. The force of theishock
had thrown his companion into the
water. He had landed, and now came
limping along the bank Of the river.
The desperate smiled out over the
foam at the helpless shepherd, who be.
gan to- hope that the fellow;would
shoot him and end the awful suspense,
but the fearless outlaw dids;nothing o.
!, the sort. To the shepherds, amaze
. ment, the man on shore-safeand free
i from the mad riTer-began to .tndress
i When he had stacked his wet garments
On On a;fosk he walked few rods along
the bank and plunged in. Midway
between the rock and the shore there
). was a Whirlpool, suck-hole, as the
shepherd said-and it was to, avoit
this that the man had gone 30 far up
y SEstream., HE was an expert swimmer
,sEbnt hefwas weakened from overworl
, and the long fast, and 80 the curren
Il proved too strong for him. It!carriet
i him past the shepherd, and suddenl.
his feet pointed to the suck. Rount
and ronnd, faster and faster, as ii
came at each turn asal OF the aaek Q