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Hall, TORONTO. 4-ly 1-H 14'“ lâ€"tf l-tf 22 In the morning we were fuily so. A hearty meal and a long refreshing, slumber are -wonderful antidotes tu Kfl0.‘bld lhoughls. \(Vhen the sun was about three hours high, we s‘arled again with crowâ€"bars, picks and spades, while the Don carried a bra!) new threeâ€"quarter inch Mnnilla rope, about a hundred and twentyâ€"fire fen-t in length, which he took from among the ellccls with which his beast had been laden. Donna Maria gave us a charming God-speed in Spain. ish, bestowing a bright look on Hereford with her large black eyes; linle lnez ran for a considerable distance screaming and laughing alter us; and we saw in every thing ausiiicious signs 01 success. Arriving once more at the gulch, it did not look quite so goolmy and forbidding as on the evening before. \’Vc allowed our guide to make the nreliminary prepa- rations, which he quickly performed wuh Fastening one end of his stout rope to a trt-e on the side Which sinned lltOSl gra- dually to the verge, he tank the cord in his hand and boldly walked down to the inner brink. 110 then called out to us to let the crowâ€"bur slide: down to lllul. This we did, and, supporting himself with the rnue, he soon succeeded in inserting the huge hnr do’f‘p into the sail. He then made lust the rope to the bar, thus form- ing a very ingenious rail, by which one could dvscend tn the ttmullt of the pit with comparative security. According to his directions, we now rolled him down some pineâ€"branches and several large stones, which he «luxterously cuwht and proceeded :0 build round the crowâ€"bar into a little pyramid, selecting and fitting the stones with such nicely that they- made a bulwark ofconsidembha strength. Then, flinging the remainder of the line over the veige of the .chasin, he suddenly caught it will) a seemingly careless grip, flung himsalfover it, and, in an instant, was lost to View. a practiced ham]. Our appreheusmns were furth modified by lhe l’earlessness with which he approached the yawning chasm. His'dlsappearance was so sudden that it startled us considerably. At the same tune, it gave us a much higher opinion of our swartny confi'ere than we ever before had entertained. Hemust have gone down pretty far. For. although we could hear him sweating at the obstacles he was encountering. his voice came up very indistinctly. Then there was a silence for many seconds ’We began to fear that some accident had befallen him, when suddenly the rope was tugged more vigorously, indicating that he was now ascending. and pretty soon his huge sombwro appeared above the mouth of the pit. With an agile leap, he was again standing on the edge. I ‘Gold! Gold' plenty! rlenty!’ ne crivd, and, taking off his hat, he took from its depths. and tossed us up, two fragments ofdirly quartz, weighing two or three pounds each. Hereford and I ultered jovful exclamaâ€" tions as we cracked one of these open with a pick. Absolutely one eighth of the mm: was pure gllttering metal, The second fragment proved even richer than the rim. Surely, we hand found our Eldnmdo at last. But sm is a frequent accompaniment of weallh. ‘ See !’ said Hereford, pointing tn the eaflh Illat was clinging to one 01 me Fragments ; and. as I looked, [saw a scnrpmn about three inches in lenz‘h, spring {mm it. and glide with incredible rapuli’y down the-sloflpe. " P‘l'ltf), the god of riches, was also the daily of hell,’ I moralized. But we were bv no means despondent. We now thought “file of the horrors of 11m! rift in the bosom ofthe hills, but nnIv of the yellow treasures which its black maw must contain. Miguel now came up to us. After witnessing our delight with his usual equammity, he intimated that the gulch should now be explored upon a mare extensn‘e scale. He said that he had not gone down more than thirty fe-t. and his powers or language were entirely inadequate to express the ‘ plenty’ of gold which he had seen shining on the walls. He thought one ofthe party had better be fastened to a rape, and lmwre'l down to its full length. it being hzs theory that the quartz was richer- l'urther down Hereford and I were so elated at the prospect of filling our pockets on the in- stant, as well as of making preparations for future cart-loads of the precious min- eral, that there vim some contention be- tween