Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
Continued From Last Monday.
CHAPTER vi.

TIME Wretched creatures, Dullet
at the bottom of the pit, ut
tered loud shrieks of despair
The water had reached to theil
Waists The rush Of the torrent deaf.
eBed them; the final crash Of thu
tlmbers sounded in their ears like
tie breaking in twain of the earth
ard added to that came the horrible
neighing Of Bataille.
They all seized at the possibility
OF being able 70 escape by. the neigh
horins flisnsedspit The twenty tore
along the passdge. holding heir lamps
aIpft so that the water could not over
tonne them.
Stephen was the last detained by
Catherine, who was helpless between
fatigue and terror More men had
turned off along the different roads
nov there were only seven following
old Mouque.
Put your arms around my neck
and will carry you, stephen said,
when he saw that the girl could walk
no farther
They had dropped SIND the 9TH
ers; In spite Of her resistance. he
caught Catherine in his arms, when
suddenly an enormous mass OF rock
fell between them and their compan-
ions. and the pair were forced TO re-
trace their steps. They went on. no
longer conscious what way they took.
The water was breast high, and they
were forced to walk slowly. AS long
as Nheir light held out they would not
despair, and stephen extinguished one
of the lamps in order to save the oil.
"Oh. my God take me away"
moaned Catherine I'm afraid!
don't want TO die--talle me away
In order to rea ssure her. stephen
Swore that the water had stopped ris-
ing. They had been there six hours
help would soon come-he named the
Time without any distinct idea of its
duration. and, in fact, am entire day
had elapsed
Wet and shivering. they sat down
To rest They lowered the lamp wick
only a feeble glimmer shone like a
spark amid the gloom They sud
denly perceived that they were dying
Of hunger, and they luckily found
some cans Of food. soaked by the wa
ter. but still il was food Catherine
had to scold in order to force Steph-
en- TO accept his portion. As soon as
she had eaten, the girl fell asleep
from sheer WEAKNESS ON the cold
earth. but stephen sat wide awake
watching her, with his head resting on
his two hands.
How many hours passed stephen
could not have told. He saw the flow
of water begin anew; at first mar
row line, which enlarged and deep
eRed until il reached the feet of the
sleeping girl. Anxious as he was, lie
hesitated about waking her; II seemed
cruelty to rouse her from her peaceful
dreams TO the consciousness Of fresh
peril Ii he could find some road Of
escape, He searched hrst IN one al
rection, then Hnotheg and at length
remembered that the inclined plano
somewhere in this vein communicated
with the landing OF the upper road
Satisfied that he had found an issue.
he let Catherine sleep on, while he
watched the growing tide, At last he
was forced TO wake her; he did so
very gently; she started up and 81
once recognized their position, crying
out in her dread OF death.
In order to reach the inclined plane.
they were forced TO walk bent over till
the water reached their shoulders
Lney peSah anew NlST aSteut a'9i d-
the umper-hhed smart Whlch was luN
yards In length,
suddenly they hlt against the hr9-
ken beams Wmch lneumoered the
plane, hut luckily found door lhat
ADMITTED them to'an upper ROAD. Ihsy
paused, staring in stupehed astonlSh-
ments-in front Of them lamp
"'eaIhed like star and a mans voice
called
They recognized th8Nal. who had
been stopped there 10y an carth-Slip
which had buried the two men accom-
panying him He had crawled back
on his hands and knees in order to
secure their lamps and provisions
When he heard the newcomers. me
swore TO himself that he would not
share his booty but as they came