The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-09-06
OVER THE CLIFF.


MsrsssIl. rot 10 SO soy farther than n
rih's and 10 be boE.e by O'Clock. Pro-
Ice. pov. With 20 ioolins, and III rs
very bit
The fpssksr, = sifl Of sirieen OF ibsr
sbc1ls, locked into the eyes Of The lit.l
hroiber. who answered siih sn air 9
itiuty:
Well, Asssle. sin't eish, add Tom q,
teaf Msmms voald 90, be afraid. q
neither ~osli Tennis nsnms. II
only you 40 srsn'ma
Bot yoa ON climb lots 81 times thi
sumner, when Ted or some Of The olde
boys can 40 vi,h you. Your Msssi
vould be worried oil day II abe though
you woald 90 very far slcre. Promise
No icoiius
ALI night: no ioolin'; veil so to PEI
riG's 80 III briug you lots Of Wild flow
ers.
Good bye, ihen, Maggie will trust you
Give Mrs. Perrin ny lore. Then The sis
ter stopped aud the two exchanged "hns
aud kiss, IS they always did when the
little brother wss going away. even Tor .
lev hours. moment later she beard
Msrsbsll st the gate saying to Tommy:
Huush Tor jolly timsl Maggie hIed
as up the grestest lunch apples an san
wiebes sn pie an cheese. An told her
We sonidp't go any further that
SIZE could not distinguish the words
that followed. for the two boys had lost
no time in stsriing, bul she stood listen
log lll their voices had died away. Then
she turned ls II to go back to her sweep
ing. bu. stopped Ind stood leaning on the
hsndle OF her broom. Presently she
stepped to the sitting room.
Meantime the boys hurried on with hap
py hearts, and light feet. The western
city WAS built near the foot OF the great
Wshsatch range. and now as they looked
toward the massive mountsin sides, Tom
my said;
My. but it would seem funny not to
have any mountains or csnons or anything
like We have. What do you s'pose boys
do that don. have emf
Guess tsint much fun 10 live 10 such
place. Marshall answered, with symps
thetic little laugh. Then be gave pro
lopged whistle and followed it up with,
say, Tommy Look at that cliff. Spose
fellow should meet q bear or q coyote
up there?
Guess he'd wish be lived whore there
wasn't any mountains, Tommy responded
The cliff to which the boys referred was
an immense dark red rock, 800 feet up the
side OF the mountain, itself $50 feet high
and as many broad. Its sides stood out
from the great mass, and to the south
looked preoipiiously down into q little
side canon, long ago worn away by the
rushing waters OF the mountain stream
that was fed from the fields OF perpetual
snow away up toward the summit.
Pretty soon Mrs. Perrin's house came in
sight, cozy place, resting close up to the
side OF the mountain and standing three
hundred feet above the city. Here the
boys halted. Mrs. Perrin was just mixing
the biscuit for dinner when Marshall
knocked at the door and said:
Hullo, Mrs. Perrin. Maggie sends her
love, and please can we have cup to get
q drink2
Why. Msrshsll. is that your Mrs Per
rio exclaimed. as che rubbed the fcur
from her hands. OF course you msy '
have cup and then You and Tony must
have dinner With us.
We brought our lunch. Maggie 6xed
Us fne one, Marshal answered as he took
he cup.
Bat am going to have fried chicken,
The said.
Marshal turned and looked at Tommy to
Ice il his consent could be gained, but ~
Tommy wss at that moment intent on y
browing stone st . chipmunk that went 8
aiming away into the ssge bush.
And warm biscuit and jsm. This was y
Idded in tempting voice. ;, ;,
Again Msrshsl looked sppeslingly at v
Tommy. shook bis heau this time. and so :
lie answered with ssisb :
I'd like 10, but Tommy don't know you =
'ery well sn guess that's why he rather =
lot. I'm much obliged though. Good =
'ye. I'll bring the cup back IS We 60 y
lome.
The boys went Of little distance and !"
tie, till rot scrap Of bread, pie or cheese
emsined. Then began the search for "
tones and wild flowers, and teiore they "
new ii. they bad come right upon the !.
DOT OF . trail. -
/ say. March. let's explore little way y
p the trail go when we come with Ted ~
Is'll know something about It. ~
Both boys we're expert climbers and q
DON they bad made q hundred feet "
'lusbed with excitement ind full OF smbi VI
lon they forgot their promise, and press "
on and on. Higher and higher they h'
lin bad and 81 last Tommy exclaimed. &c w
Ny. bul thsts pretty -
Marshall paused to look. Below them 81
y the city 10 the midst Of fertile valley.
onder TO the north the Ogden River 10
ound ils way, like great silver cord. TO u
10 west To the south they could zee
uy freight train pulling its way along