us as to which shouid first go down. At length we tossed up a baitâ€" dollar to ductde, and I was elected. Strapping a small pick to my belt, and 1 providing myself with pine-knots and matches todluminato the deaths when T l should get to the extent of the line. 1 ‘ concluded my preparations by stufllng‘, in mv belt a small meal-hag. in which the Donna had placed my lunch, The tax yaw: expected to it will A GOLD:SBEKER‘S TALE. ééi‘biéfi' GfiIc‘fii immature. RICHDIOND HILL, FRIDAY, DECEIHISER '29, 18659 Continued. “ Let Sound Reason weigh vmoréflgwith us. than Popular Opinion.” At lengih [felt that the extremity of the rape must be reached, as 1h. regular jerkfi above my head s'uddenly ceased. I had left the broad, sunny daylight behind me; but now, turning ‘my gaze upward through the apparently~ diminutive aper ture at the top, the dlttline of which I could faintly dietinguish',1 saw the stars shining brightly in the heavens. I must now surely be deep enough. Feeling out for the wall, 1 luckily iound it close at hand, and’, to my joy, discovered a broad. lirm ledge, which I immediately gained, giviuga‘aigll of relief as I loosened the tight presume of the. cord from across my lungs. -‘ The wall '5‘ K .moist, but I man aged to Strike 11 thatch"; nd soon kindled a during [Ol'cb'kgfn one (tn? pine-knots, placing it; in a.ntclte just'above my head. i wan disappointed at the amount of light emitted by the flame, which I 'attributed to the dampness of the‘ atmoephere. Nevertheless, a broad portion of the op- posite side of the chasm was made visible the sight oi which dissipated any uncer- tuinily which may have existed in my mind its to whether the glittering particles] had seen were truly gold. The glorious me- tal cropped out in huge, pure masses at my very feet. The entire circumference of the abyss was anriferous ore! I was almost wild with conflicting emotions. \Vhere I stuod, the quartz was exceed- ineg frinhle. It was possible, with a littlediligence with my pick, to detach masses, seventy-five per cent, of which was clean, genuine gold. A feeling at horror took possession of me as I felt myselt slowa descending into tho unknown depths of that fearful abyss. l raised my hand, lechhg ofthe tightly draw” ropea ban, my l.e§d,,an‘d _was astonished that I noticed had. not before how very frail It was. My sensit'iveneess was so great that it seemed to. be a’inere thread. 1 was filled With a vague'horr'or that it might, at any moment.an and launch me to destruc- tion. Nevertheless. Lcfinquered my fears by a great effort of volition, controlling myself sufficiently to .call up at intervals. ‘ All light" to my companions above. Upon examining the"wall'of the chasm nearest me, I was so‘exoeedingly encour- aged to perceive, in the uncertain light, the yellow glutenI‘knt-w so well how to appreciate. The rockyas litterally seam- ed and clothed with golden ore. I was about to realize all I L,had dreamedâ€"I was penetrating the 9050"] of the moun. tains, the golden heart 'of-the Sierras, at wh use gloomy exteriors, I had so often inoodily gazed, longing to pierce them Willi clairvoyant vision. Nevertheless. the Il-ll‘kneSi soon became so dense that [ could not see my hand belore my face, and my golden visionsnvere' slowly dark- ened by the: actual terrors by which 1 was surrounded, ' 1 was suddenly InterrUpted m my operations by a great noise, as of conâ€" tention, far above my head. I could hear curses and yells, and now and then fragments ofllle hule pyramid, wlnch Gonzago had piled about the crowle would. come hurling down before my face. I held my breath m an excess of terror. An Imhstinct premonitxon that somelhing frighlful was about to happen took posscs>ion of me, and I quacked Frmn head l0 foot. Just lhen there was a greul shout at the top; then as a mass â€"5remlured shameless by the velouily of its full-«came rushing by me to 1h.- depths below, a shriek, an awful bowl 0: horror smote my ears with an empha- ak which mil continue 10 echo through them (in my dying day. That mans was a human form, that bowl 3 human voice. gold before retugning to the SUl‘faCP, Then, permitting Mfguel to fasten the rope under my armfiprtg, I was swung over the chasm,"u7~y two cOIneI'a.h-. meanwhile keepingfi fight grip on m rnpe, which had :ilso .a” «twist round [he crowhar. . . . IV/mse? > My heart stood still as I put to it that frightful query. I fistened, with a sense of hearin; slmpened by my extremity into an acutenes< of abnormal iutvnsily. Far, far down below, went the sullen boom of that failing body, striking the lodges as it went, um“ at lengm it died :mmy; and then, far up above, I heard a fierce shout, and caufln the expression : ‘Accursed Americanos.’ Then. with ‘Accursed Americanos.’ Then. with nm'rihlc rapidityâ€"Alla: the events ol 3 lil'climelhal pass in panorama throung :he bram of the drowning munâ€"link by link. 1 worked toylher the incidents of the few prevmus days. Our instinctive (Ear of Gonzjgoâ€"his fillenl, sinister ways -â€"his lmle girl spying us as we bumed swurlwaeureâ€"his iealousy and halred of Herefordâ€"and, last of all, his luring: us to that rmnole and almost impeuelruble crater ; all these reflecliqns rushed lhrough my mud in an instant, and I knew that my fs-lehd was, ere this, in the other world. In a few seconds. I was aroused From my horror by feeling a tug at the rope from above. Infilinctively loosening H from my person, I wound the end svcure- ly around a massite tragment close at hand. Scarcely was this flow, when the the. crow’bar came valuing and clangmg by me. Dawn, down, clanked the Iron bar, but was soon brought to a stop by the fastening which I had made secure. Tho head at the top was evidently in But I paused. I only had three more pine knots. Should [ not be sparing ol’ than) for an emergency? _ Emergency! *\Vhat one could arise more perilous than my present situation”! The air was so moist that I began to shake with cold. No sound through that. realm of dark hensâ€"no sound but the shrill small mice of that little torrent, dripping somewhere downward through the gloom. “Wen far above. in the blissful regions of light and warmtlnl had imagined that sound to he the chuckling laughter of a fiend! Nith what. fearful fancies did it now im- press me! I could have sworn that it wusa voice, a deinoniac voice. There wasa weird, ghostly significance in its hollow but ringing laugh, Now it would chuckle in a wicked, self-satisfied way, then it would ring long and clear in sil- very penls, with a joy so exultant and wild that l feared it would make me in~ isane,and cloned my ears with my lin- gers, which gave to it a muffled, ill-delin- ed murmur, as at hallâ€"surppresscd mirth, which was more horrible still. The aw- ful 'blackness of that quintesscnce of midnight darkne:s lay upon me with the weight of an iron globe. I shut my eyes, and would yet feel it, pressing upon head and bosom, until 1 could scarcely breathe. "But, .sufi'erings of the imaginaâ€" tion, like those oi’ the body, must cease in time; and, after an interval, l reSIgn- ed myself to my late, and passed into a kind of torpor of despair, From this I was awakened by a clammy handâ€"so it seemedâ€"a corpse like, death-dewy shuddering hand, passing across my neck. Flinziugr it off with a stifled shriek, l hastily lit another torch, and perceived that the ledge upon which I stood was swarming with the great, black, loathsome lizards peculiar to Calitornia, one of which must haven given me that clammy touch which had so appalled me. The sudden gleam ot' the torch was reassuring, and I again began to examine the walls in a mechanical way. To my, disgust, they were alive with large scorpions, while, from several ledges, I noticed, hanglng and swinging, several of those hideous, black, bloated spiders, the tarantulaâ€" whose very aspect curdles the blood of the stranger. The bite of this insect is exceedineg venomous and sometimes fatal. and the sting lrom the tail of the scorpionâ€"doubly dangerous from the lam [has it moves wuh incredible velocityâ€" Is scarcely less painful. l NeedI say that [ considered myselt lost beyond redemption? The awful ex. tremily of my own situation soon amelio- rated the grief and horror into which the death of my friend had plunged me. I must have sat thus for hours, for, when [ again scanned the walls of the abyss, I saw Ihem but indistinctly, for the torcii which I had lighted, was nearly consumed Even while I looked it burnt from its fastening did fell into the unknown depths below. The bare idea, of being left in that subterranean darkness was so horri- ble that my hand fluttered at my belt for a match immediately. Again I viewed the ghlteriug gold- crusled walls of my