Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-11-26

every time try tomoyeI sliD a little nearer
the edge, and there is nothing To keep me
from falling over if l slip am farther"
THAT isright, " said the professor, "and
it is good for you that / hear. Lie still
now, and | will soon up get you"
lt was not so easy, however, as it looked
and as be at first thought il was. On
either side OF her he could get within some
90 feet Of whore she was without ventur-
ing on the trcacheroEs grass himself and
so losing his own fOothold. But, though
he could have held ont a stick or impro-
vised "A rope that she could reach across
that distance, 10 would not 90 20 pull her
along the edge without some stay from the
upper part OF the slope, and that was fully
80 feet above her,
81 could go for a rope, " he said present
ly, after he had studied the situation a
moment, ''but how far away is some
house? / do MOI know"
at would take you an hour TO 90 and
get back, " said the girl. "Can you not do
something else? If / had only a little thing
to hold on to, l could crawl back, but ]
dare not
"No, no, franklin interrupted the
professor. "You must lie still. l will
something do"
Opening his knapsack, he fumbled in
side of ii for a moment and drew out a
stout gray flannel shirt This he tore intt
strips, and, knotting the strips together,
he had in "A little while a string long
enough to reach across the dangerous
slope. AS Ire worked no chatted with this
girl, who was cool enough now that some
one was near to aid her.
She had been picking berries, she told
him, and, although she knew the ground
well and understood % treacherous the
grassy slopes were, after the late summer
sun scorched them, she had slipped from
pure carelessncss, and, falling, she had slid
out Of reach of the bushes. Struggling to
rise, she had slipped farther and farther
toward the edge until she realized that
her only chance of safety was to l. still
and call for help.
"And l wa so thankful when l heard
| you answer she said, "for did not know
but / would have TO lie here till they
missed me ut home and came out TO search
for me-"
Eyes, 1t was good that / study the rocks
today" said the professor. But now lie
still some more till my rope shall touch
your finperS Then do not too hard pull
IL. for II IS not SO strong. But 1t will help
Won a little. and you can up the hill creep
carefully" And he tied n small stone 10
one end of the string and slid it down TO-
ward her till she grasped 1t, he holding
the other END.
It was very easy then for her, having
something TO steady her. to make her way
award to where he stood, at the cugeo Oh
the slope. holding tho string firmly. All
went we'll till she came within reach OF MS
outstrctched hand, when, as he stooped 10
lift her to her feet, his own footing gave
wov. and he fell headlong beside her on
the slippery grass.
He strove In vain to stop himself, grasp
ing frantically at the grass, when Drohe"'
he c,utched it. Carried swiftly by the mo
mentum of his fall, he slipped smoothly
down to tho very edge and over IL, IaAfihs'
with n loud cry, sheer over the ciin.
9Th girl called out twice, but there was
no answer, and with u terrible ear ies0
she should find only a lifeless pody sne
hastened around by the nearest practic~pio
way TO the foot OF the clin.
He was not dead, as he found lmiheui,
atelv But when he tried TO rise he couiu
not. r,m
"Mv Ies "a broken" he said, land L am
had burtod on my inside. You must 10"
10 me bring help, for ! AN ms you were.
eyes. yes" answered the girl WIN
go INT how can you stay aloneY IL VIII
10 moro than mn hour before l can geO
anybody here who carry you
house" -, ,rofessor.
.Rnt 7 will, do ms l can best. III you wiz
look my knapsack in and give me VI. nnaar
lask there, L can wait, but DO ho' rDs
as you a help. said the
81 will be as quick as / cam saiu -
CIR, after she had brought the knapsaoA :"
him and given him a drink. .sor
II wasa long hour for the poor prolo'S
ord before il was over he had fainteu' "e
sn,to his flask. so that when John Dascoh'
same hack with his daughter he shook ms
head r~rayely, fearing that his help wa ~
ia,a Ha could do nothing, however, pno
.rait rim his son should come up WIN .hs
~-a,ahhors for whom he had sent. Anu
mhsn tbey had carried him to the DaS III
and the village aoc.or ~
800 md examined him and SET MS :.
no. sonnd that they would ha'o
cars for for several weeks. - :. ~
at. .,ema kind o. hard II should 10 -,
Maria. bein as you've got ae9"' al 10y