Year: 1860

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 ascending or descending. until he heard hi

 name called in faint voice. He opened hi eyes. We had lowered him over the arc

 of an immense cavern, within which all Wa , darkness. The sea was rolling in beneatl him; his feet touched it; he felt that h.

 must either smim or drown he fetbly grasp ed the rope thrill of joy ran through hi vefns as he found an unexpected footing ol d rock concealed by the waves in abOu1

 three feet water the depth around for the

 present mattered not. He remained for q

 few moments motionless on the rock. Hi name was again called it sounded iron within the cave.

 Extricating himself from the rope, ht made an effort to swim found that he had more strength than he. had thought. wan forward through the darkness up the cay ern; truggled-sank-reS again-heart his name called louder and nearcr--inade one effort more--felt the sand, the smooth sand under his feet--staggered forward reeled, and fell exhausted into the arms of his wife,

 And his wife ?'

 The ladies were both there, sir. The cavern was about fifty feet iu depth. sloping upwards towards the back, and partly filled with weeds, stones, and sand. Here Mrs, Clements and her sister had been driven to take refuge by the rising tide. They had

 landed from the boat on the rocks, at some distance below the cave, in the hope of find ing pathway or outlet, by which they could escape up the cliff Alter |. long and hopeless search, they bethought them of the boat and to their extreme terror found that it had been carried away by the rising tide, which now partly covered the rocks. They had just time to climb into the cav ern over the fallen rocks under the arcl, when the waters sweeping in, closed up all entrance 10 any but swimmer. Although l the tide was fast rising, the ladies chccred each other with the hope that they should escape. Fortunately the darkness at the back of the cavern was sufficient to prevent their discovering the height to which the water usually rose.

 As you may imagine Mir. Clements was some time before he recovered his senses His wife was kneelng beside him, chafng his brows, when her sister, starting up, calI- cd their attention to the rope by which he had descended. We were pulling it up and he shook his head as it disappeared over the arch of the cavern. We'll, he knew how useless it would have been for them to use it. It matters not" he said they (meanlng ns) have goue to-. We shall have boats here soon we are safe quite sate," and so on, cndcavoring to keep their spirits up, while he well knew that in the darkness the chances were that the boat would never find the cave.

 1.-Two honrs, sir--two long hours passed on in this way, and Mr. Clements had given up all hope. The water kept rising aud ri- sing, till at last the waves broke at their StructiOn. Inc IaGirS wvrE nfrIvtv ".h. with fear aLd cold, when a large, heavy, Dutch-built boat t-you don't see such now, sir-Swept, with scarcely sound, under the arch into tine cavern, her prow coming in close upon the spot where Mir. Clement and the ladies were. They did not hear her uu- til she was within the cave and no wonder, for the oars were muffled, and tIose who were in her were as silent as the grave. It was part of the cargo of q French snug ger, lying few miles off, that her crew, as sisted by some of the fishermen, were about to land, and they had taken shelter ill the cavern, having been alarmed at the approach of boat up the coast Fortunate was it that Mir. Clements prevented the ladies from calling out for assistance from them"

 "Why should have thou ght at such d moment that even smugglers-"

 Not they, sir--not they and Mr. Gle ments knew it. Desperate men like them would have left the poor things to drown, or have murdered them. No; MT. Gle mcnts knew better. He tried last aud dangerous chance but it was his only one. Listen, sir while the men had their heads turned to the opening of the c"vern watch ing the boat pass, the sight of which had driven them into it, he lifted the ladies g"n- tly into the end of the boat. They couldn't hear him for the noise of the waves there was plenty of room for them, and inc drew q sail over them, and was just stepping in himself after them, when one ol the men turned, and he had only time 10 conceal himself under the bows of the boat before she was again moving silently out of the cave with, as her crew little suspected, tile addition Of two to their number since she had entered it.

 "They went abont quarter of mile down under the cliff, and landed boy, who disappeared like cat up the rocks A dead silence ensued no one ventured to speak i; the men rested on their oars, and the boat 1 gently rose and sank on the waves At last the silence was broken something dark was hurled down the cliff at a short dis tance from the boat. It fell heavily on the rocks, "God forgive him, he's tossed him over," nut cred one of the men. And so it was, sir The poor man on the look out was asleep near the top of the cliff and we ole en hear of these men rolling over Ill tl'elf slcep There's always reason TOT It, SIT They were going to land their cargo when they heard gun in the offing rom one of the Kiue's cutters. The alarm had been viveu Not moment was to be lost and, straining every nerve, they bore out to sea.

 "They were about two miles from the shore. when some of the men declared it was lost job, and that they could go no further Mrs. Clements was quite senseless with cold and exhaustion, but her sister lis tened eagerly to what the men said. They had some angry words, but the meaning of their conversation she could not understand There was little boat astcrn of the lar ger one, which tl,ey drew to it, and on tered cue by one, the last man calling out as he stepped in--" Now, then. boys, pull for your lives they'll make after us when they 6nd they've lost their prize"

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