prison-home wlln gloomy reflectmns. Above, around be» neaxh my feet was opulence outvying that of kiugdmns and principalilivsâ€"weuith enough to equip vast armlos and cover the seas with mighty naVivs zâ€"aH this within my clutchâ€"all mic. and yet not enough to purchase me u gulp of God‘s pure at~ mosphere 3 not enough, perhaps, to. save me from a lingering, miserable, unwepl for tomb. I covered my race wnll my hands, and burst into a torrent of bmer, scaldmg lent-s. But dark as may be the vzcis~iludes of fortune, oilen there are little things wluch may afford momentary mlief. ' doubt as to whether he had succeeded in launching me after my comrade, for he hung round the mouth of the abyss, send ing down a Jargon of oaths and yvlls, bu! without eliciting any response from me. At lengih al! was silent. [concluded he had gone away; and sitting down upon the ledge, and bowing my head upon- my knee-s, I gave myself up to the host of emotions which oppressed my brain. I found that the little rirulet, whose silvery voice had at first so {rightfully atl‘eeto-d my morbid sensibility, dripped from the rocks so near me that, by cau- tiously crawling, I. could reach a little splashing basin, which ll formed on the right hand extremity of the ledge where- onI rested. I drank a deep draught, and bullied my head in its retreshing cur rents. That, at least, was sweet and pure. and lresh from the tree air of the mountains above. It had no longer a demon’s voice for me, but tinkled merrily down. like a chime of fairy-bells. 'l‘hat hearty draught and ahlution was like a re- sumption oi the connection with the upper worldI which [had almost resigned for- ever. Naturally ot a disposition exceed- Ingly sanguine, the reaction from despair to hope was almost like the work of en- ehanunent. I began to eve the walls not with the dull stare ot hopelessness, hot with the swrtt’glancé of enterprise. The ledge upon which I stood was a broad, deep platform 0t mingled earth and quartz, and it shook as l stamped it with my heavy heel. It must, therefore, be also comparatively thin-as well as broad. Advancing to the ou'er edge as near as I dared,1custthe light of my torch up and down the opposite wall, and saw that the loathsome insects as much as possible, I commenced pegging away at the rockv root'with all my might. It was very slow and arduous work; still I made headway in the friable stone made porous by the filtrations of ages and the corrosions oi nameless centuries. Once I came very near loosing my pick. It flew from my hand by accident. and almost rolled over the ledge. Regaining it, I proceeded to avoid a sunilar accident by securing: it to my wrist with a thong, which 1 cut from my buckskin trowsers. While doing 11136. I perceived'the rope dangling over the ledge. I I had forgotten all about (hatiyet there it was, with the crowhar probably attached to its o! her end. I was over- ,oyed at this discovory. as the crow, would be a most valuable auxiliary to the Further- ance of my project. Quickly drawing up the line and loosening the still secure bar. Iset to work again, wlth a degree of cheeriness which surprised me. I pried ofl‘ great fragments. which went booming down the abyss. makinga most appalling. long echoing din. In about an hour, to my greatJoy, I felt the crow go through to the surface above. \Vith :1 little more hard work, I elfected a large breach in the yieldingr rock, throuin which, after mcrcasing the elevation of the artificial stool on which I stood, I could thrust my head and shoulders. Very greatly enâ€" couraged, I put all my implements up through the aperture. and then crawled up myself, torch in hand. l l was encouraged to find ,mysolf plan- ‘ning and devising, with a busy brain, Some method of ascent, however ridibulouely impossible. Anythingr was preferable to the tor-pidity of despair. To ascend by climbing up the edges of these projections outside. over their appalling hrinks, was not to be thought of fora moment. Even it the horror of the unfathomable depths had not been a sufficient objection, the fact that these edges Were crumbly and insecure was an insurmountable one. I retired to the centre of the platform ] occupied, and looked up. The ceiling of the ledge immediater above was about two feet above my head. The only pay sible mode of accent seemed to be by digging one’s way up through the suc- cessive platforms or tiers. \Vhen I re! flected that I must be nearly or quiet one hundred tect below the crater's rim, the ‘old qualms ot despair almost reposseised me,butI managed to become myselt again. At least I would die trying to escape. Cnoosingaeveral large fragments, L loos.