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Cautiously I crept through the op ening, crawled over a pile of rocks and pipe clay, and soon stood on the level! ground. The dim rays of my candle cast a strange and ghastly light upon the gray walls of a large cavern. The water oozine from the roof and dropp ing with a monotonous sound upen the floor, sparkled like a string of distmonds with rainbow hues. Wreaths ofa fun- gus, resembling hoar frost,, hung upon the heavy beams of timber which up- beld the overshadowing masses of pipe- clay. Those wreaths were dismaily shroudslike: they swung solemnly to and fro, agitated by a current of cold air flowing from the opening of a large drift on my right hand. .
I next enrered adrift on my left,from whieb openod smaller drifts as 1 sd- vanced. At every turn the sides of the drift presented new aspects. Sometimes the wall shewed clefts and fissures which were undoubtedly made by some convulsion of the earth; at other plac- es they were streaked by seems of red aod blue gravel among which glittered mica, with its deceptive goldea hue. In other places the beams and props were so closely put together that they con- cealed the crumbling walls behind them. Such portions of the passage were dry as tinder. Holding the light overhead [ noticed that many of the beams were bent by the immense weight abeve them. Unfortunately my candle came in contact with the resinous wood. Iostantly a bright flame kindled, which
fanned by acurrent of air, ran with great velocity along the drift! I fled
in dismay, Bat whither.
On, on Lrushed, pursued by the roaring flames, smoke and stifling heat. My eoat was torn iato shreds by the knots of the timber as I rushed past thom. [threw away my wallet and lost my hat and shoes; I strack my head against the low timbers ; but re- gardless of the blood, which dripped from my lacerated brow, nearly blind- ed me, [ rushed on until I came to a passage free of timber. Here complete ly outof breath, I sank to the wet ground. Luckily a drift of air was blowing towards the fire, and no smoke entered the drift in which I was lying. When I regained a little of my strength I felt for my candle and matches. Hor- ror! Candles and matches were gone ! Lonly feittorn shreds of the lower parts of my coat!
Crawling back to the drift in which the fire burned, by its light I perceived a broken candle lying on the ground near the enterance. With a sincere ex- clamation of, ‘Thank Heaven for that!’ I took it in my hand. The fire was now more slowly advancing, as the timbers were wider apart. Soon the flames died away altogether, and | gazed through a vista of glowing em- bers. Suddedly there came a low rum- bling sound like that of'a distant thua- der. Nearer and nearer it came. Then there was a tremendous crash, followed by a rush of heated air, and all was still. The passage had fallen in. I lit my candle with u live coal, and slowly ad- vanced again along one of the passages until my progress was stopped by a wall of limestone boulder.
Finding a passage leading off to th right I followed to a place at which it divided off into two branches, and took tho right, which was without timber: With rapid steps L went forward, being now as anxious to leave these abodes of darkness as [ had been to visit them.
Again a wall ef limestene boulders barred my path. ‘To my amazement I recognized the same configuration of rocks | had seen before. Never had such a sensation of horror oppresed me as at the moment when the awfui truth burst forth upon me like a fiash of light- ning—I had lost my way!
To be Continued.
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I may also state in tho outset that noth- ing whieh may be here advanced is intend- ed to disparage or depreciate the great boon of gaslight. The Gas Company and their vory intelligent Superintendent merit all praise for their enterprise, and for the benfits they have been conferring on all classes of our citizens for many years past.
I believe you disapprove of prolix arti cles, probably for two reasons; firet, because your daily sheet is necessarily small, and second, because most of your subscribers are averse to reading lengthy contributions.
other difficulty in the way. It is this: the majority of your readers may not relish subjects bearing on science. Probably, politics would be more to their taste. But, fortunately or unfortunately, | have always refrained from taking any very active part in politics, although I cannot wholly stifle political sympathies. But that is none ef your business, nor of your readers either. But as I am already showing symptoms of prolixity, 1 must hasten to my subject by simply premising that if I cannot condense my ideas into one article, [ shall offer them to you in several short contributions.
It is more than probable that no man of towering talents or genuine genius ever passed the confines of this present state of existence, without being assailed by the fiery darts of calumny and jealousy. If these venomous shafts were hurled by none but the ignorant and stupid, the wonder nor the consequences would not be so great. But in the biography of all men of all ages we too often find that great men have been the calumniators, and men claiming genius to have been the persecutors of men of genius. While these things are sv, it is not here meant or maintained that the reverse of this is not more frequently the case. It is known to all that the ignorant bigot and the man of low natural parts-is more frequently the per- secutor and caluimniator of lofty spirits than isthe man of high natural abilities and genius. The former case, therefore, is enly the exception to the general rule, from which probably aruse the adage that ‘Doctor's differ.” If Professor Tyndal has actually been the author of the strict-
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