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was seen standing on the brink of the

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diers, with one voice; ".you mustn't
run such a risk as that. Let one Of us
go instead; your life is worth more than
all Of ours put together. y
"My soldiers are my children" an
swered Macdonald quietly, and no
father grudges his own life to save his
son.
The soldiers knew better than to make
any more objections. They obeyed in
silence, and the General was swinging in
mid-air, down, down, down, till he van
ished at last into the darkness of the
cold black depth below. ~
Then every man drew long breath,
and oil eyes were strained to watch for
the first sign Of his appearing /; for they
knew well that he would never come
back without the boy, and that the
chance was terribly against him.
Meanwhile Macdonald, having landed
safely at the foot Of the precipice, was
looking anxiously round in search of
Pierre; but the beating of the drum
had ceased, and he had nothing to guide
him.
Pierre r. shouted he as loud as he
could, "where are you, my boy?'
"Here, General" answered weak
voice, so faint that he could barely dis
tinguish it.
And there, sure enough, was the little
fellows curly head, half buried in huge
mound of snow, which alone had saved
him from being dashed to pieces against
the rocks as he fell. Macdonald made
for him at once and, although he sank
waist-deep at every step, reached the
spot at last.
"All right now, my brave boy" said
the General, eheerny. "Put your arms
round my neck, and hold tight; we'll
have you out Of this in minute"
The child tried to obey, but his stiff
ened fingers had lost all their strength I;
and even when Macdonald himself
clasped the tiny arms about his neck
their hold gave way directly.
What was to. be done? A few min
utes more, and the numbing colds of
that dismal place would make the res
cuer as powerless as him whom he came
to rescue. But Gen. Macdonald was
not the man to be SO easily beaten.
Tearing off his sash, and knotting one
end Of it to the rope, he bound Pierre
and himself firmly together with the
other, and then gave the signal to draw
up.
And when the two came swinging up
into the daylight once more, and the sol
ders saw their pet still alive and un-
hurt, cheer upon cheer rang out, rolling
far back along the line, till the very
mountains themselves seemed to be re-
joicing.
"We've been under fire and under
snow together" said Macdonald, chat
ing the boys cold hands tenderly, "and
nothing shall part us two after this so
long as we both i've
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CHINA -As s' a MILITARY fOWER
1t IS not customary to look upon the
Chinese empire, with It's 300, Co., GOO OF
people, as at all formidable In war.
Ihe CELEBRITY with which Great Britain
forced the use OF opium upon that ma
ton gave us all a very poor opinion OF
Celestial proves. That was war OF
noise versus cold lead. 1t was gongs
against guns. yohn Cnlnaman had no
conceptaoh OF the hllnuafy ways OF Johh
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