- ened them with my pickax, and built a Imle hillnck on the ledge, by which I was enabled to 918p up to within a few inches afthe ceiling; and. avoiding the Aher gaining the new ledge, I found to my alarm, lllat my torch was more than half consumed. I had only made my way up about ten feet, according to my calculationâ€"â€"estimat'ng eight feet, from floor to ceiling, wikh two for the Illickness of the ledge through which‘ I had forced abreach. At that rate it \VO‘llll require the light of more than a dozen pmv-knols-of which I now had but two and a halfâ€"to light me up to He again. Nevertheless, I resolved to do the best I could with the materials at hand. The next ledge, immediately overhead, was thicker than the first. but not 1.0qu above me, which rendered it winter of access; and I made a breach in about the some time. In this way, after consuming another of my precious pinevlmots, I forced through live ledges in' all, when I was so exhausted that I concluded to call rt 3 full day’s or night’s work (I could not tell which.) and knock oil. {or a dose of nature’s sweet restorcr. ' I was very hungry, and then, for the first time, ex- amined into the contents of the little meat-bag slung at my side. Meat there was noneâ€"eonlyé few broken pieces of hard-tack. I had seen the Donna place meat Within the bag. It must have been removed by that monster in human shape, who would thus consign me ton death by struvationâ€"thus to insure my destruction. How precmu: now became these pieces ol'hard- baked and stale crack- ers! conformatiqn ofall sides was in no instance smoothly perpendicular, but composed en- tirely of ledges or galhers, at qUIet re- gular intervn's, prubably varying in width from six to ten feet.' Above and below as far as 1 could throw the light of my torch, I saw this singular formation, and concluded thae it must be so all the way [0 the surface. It struck me at once as a kind of ogre's amphitlmatre, as if there, in other (hiya, they had held their hideous urges. ' ‘Nilh a full knowledge or their value I took a. handful oflhe crumbs. crawled [0 the tumbling rill which I yet held within rench,and there made a supper whose de- lictous I‘Plish pmses all words to express. 'l'ltis done, deeply refreshed and thankful. I crawled back to my working pliICH. ex- tinguished the torch, and comprised my weary limbs for repose. sntiafied that I was forty feet nearer the surface than when my labor commenced. Notwithstanding the dampness of the in r, and the tormenting lizards. I slept well and ‘aro'se strongand ltnnefltl for another struggle to gain the upper air. Before lighting my torclt.I was greatlv encourag- ed to perceive that the darkness was not so TERMS $1 00 In Advance. Whole N0. 290. I. still had my pick, and again 1 dashed away despair by a resort to my unfailing and sympalll!51ng lltlle friedd the tori-ant. Judgment or _ no judgment gbld- seeking was my trade," and, grasping my remaining impl’emem with an iron haw, 1 resolved to 0.1m ..$q.rnx.4mg of bullion, if the heave“; {911. .~ __I here, however, met With a mnfortune which impressed me ’more severely than any incident that had yet befallen“ me. ficarcely had 1 resumed my lanors with the crow hur, when it acctdentally slipped from mv_ hands and rolled over the ledge._ I Stood for a few seconds; perfectly petrified with grief and despair. The ringingr clangz of- the bar, as it bounded from ledge to, lledge to the seemingly depthless abyss.‘ sounded like the knell ofexptrmg hope. is" looked upon the event asa judgment up- on niy cupidity in gathering togetherwealth In such a place. when time. wvap‘, so precious and burst into tears. men learn to, weep in the course of an average hfethneâ€" [ graduated in the accOmplishtnent during my residence in that shadow ot the. Valley. of death. I I soon found that I had somewhat ex‘ aggerated the misfortune sustained in the loss at the crow-bar. Although fully four hours Were consumed tn breaching 1the ledge, at length l succeededrand passed through with all my el’fects. 