The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-03-19

poet that presently your mamma will
send people ont To look for you. and
then we shall hear them shout, and we
shall shout back again: and then
they'll come with some ropes, and up
we shall 80 to the top. Now shall |
tell y"u II Story?'
80, yes, please" Ida said. delight
ed.
"Will you sit quiet by me, then? ?
! and when You feel sleepy you just lay
your head down and go off to sleep.
| will go on with my story till you're
asleep; but we must talk very low,
| else we shall wake cousin Amy
For an hour he told stories of fairies
| and cnchanterS, and then the little
head leaned gradually against his
waistc"at, and in five minutes ne
stopped in the middle of his narrative
Then Amy Herbert spoke:
II am not asleep: have been
awake for some time, and have been
I thinking. You are the gentleman who
rescued Ida off the rocks. are you
| not?'
eyes, Hugh said.
II thought so. Now, please, how
\ came you and Ida here and where are
we, and why don't we 90 home?"
''luu rolled down steep grassy
/ slope on To Il ledge. You struck your
head in falling, and were insensible
/ for Il time. ! came up, and should
\ have run off for assistance, but feared
\ if Vou moved before | came back YOU
would fall over another fifty feet, so
took Ida and slipped down to YOU"
! '.Can't move?" the girl asked pres
4 emily.
\ Are you uncomfortable?"
/ "No," she said shyl;'.
I "Then you had better lie still. .
\ Hugh said decisively. 1.-The ledge is
A very narrow, and you are weak, and
| dare say giddy, for you lost great
4 deal of blood. SO you really might
fall over If you sat up. With my arm
! round you, you are quite safe
\ And Hugh emphasized the fact by
\ drawing her still more closely to him.
\ Her slight figure yielded to the press
i ure. and with Il little movement, which
I was very like the nestle with which
II lNil IliNl IltI SUDSltltItt VI
sleep, Amy Herbert lay quiet, and III
II very minutes Hugh WAS sure, from
Il her regular breathing, that she too was
i asleep.
4 alt must be nearly ten O'Clock. =
4 Hugh said To himself. II should think
il we ought very soon to get out of this.
i The old lady will be lidgcty by half
i past seven. alarmed by half-paSt eight,
Il and by half-paSt nine she ought to
4 have all yarmouth out with torches.
4 But women are 50 long before they sci
Il about thing in earnest. They begin
Il to iidmrt long before Il man does: but
4 they don't sci to work to take decided
i steps. Still srarchcrS ought to he on
4 by this time. am beginning To fee
4 horribly cramped. suppose some
Il fellows would like this sort of thing
bat don't see amy point IN it what
Il ever"
Il In another quarter of an hour Hugh
saw several lights comm" along tn,
road below, and could hear fain
| shouts, which seemed To he echoed b,
, Il party proceeding along the hill
| They were moving but slowly. fo
there were lights halfway up the face
and they were evidently searching yer,
i carefully. The wind was from them
and it was useless for Hugh to try an,
return their shouts. Gradually the
rot nearer. aud he determined to max
IN effort. but tn No il was ueceSSar
/ to stand up. He moved slightly, an,
Il the elder "irl moved also.