The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-09

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ser, and the rest OF the young people
amused themselves as best they could.
But now let us follow Biddulph and Nora
In their steep ascent up the craggy noun
tain side. A wild and somewhat danger
Gus walk this, for there were riffs i'm the
rock through which the winter torrents
had poured down with tremendous force,
rendering the path in places certainly un-
safe.
But Biddulph, with his strong, firm
hand, was near 90 assist Nora, and she was
not afraid. They stopped, at length, 20
breathe and rest, and the scene below,
above, and around them was magnillcently
beautiful and wild.
But presently Biddulph pointed 20 the
highest peak OF the mountain range.
"Sse," no said "the mist Il gathering
round the monarchs brow, and shortly
will come stealing upon us. l think we
had better go down."
"Let ms stay little longer" she an
swered; 81 never saw the world so beau
tiful before"
Almostas she spoke shequitted his side
Going n few steps apart, and never think
ing of danger, she mounted on what she
deemed 10 be 70 jutting, weather-bcatCn
block of solid rock But in an instant as
her light weight rested on il, this crag,
which had probably rolled down the
mountain-side during some winter storm
torrent, and been stayed on its way by n
slight impediment, now received fresh
impetus, and, before Nora could spring
back from IL, commenced again its down
ward course, carrying the poor girl along
with IT,
IL was well that Biddulph had n cool
head and firm hand. He heard the rum
bic behind him, and Nora's shrek, and in
one moment had sprung forward, seiZing
the skirt of her gown as she was hurled
past him, and dragging her back by main
force.
She fell heavily. II was a hair-breadth
escape, for Biddulph had only caught the
very edge of her white serge gown, and
when he lifted her up, she uttered q sharp
and sudden cry of pain.
"Are you hurt" he asked anxiously.
al cannot stand, gasped Nora, lean
ing back on Biddulph, trembling, and very
pale.
Then with great gentleness he placed
her on little patch OF sward near them.
''It-it was so dreadful" said Nora, in a
broken voice; "in-another moment"
and she closed her eyes and shuddered.
'The other moment was not permitted
to do any harm, you seeP" answered Bid
dulph kindly, and speaking reassuringly.
lie thought she was only frightened, and
nothing more.
"You-you saved my life"
''Then. thank God" said Biddulph al
most solemnly. But" he added a mo-
ment later, bending over her, ''you feel
better now, don't you? VIII you take my
arm, and let us try to get down the hill.
/ shall take care you make no more false
steps," and he smiled.
He tried to raise her again as he spoke,
but no sooner had he done so than Nora
sank down once more with an exclamation
OF great agony,
"I-can not bear it" she said; 81 am in
dreadful pain. j can not stand"
Biddulph now saw that there was some
thing seriously wrong.
81 am afraid YOU have sprained your
ankle; let me feel ii can find out where
it is"
He took one small dainty foot in his
hand after the other, and Nora moaned
with pain as he did so. Both ankles were
hard rock Her feet must have struck
first, and the shock had displaced, if not
broken, some of her bones.
''There is no more walking for yOu to-
day" said Biddulph, trying to speak cheer
fully, though he now fully realized the Sc
we're nature of the accident. The ques-
ton is, what shall we do? have luckily
a dog-whistle in my pocket; perhaps they
may hear it below. You have got bad
sprain.'
He rose and whistled loudly; but al
ready tie falling crag, which had plunged
in its headlOng career from one rocky
steep to the other, had attracted the at
tention of the party below.
Alick Fraser, indeed, who had come
armed with a new field-glass strapped
across his shoulder had never in reality
lost sight of the two climbing up the
mountain side, and had sat smoking, and
rejecting gimly that he would like to find
out something about this new man, who
seemed so favored by a lady whose acres
marched with his own.
Then, when the crag fell tumbling into
some abyss below, and Biddulph's whistle
was family heard, Alick atOnce unstrapped
his new glass.
Something has happened" he said, the
next minute. '.Nora Stewart is lying on
the ground and that fellow Biddulph stand
ing whistling beside her. We had best go up
to them, Jock, as fast as we can and see. "
1t took very few minutes for the two
sturdy Highlanders, who had been born
among the hills, to reach the spot where
Nora Law; and still fewer for Biddulph TO
explain how the accident had happened.
Then they held consultation, and it was
agreed that Nora must at once be carried
down the hill.
'My dear grip said the kindly Jock,
with sort of moisture stealing into his
brown eyes, as he knelt down and took
Nora's hand.
can awkward affair."" remarked Alick.
in his brusque way.
By this time Mrs. Jock, and actually
Mrs Conway-Hope, had succeeded in
reaching the group on the hillside.
"My dear Nora, this is very sad," said
Mrs. Conway-Hope; "but / knew some
thing would happen. You know told
you so, don't you remember, dearl And
perhaps it might have been worse"
But Nora, suppressing the means that
rose ON her white lips, scarcely thought it
could have BEEN.
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