Tales of Terror and Mystery

The Terror of Blue John Gap

           Theprecautionwasverynecessary,forthegreatcave,sofarasIcouldseeit,wasintersectedbypassages.Havingmadesureofmyposition,andreassuredmyselfbyexaminingmysparecandlesandmymatches,Iadvancedslowlyovertherockyandunevensurfaceofthecavern.

           AndnowIcometothepointwhereImetwithsuchsuddenanddesperatedisaster.Astream,sometwentyfeetbroad,ranacrossmypath,andIwalkedforsomelittledistancealongthebanktofindaspotwhereIcouldcrossdry-shod.Finally,Icametoaplacewhereasingleflatboulderlaynearthecentre,whichIcouldreachinastride.Asitchanced,however,therockhadbeencutawayandmadetop-heavybytherushofthestream,sothatittiltedoverasIlandedonitandshotmeintotheice-coldwater.Mycandlewentout,andIfoundmyselfflounderingaboutinutterandabsolutedarkness.

           Istaggeredtomyfeetagain,moreamusedthanalarmedbymyadventure.Thecandlehadfallenfrommyhand,andwaslostinthestream,butIhadtwoothersinmypocket,sothatitwasofnoimportance.Igotoneofthemready,anddrewoutmyboxofmatchestolightit.OnlythendidIrealizemyposition.Theboxhadbeensoakedinmyfallintotheriver.Itwasimpossibletostrikethematches.

           AcoldhandseemedtocloseroundmyheartasIrealizedmyposition.Thedarknesswasopaqueandhorrible.Itwassoutteroneputone’shanduptoone’sfaceasiftopressoffsomethingsolid.Istoodstill,andbyaneffortIsteadiedmyself.ItriedtoreconstructinmymindamapofthefloorofthecavernasIhadlastseenit.

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