Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-24

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| toco se.med Gliding inward as Billv lowered
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a nest Of eaple,s, on the Mickledore cliffs: but
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have called out to Billy TO draw me up but
for the certainty that he would never hear:
so, instead, held very tight and wished it
over.
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very stcadyl, ana at iast swung ihysei in'
ward to the ledge, gained a footing and took
glance round before slipping Off the rope
stood on a shelf of sandy rock that wound
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no more than two feet In the growing light
noted the face OF the headiand ribbed win
several of these lodges, of varying length,
but all followed away underneath (as I sup
nose Inv the sea In former npes. SO that the
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ciii summit o'eihuiiR R .uo oa'e Dy slea'
way, and peering over saw the waves creep
ing right beneath me.
Now all this while j had not let Master
Tingcomb out of my mind. So l slipped off
the rome and left IL dapcle, while crcpt for.
ward to explore keeping well against tho
rock and nlanting INV feet with great caution
I bolieye was twenty minutes taking as
many steps, when at the point where the
ledge broke off saw the ends OF an iron lad
der sticking up. and close beside it a great
hole in the rock, which TIL now the curve of
the cliff had hid The latter no doubt stood
ON n second shelf below,
/ was pausipg to consider this when a
bright ray streaIned across the sea towards
me and the red rim of the sun rose out of the
waters, outfacing the glow on the headland,
and rending the film of smoke that hung like
n curtain about the horizon Twas as ii by
alchemy that the red ripples melted to gold
and stood watching with a child's delight
heard the sound of a footstep, and faced
round
Reforo ma NOT six paces Off stood Hanni-
hal riurcomb
He was issuing from the hole with sack
on his shoulder and sueaking to descend the
stems when he threw a glance behind-and
saw mel
Neither spoke With face gray rs ashes
he turned very slowly, until in the unnatural
light we looked straight into each others
eyos His never blinked Int stared-stared
horribly. while the veins swelled black on his
forehead and his lips worked attemptin2
5 speech. No words came-only a long drawn
sob, deep down In his throat
And then, letting slip the sack, he flung hi.
arms up ran a pace or two towards me- ant
tumblcd on his lace In fit His left shoul
r der hung over the verge; his legs slipped II
, a trice he was hanging by his arms his ole
. distorted face turned up, and froth atou
his lips made a step to save him. and ther
jumpedsback, fiattening myself against tn,
rock.
The ledge was breaking.
saw a seam cape at my feet. / saw i
D widen and spread to right and left. | hearC
4 a ripping. rendjng noise-a rush of stone
4 and earth and, clawng the air, with n wilC
. screech, Master Tingconb pitched backward
head over heels into space
Then followed silence. then a horrible splash
t,s th. far halo, tIa,, 4,