The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-15
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1t occurred on peak of the jung
frau, which is perhaps vague for ear
nest inquirers who want to know the
exact spot, time and quality of rope;
but as am about to relate some hith-
erto unrecorded facts connected with
the incident this vagueness may NO.
be without its charm. If Prof. Abra-
ham *. Greystone had not slipped
while Pierre was steadying him on
a hideously knife-like arrete and sent
us spinning across an ice-polished in
cline, bounced on all sides by fog, it
would have happened all the same.
At the moment l bore no malice, and
this magnanimity was not lessened by
a sudden, significant slackening of
what threatened to become an I'M
pleasantly strained relation-the rope
had parted and Pierre vanished, ap-
parently guiding the professor to
speedy solution of the boss riddle of
humanity.
Lie strictly on your side along the
outside edge of sofa. imagine the
floor modest three or four thousand
feet away-la distance my fait rien-
and you will comprehend my bodily
position. My mental attitude was one
of suspended judgment. A little way
the blue, snow-hecked. fiattened curve
of Ice and rock went up. then nebu-
lous infinity, and beyond infinity. If
you allow the expression. star 1t
was the first time mans absolute
nothingness in the face of creation
came home to me, and, although the
result was sublimity. l could have
wished that the visit had been re-
served for less crowded spoch. The
next thing that crossed the thresh-
old of my consciousness was steady
draw" on the rope from behind;
some one was dragging me upward.
1 seconded the humane effort.
Steady" said Miss Greystone's voice
in my ear: Keep your eyes skinned.
Drink Pops bound to come out right
Side up"
After pull at the brandy as strenu-
GUS as the lady's at the rope looked
round. Florrie and / were clinging
like woodpeckers on an angular ledge
OF twisted rock formed aeons ago, ap-
parently in sympathetic forethought
for our plight. From Miss Grey
stones waist the cord ran taut to
ridge. A face showed there suddenly,
dim in the shifting fog. It was Leroy;
there was another at his shoulder
thinner
After the wittiest conversation ever
held, II brevity be the soul of wit,
We found ourselves IN comparative
safety again. Hans. our second guide,
examined the frayed end of rope trail
ing from me and uttered furious
oath. then he tried the spaces between
US. When he reached that between
Miss Greystore and Leroy he appear
ed about to surpass himself. but his
voice died in a 1ong-drawn ."Ach!"
stunned by bludgeon blow of amaze
ment. said to myself that Zimmer's
strange foreboding had been speedily
realized, and was edging near him to
restore the packet he had privately
asked me to carry on our return jour-
ney when l was presented with pure
ly personal surprise-the muzzle of a
revolver. Under the most favorable
circumstances the view could not be
described as extensive, and yet there
was more than enough of it. OF
course, l did the regulation thing.
Capt. Henry Dozer. l arrest you,"
said Leroy in cold sharp English.
What do you mean, Leroy?" said.
He made a statement l venture to
suppress. No pastry cook ever
showed a whittier face than Jones did:
thinner turned green.
IF you are detective. what is the
charger" demanded Miss Greystone
Forgery of bank notes and caus-
ing the death of two persons by cut
ting that rope" replied Leroy
~'I don't believe it," cried Florrie;
its mean of you. Ben. The idea! He
never touched the rope. and it's got
to be proved that pop and the noun
taineer are dead"
You may put down your hands,"
continued Leroy. unheeding. "Ah,
would Hold him, gentlemen"
In a moment was secured. for peo-
pie do not indulge in frantic struggles
on a mountain slope tilted at an angle
of thirty with nothing, and Leroy
quietly drew from my pocket the iden-
teal packet thinner had given me.
He felt, opened 1t, and laughed. Just
as l expected" he remarked. plates
and ALL" l spluttered an explanation;
- H. ~kk
thin," was the comment, but you can
reserve your defense. Get that rope