The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-22

after the late summer sun scorched
them, she had slipped from pure care
lessness, and, falling, she had slid out
of reach Of the bushes. Struggling to
rise, she had slipped father and far
Their toward the edge until she realized
that her only chance of safety was to
lie still and call for help.
And l was so thankful when heard
you answer" she said, for [ did not
know but 1 would have to lie here till
they missed me at home and came out
to search for me-
Eyes, it was good that 1 study the
rocks today" said the professor. ''But
now still some more till my rope shall
touch your fingers. Then do not too
hard pull it, for it is not so strong. But
it will help you little, and you can up
the hill creep carefully" And he tied
small stone to one end of the. string
and slid it down toward her till she
grasped it. he holding the other end.
1t was very easy then for her, having
something to steady her, to make her
way upward to where he stood, at the
edge of the slope, holding the string
firmly. All went we'll till she came
within reach of his outstretched hand,
when, as he stopped to lift her to her
feet his own footing gave way, and he
fell headlong beside her on the slippery
grass.
He strove in vain to stop himself,
grasping frantically at the grass, which
broke as he clutched it. Carried swift
ly by the momentum Of his fall he
slipped smoothly down to the very edge
and over it, falling, with a loud cry
sheer over the cliff.
, The girl called out twice, but there
was no answer. and with g. terrible
fear lest she should find only a lifeless
body she FASTENED around by the near
EST nr9PtiOQ hln 70 10 Of
cliff.
He was not dead, as she found imme-
diately. But when he tried to rise he
could not
MY leg is broken" he said, land i
! am bad hurried on my inside. You
must now to me bring help, for L am as
you were"
Yes, yes" answered the girl. ST will
60 But how can you stay alone? It
will be more than an hour before can
get anybody here who can carry you
to the house." s.sa
Zach! That is bad said the pro-
fessor "But I will do as I can best
If you will look my knapsack in and
give me the little flask there, I can
wait, but be not longer as you can
help"
II will be as quick as I can" said the
girl after she had brought the KNAPP
sack to him and given him a drink
fessor, and before it was over he had
tainted, despite his flask, so that when
John BascOm came back with his
daughter he shook his head gravely,
fearing that his help was too late. He
could do nothing. however, but wait
till his son should come UP with the
neighbors, for whom he had sent. And
when they had carried him to the Bas-
com farm house and the village doctor
had come and examined him and set
his bones they found that they would
have him to care for for several weeks
ct seems kind O. hard 1t should be
so, Maria, bein' as you've got about
all to do t you can stand" said Mr..
Bascom to his wife, ''but I don't see as
'twould be decent not to care for him.
"Why, we've just got to, john" said
Mrs. Bascom. And dear SUI Knows we
| can't grudge him nothin'. If it hadn't
"a been for him Ella might "a been
killed"
But if the Bascom household was
poor In worldly goods, as it certainly
was, and if it was a serious tax on the
family purse to provide the medicines
the sufferer needed and a drain on the
strength of the mother and daughter
to nurse him assiduously as they
did, no hint of these facts appeared.
The professor was not allowed to want
for anything that could be had, nor
did he see any but a cheerful counte-
nance in the house. He was not blind
however, nor was he backward about
asking questions when he recovered
sufficiently to talk.
He went straight to the point with
directness that would have seemed
grossly impertinent in q neighbor, but
which appeared childlike simplicity in
this queer foreigner who spoke such
twisted English.
What for do you stay where the
| Ian ic0 6n Cd dow
'You are a farmer. Why do you not
sell and to the West go? There you
| will do better as here where your
Yields are all tipped on one side up and
rock full" e. ~.
well, I've had a sort O. hankerin' to
go West for a long SPELL" said Mr..
Bascom, "but faint SO easy to sell
when there amt anybody seelkin to
buy. 1 stay here because the farms
mine, an there amt nothin' else that is.
l never could get forehanded enough
to make start, and it's all I can do to
make a Twin here"
But the boy said the professor
will he all his life stay here also and
be poor?"
Nor exclaimed the father almost
angrily. mot if I'm spared long
enough to care for his mother till he
gets start; He's bent on schoolin'
and his mother and l are goin to sect
he gets it. He'll have to work his
own way though" added the old man.
! with a sigh. 1--WE can't help him
much.
Yes, that is good" said the profess
| sor. ut is better as a boy his own
education get"
And after that he talked with young
John. The boy was shy at first, but
under the professors blunt questioning
he soon warmed up enough to talk Of
| his ambition. He wanted to be a civil
| engineer, he said. and the professor
found that he had laid a good founda-
ton for an education in the village
AGA denny and had bought and mastered
a few good books.
Moreover he was observant. One
day when the professor was almost
we'll he was looking over the specimens
in his knapsack when John came and
looked on. There's a good deal Of
that kind of rock on the east side of
the farm" he said, pointing to one Of
the chips.
The professor started a little, but he
spoke as deliberately as usual you
shall show to me that east side" he
said. when I can climb those hills
some day"
II guess you can get there now"
said the lad. ''1t isn't much Of
climb, and there's smooth path
Sn thay went out together, and the