The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-25

tree. This done he started down the
cliff.
Where are YOU going ?' asked
Philip, who had been watching him in
silence
''ro the opposite ledge, across the
falls You see, in order to reach it..
that | must 90 to the base of the cat
aract, cross the stream, and then as
cend the other side"
What is your purpose?"
My purpose will soon develop it
self"
1t was not long before the william
was standing upon the opposite ledge
/ The yawning gulf of two thousand
feet was between himself and foe, and
/ the waters lashed the ragged rocks as
i it thundered over them.
That rope is already cOiled," said
/ Mark, speaking across. Throw me
! the other end
This was done, and the line made
! fast upon the opposite side. y single
cord now bridged that dreadful chasm
"Meet me in the centre of the rope
bridge" said Mark. 1--WE will fight
only with our knives"
As he said this he began to advance
Philip Dark did the same, and both
men crept carefully toward each other,
the rope bending fearfulIy beneath their
weight
They were within ten feet of each
other, when the courage Of Mark began
to fail him and he regretted the step
he had taken. Why did he not kill his
enemy at once and without mourning
any danger to himself? But it was
too late now? No.
He gazed into tie eyes OF Dark. He
saw determination and absence Of fear
there as he came slowly forward. He
hesitated no longer, but drew a pistol
from his breast. and fired 1t his victim.
Dark waved to and fro, and appeared
ready to fall. Mark considered his
triumph sure.
But at that instant Dark raised his
knife, and struck desperate blow.
The frail rope which sustained both
men was severed in a twinkling !;
and down went their bodies, whirlirC
through that fearful space, while the
wall Of the murderer arose on the ail ,
mingIing with the roar Of the water
The poor dog. who felt not the hate
which filled the breast of his master,
was the only mOurner, and most truly
did he mourn, and that without any
comforter, save time.
CALLING Up THE BoY.-The Dan
bury Nelr8 SAYS: Calling a boy up
in the morning can hardly be cIassed
under the head of 'pastimes," espe-
ciallv if the boy is fond of exercise the
day before. And it is a little singular
that the next hardest thing to getting
a boy out of bed is to get him into it.
There is rarely mother who is a sue
| cess at rOusing Il boy. All mothers
know this is so so do their boys
And vet the mother seems to 90 at it
in the right way She opens the
stair-door and insinuatingly observes :
'Johnny." There is no response
John-ny" Still no response. Then
there is a short, sharp j Ohm" follow
ed moment later by prolonged and
! emphatic "JOhn Henry" \ grunt
from the upper regions signifies that
! an impression has been made, and
! the mother is encouraged to add.
| You'd better be getting down here
to your breakfast, young man, before
| | come up there an give YOU some
| thing You'll fecl.n This so startles
! the Young man that he Immediately
! goes to sleep again. And the opera
ton has to he repeated several times.
4 father knows nothing about this
trouble He merely opens his mouth
like soda bottle elects a cork, and
the John Henry" that cieaves the air
of that stairway goes into that boy
like electricity, and picrccs the deepest
recesses Of his very nature. And he
pops out Of that bed and into his
clothes. and down the stairs. with q
! promptness that is commCndahle. It
is rarely boy allows himself to dis
regard the paternal summons. \ bout
once year is believed to be as often
as is consistent with the rules o.
health. He saves his father a great
many steps by his thoughtfulness.
SINGULAR RELATIONSHIP.-Af friend
who married a widow. explains as fol
lows how he got mixed up in his rola-
tionship: | married widow who had
a grown-up daughter My father visit
ed our house very often, and fell in love
with my step-daughter and married
her. SO my father became my son-in-
law and my step-daughter my mother
because she was my fathers wife
| Some time afterwards my wife had 2
son-(how is that for high ?)-he was
my fathers brother-in-Iaw and my
uncle. for he was the brother Of my
step-mother My fathers wife, l. e,
my step-daughter, had also a son; he
was of course my brother, and in the
meantime my grandchild, for he was
the son of my daughter, My wife was
my grandmother, because she was my
mothers mother. / was my wifc's
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