Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-03-25

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go below; not over the cliff, but round
through the coppice. We can find
our way to the lantern The boy must
be at the bottom. She has fallen he
addressed Barbara now, she has
fallen, l trust among bushes Of oak
which have broken the force Of the
fall. Do not be discouraged. Trust in
God. Stay here and pray
oh, Jasper, I cannot! I must go
with you
You cannot. You must not The
coppice and brambles would tear your
clothes and hands and face. The
scramble is difficult by day and dan
gerous by night. You must remain
here by your father. Trust me. l
will do all in my power for poor Eve
We cannot bring her UP the way we
descend. We must force our way lat
orally into path. You remain by
your father, and let a man run for
another or two more lanterns
Then Jasper went down by way Of
the wood with the men scrambling
falling, brushing through the brakes;
some cursing when slashed across the
face by an oak bough or torn through
cloth and skin by braid of bramble
| They were quite invisible to Barbara,
and to each other. They went down
ward; fast they could not go, fearing
at every moment to fall over face of
rock; cropping, struggling as with
snakes, in the coils of wood; slipping,
falling, scrambling to their feet again,
calling each other, becoming bewii-
dered, losing their direction. The
| lantern that Watt held was quite in
visible to them, buried above their
heads in the densest growth. The
only man of them who came unhurt
out of the coppice was Joseph, who,
! fearing for his face and hands and
uniform, unwilling that he should ap-
pear lacerated and disfigured before
Jane, instead Of finding his way down
through the brush, descended leisure
| ly by the path or road that made a
! long circuit to the waters edge, and
then ascended by the same road again
to the place whence he had started.
Jasper, who had more intelligence
than the rest, had taken his bearings,
before starting, by the red star on the
side of Kingston Hill, that shone out
of a miners nut window This he was
able always to see, and by it to steer
his course; so that eventually he
reached the spot where was Watt
with the lantern.
Where is she? What are you do
ing?' he asked breathlessly. His
hands were torn and bleeding, his
face bruised.
oh, I do not know. left her.
want to find Martin-he cannot be far
off,
The boy was scrambling of slope
of fallen rubble.
4 insist, Watt: tell me. Give me
the lantern at once
I will not. She is up there. You
can make out the ledge against the
sky, and by the light of the fire above
but Martin-whither is he gone?
Then away farther down went the
boy with his lantern Instead of fol-
lowing him, Jasper climbed up the
rubble slope to the ledge. His eyes
had become accustomed to the dark.
He distinguished the fiuttering end of
white or light-colored dress. Then
he swung himself up upon the ledge,
and saw, by the faint light that still
fingered in the sky, the figure Of a
woman-of Eve-lying on one side,
with the hands clinging to a broken
branch of ivy. A thick bed of heather
was on this Iedge-so thick that it
had prevented Eve from rolling off it
when she had fallen into the bush.
He stopped over her. He felt her
heart, he put his ear to her mouth
Immediately he called up to Barbara,
She is alive, but insensible.'
Then he put his hands to his mouth
and shouted to the men who had start
ed with him.
He was startled by seeing Watt
with the lantern close to him; the
light was on the boys face. 1t was
aglCated with lear, rage ana distress
His eyes were full of tears, sweat
poured from his brow
Why do you shout?' he said, and
shook his fist in Jasper's face. Have
you no care for Martin? I cannot
find him yet, but he is near. Be silent
and do not bring the men here. If he
is alive 1 will get him away in the
boat. If he is dead then his sobs
burth forth. Martin! poor Martin!
where can he be! Do not call; let no
one come here. Oh. Martin, Martin!
and away went the boy down again.
Why is she fallen here and found at
once, and he is lost! Oh, Martin-poor
Martini the edge of the rock came
in the way of the light, and Jasper