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s;yari. oul | sw,nt down throurh
snac, CHnr;n. with 1.sn,rat, ENERGY
to the rope in nv hands, | swung,
c.ampjns mySe,i together in anticipa.
ton OF violent shock against the
side OF the precipice. Happily,
the rock above projected Il little,
so that the blow was less severe
than | expected. rebounded and
sWuns to and fro like a pendulum
IN the pltehy darkness. For, IN order
to set Il hrmer grasp. upon the rope
w.ien saw ms intention OF cutting 1t.
mad dropped the torch, which fell
lJk" the spark OF a rocket into the
depths below.
WHAT was Ito 40? dared not try
to ptiiI myself hand over hand up the
Wet rope. ior me slightest relaxation
OF my llo'a might allow the rope to
sip, and should be lost assuredly.,
pear, are you there stl!l?" Lola
cal!eN ifo:a above.
YES retpiled.
"llere Is sherope,-When call, you
can rus yourself to It,"
AL the some time felt the knotted
rope dangling against my shoulders.
Now she called.
1t was not an instant too soon. l
lett 'i'e wet rope sllpplhs through my
hands. Leaving 90 with one hand, !
clutci!ed out wildly for the knotted
rope, and by the happiest chance sue.
ceeded in Selling it.
got IL c~ross-piece between my feet,
and | WAS comparatively s,,ie, If Lola
had strength 20 hold on for q few mo.
mcnts. But that might not tux hertoo
greatly, still graspel the wet rope.
Saved" called out to her.
"Not iorlouo," shouted Van Uoeck
from the opposites side, and Iheardthe
snap OF the spring :.us he closed the
breeclllouler, and then the click" as
he cooked the piece.
Would he shoot me or the girl? 1
asked myself in that moment.
He fired, and the ringing shot was
followed by q sharp cry OF pain from
above, and the cross-piece on wlsch l
stood gave q little Jerk, but no more.
She must have escaped, despite that
cry. or she could not still have held
on to the rope.
But terrible as these thoughts that
passed though my mind in those brief
moments were, they were banished
from my mind by a yet more terrific
appeal 10 my senses.
Following almost Immediately upon
the crack oil the rifle and Lola's l. v q
mass OF rock, probably d~isinterrlted
by the frost, and started from it's
place by the vibration OF the shoot.
slid down the face of the
precipice, hurtlcd against q rock,
and some moments after fell
with q deep &pong" into the water be-
low.
But, rs ii this had been the keystone
OF the fabric that upheld the mighty
weight ofthe enormous rock that GOV.
cred the chasm, it's fall was followed
by the crumbling away and precipita.
ton OF others at intervals rapidly de.
creasing, their fall eventually becom.
ing q continual down-pour, marked
now and then by a louder crash as
some larger block gave way.
The roar OF artillery, the peal o
thunder, was not to be comparedw with
the awful din as the great rock jerked
downward as the quartz splintered
and gave way under it, shattering and
grinding the opposing rocks, and
brushing away huge fragments that
struck from side to side as they hurtl-
ed down, tearing and splittingthevery
heart OF the mountain, as it seemed.
The fall was most violent at some
distance away from us further down
the ravine: only an occasional block,
ground under the great mass as ii
ierlel down, was shattered to pieces,
and fell in dust and rubble about us,
But our turn was at hand.
1t seemed to me as il the last day
had comc. and the world we're crumbl-
ING to pieces. no the terror of an
earthquake was added the horror OF
imnanetr,hln darl,ness md fro ron.
seriousness that the gigantic rock
that vaultcd the abyss was slowly
JERKING down unon MS I must have