1 was well rewarded for my pet'sercrence. For here 1 found the uniformity of the system of ledges destroyed by a long natural gallery upward of thirty feet in hight, whiletha lodges continued on the opposite side at the abyss in unbroken order. 1 unmediu uter attacked the sloping and irregular side of the gallery, to hew a staircase around and up to the highest ledge [could see on the opposite Side. This, however required many hours of arduous toil; and when at. lust ’1 reached the ledge, and'had carried up my effects, ‘. was almost utterly exhausted. Just then my last pine-knot: torch expired. But this now gave me little concern, for 1 had reached a point barely twenty feet below the top of the crater’s rim. and could see quite disttnctly. asthe sun had not yet gone down. I hadlelt the little rivulet far be- hind in tny devious ascent; so. woarily retracing my steps, found it again, and placing in my mouth the last crumb‘ of the cracker, l tool: a deep draught from the limped flood. Then. regaining my lofty perchâ€"not, however, without being severely stung by a scorpion, on the wayâ€"vl prepared for sleep. When at length the little bag was‘ fill- ed, by its weight I judged it to crnlain pure bullion to the talue of nearly twenty; thousand dollars. t This I resolved-Ito carry with me lothe upper‘world, if posaible; and, not daring to burden myself with more, Inow proceeded to Attack the roof. 1 was now so confident of ultimately reaching the upper world, that, before pro- ceeding to the work of my dalivérance, I spent upward of an hour in llewmg out the. most valuable peices ol'quarlz I could se- lect, and filling: my lntle_ meal-suck,‘ firs; carefully galhering every crumb of the cracker, which I placed in my Sidevpocket. All,save one, piece which would findlts way to my mouth! - That night i had a horrible dream. I thought that I rolled from the ledge into tne abyss. Down. down, in- definitely down, I tell mvself plung- ing, while a great sound of thunder was in my ears. At length, of all the impossible freaks of’dream-land, I landed salely on a ledge, with a moderate bump which merely awoke me. I was lying on my back, and started up in alarm tor I could see no stars above me. All \Vns inky blackness. Good hea- vens! the dream ‘must. be true‘ Surely the heavens had tallen in, with a vengeance. In my first cunt fusion. 1 argued that. perhaps lvhad/ falter. so far that the stars were out at sight; but just then a crash of thunder and a vivid flash of light- ning apprised me that the blackness overhead was only a temporary freak of the elements. Much encouraged, though with a visible sense ofhunger,l lit my torch, and set to work with a will. The presvnt roofwhich 1 was attempting to force was more difficult than any of the othersl being tlncker. harder, and more compact. 'Fullv twelve inches nfthe way was through quartz, unmixed with earth or sandstone‘ although it was veined, seamed and crusted in every direction with pure metal. flow the. huge masves glittere'tl and simmered a: they .olled, like flushes otyetlow hghtfiYet the giddy brink! - ' ot- the scorpion that I (you,ng qégjl‘e! only wuh the greales\ djffipully. I also discovered, after: dug loll At the racky roof ovenhgqflg that it; would be impassile 10‘ (imam an, aperture sufficiently large toadmit, the passag: 0| my body. The roelg through this was like adamant, After great 9-1301 I succeeded in After awaking from another am‘q longer nap in a drenchmg rain“ lg was further alarmed to fimk my; left hand so swollen from stg'uigi densely black as It had been. I cauld see the larger aurithrousipurticle: glittering on the wall. To my still greater sanislhution on creeping to the verge ofthe ledge, and looking upward, I noticed-that the ‘stars in m the‘ fill”; were not so distinct as upon my former. uhservatian. Iconractly ascribed, these phenomena partially to the 'fact that my .sight had improved- on “longer aq- qualntance with the darkness, and partially because I was approaching the regions of light. I also argued that I must have passéd a portion of one day and an entire night in thc abyss. ‘vVheu 1 first observwl the stars, from the. low 1' ledge. it. was shortly after» my dcsccnl. and tl‘erPlore, broad day in the. upper regions; whereas now, if It were night,] should perceive the stars quit? as distinctly as if vie:ng then} {.1001 the earth’s surface. Concluded on. fourth my,