The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-09-02
l,.n,r,uht. lpQl, by D Aprsaton 4 %. Naw York.
CHAPTER XXI.
LIVE A nIRD IN THE AIR.

<,p~s>s RATION sprnng tightly to
N V. the shore. and iiaiiag
" II suggestion Of a path np the
Cliff, clambored slowly oyer
the stones, until he stood on the mar
row shelf of rock at the foot Of the
tower. TIE threw his head far back
ana looked up along It's slanting sur
face The clouds had broken now, and
though the sky was sim adrift with
them racing before the wind, he could
zee, around the black edge Of the cren-
ellaied top, 4 star or two
As he gazed upward that peculiar OPP
teal delIsion which sel1es people who
lcoh up al the sheer pitch OF o lofty
building came upon hiin. 1t seemed
to him as though the castle were
swaying toward him, as though in an
other moment it might fab and crush
him lie lost AL sense Of tie consid-
cradle inclination Of the tower or ii
there were any variation from the
perpendicular; 1t seemed to him TO
olope back over his head, instead OF
away from him. 1t was an appalling
siett lie stood at gaze second or
two and looked straight before him,
This win never do he murmured.
IF hesitate longer / shall be lost"
He leaned his forehead against the
wall and closed his eyes, breathing
prayer at the same time, ana having
recovered his calnness thereby. he
slowly and cautiously began the as
cent. lie put his foog on the first pro-
jecting stone ana reached across the
rough surface until his fingers clutched
another juttins block, Then Inc swung
himself into tho cir
He looked neither up nor down, nor
sidewiae. but stared straight at the
wet stones in front Of him as ne mo-
nuton0usly ploddcd up. lie dared not
look elsewhere, In fact lie found the
angie between the tower ana the wa
presently and with infinite care he
made his way painfully upward, 0nce
be glanced quclAy above him. The
goal was miles away. yet it seemed
as IL he had been crawling up those
rocks for hours.
Once his foot slipped on q round
DAMP stone, ana II was only by a su-
pcrhmnan effort, aided by e little
larger protection which happened to
be under his right hand, that he kept
himself from falling but presently,
as he fearlslly MADE tho slow ascent,
his courage returned to him. lie for
cot the DANGER and began 10 feel him
self immune from it, England and
her Service came back TO him, Anne
sp"ang into bis mind. She was there,
perhaps, tahind that window, from
which The llaht streamed out into the
darkncss, waiting for MIN, drtamins
Of hiu, he should see her in a mo-
mont
The thoueht lont him wings he for
got The dizzy depths bql4 him, the
unscaltd heishta above lTim, he forgot
his imminent deadly peel he forgot
himself, isyfact However, he relaxed
noae Of Ms prccaution as he pain-
fully sformsd himself mp the face Of |
the tower with each step he was
drawing nearer to Anne, that was The
burden OF his thoughts.
FIRES, ntly his head struck the pro !
iccdoa a me foot Of the balcony sur
rounding The oriel window. Here wac
the mcst difficult part OF the ascent
hut be was fun OF confidence now a
tow more cautieus e1orts aud bis |
ltnos claspod The oopins Of Tie bali |
cany slowly. painfully, he drew him
sdf up. swung his feet over the wall !
and dropped softly Gown 20 the stone
floor.
ITO vac trembling under tho strain /
he had undergone; and until that mo- |
mont he had not realized what II had /
been: cold perspiratlon had broken out |
en- his forehead. his hands were bleed /