The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-09-13

archesof the temple, while the dancers
Of death kept up their dance.
"'It's that fendly priest, Rham
Sings work, I'll bet my rations,' NUT
tered Brisbane, as We dropped to the
ground. One thing is certain l re-
marked, If the music stops, che is
doomed. As long as that continues
the cobras will not touch her.
elbow to rescue her, that's the
problem said Brisbane. BY the
roof. Come, well make a rope Of our
stirrup leathers,' ! replied, and we
hurried to our horses. We speedily
had a rope, made of all the harness
that we could possibly use; then writ
ing a note for urgent and immediate
help, stuck it in my saddle and started
both horses swiftly back to our head
quarters. II was then one p. m. II
our horses went straight back they
would reach camp in less than three
hours, and wecould count upon assist
a.ce arriving three or four hours
after.
"Therc was only one place where
we could get up on the roof, and only
one could get up at a time. II was
hard and dangerous work. The stone
work was quite irregular, being partly
ruined, which. however, rendered our
ascent somewhat easier. Eventually
we reached the roof, and clambering
over the rest OF the irregularities got
to the window or slit in the center,
and Immediately beneath which was
our object.
"Lullabies ofSchumann were varied
by gayottes and waltzes by Strauss.
and occasionally Il march by Godfrey.
and had il not been for the horrible
danger TO the player inside the weird
scene would have enthralled US" and
Stevens took a long draught. We
said nothing, and he proceeded.
Fortunately for us, the place was
crumbling and in a state Of decay. or
we could never hayedOne what We did.
After some hard work we managed TO
enlarge the aperture in the roof right
over the girls head, until we felt sure
il was large enough TO pass a human
being through. 1then leant over the
hole and told her in clear and distinct
tones what We meant TO do to rescue
her. She looked up muiely and
nodded, still keeping up the bewitch-
ing music and still holding the yellow
and black skinned serpents enchant-
ed and spell-bound.
brisbane had by this time a good
slip-knot made at the end Of our i'm
provised line, and was tying one end
OF II to projection on the roof. Twas
then that VIC heard natives shouting
in the distance.
"'We've no time to LOSE said Bris-
bane, as | quickly took the rope and
lowered it through the opening, care
fully dropping the moose over the
girls shoulders. Instantly she
dropped her violin, pushed the moose
further down her body and chung to
the rope, while we at the top gave a
long, steady haul, which brought our
precious burden hanging in mid-air
seven or eight feet abovethe whirling,
seething mass Of snakes, who, now
that the spell had been broken, were
darting at the marble slab and the
girls violin. Another long haul and
our young lady was just beneath the
hole, and We gently pulled her
through and on TO the roof, where,
true to the tradition Of her sex, she
promptly tainted.
"The natives were coming nearer,
and a few had already collected out
side the temple and were showing
signs Of excitement. We laid our bur
den down and | gave her n lavish dose
Of my brandy flask. We had our re-
%volvers, and meant TO give thenatives
some stiff work before they captured
us, and, OF course, We had good hopes
of being rescued ourselves before that
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