The Boy Soldier; Or, Garibaldi's Young Captain — page 375: what you’re looking at

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<aeru “ % ~~ UM, ys ¢ SS e eee” THE ACCIDENT, “It was called Wolf Gorge by the natives. ‘Skeletons of animals were plentiful on every hand, ‘The place was dark, gloomy, treacherous, and deadly in appearance. “Tt was truly named Wolf Gorge, for it was - dangerous alike to man and beast, so numerous © were ferocious animals in and around it. ‘In this cheerless place, however, Elvina had often met her lover, and Don Carlos knew all its windings well. ‘‘ Spinola turned pale as he entered the gorge, but revealed not his fears. “The screams and yells of all sorts of wild animals now greeted their ears on all sides, making the lofty and craggy rocks echo again and again with the dismal noises. ‘* Onward they went, however, and were about in the centre of the gorge, when Carlos stopped his horse, ‘‘* Wor the first time in my life I fear treachery,’ said he, half aloud. “ * Have you seen anything, then ?’ ‘** No, nothing unusual. I have often been here before, but never felt such gloomy foreboding as I do now.’ No. 47. ‘“*Then let us return, Carlos, I beg of you to return ; not for my sake, but for your own,’ ‘*** No,’ said Carlos, ‘I have come thus far, and will not think of such a thing; it would be un- manly, and unworthy of a Castilian to do so,’ ‘The place they now were in was not more than twenty feet wide. ‘“ On either side rose perpendicular rocks covered with bushes and stunted trees, ‘The place was as dark as pitch, and save a faint streak of starlit sky overhead, nothing cheerful was to be seen. “For some time they journeyed onwA&rds. ‘“At last in the distance Don Carlos perceived, or thought he perceived, an object dressed in white which waved its hand towards him. “His heart beat high with expectation. “¢Tt is, it is Elvina,’ he said, ‘She is on horse- back, and is beckoning me onward.’ ‘With these words he clapped spurs to his good steed, and hurried onward. ‘He and Spinola had not proceeded far, however, when dreadful shouts assailed their ears on all sides. ‘They were entrapped—they were ensnared ! CO