The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-23
-:- OUR DAILY SHORT STORY

| was the sunlight on the masses of her hair, the quick glow of color in her cheeks ,the delight in her eyes as she looked at the distant glory of the can on walls.
 Finally. her gaze wandered to the guide. as his work brought him close beside her and again the troubled look came to her eyes.
 Do you know" she said, abruptly, you have a resemblance to some one l used to know that Is startling" | The guide strengthened himself and looked at her keenly. "Ts that so?" he said in his quiet way. Without knowing why, she added. Tt was someone who was very dear to me-"
 And now" said the guide, tentative [ There is no now" said Penelope. rising and walking toward the edge of the plateau.
 The guide watched her anxiously. Not too near the edge. please. he called.
 Penelope did not answer. Far. far below. curled the silver line that was the river. Then up and lip. chaos of color in the rock masses. And silence; silence so intense that, though every sense was keen to catch the brilliancy of the canon coloring, Penelope stood counting hey own heart beats. She leaned over little to look at the ledge below her.
 And then. the thing happened! A sudden vertigo. a hoarse cry. from be- hind her. a sense of endless falling. then unconsciousness.
 After ages of nothingness. she opened her eyes. Far above, the sky with q glory of sun and snow. grandeur of distant peaks and far horizon. Then a sense of pain and with it a mans voice calling:
 Penelope! Peneloper' and above the brush-grown ledge on which she lay, a man s faco looking down upon her.
 Here am! I'm all right~ she call ed back. weakly.
 "will you lie perfectly still, while I get the roper" called the guide. For Heavens sake don't novel" and the face disappeared, leaving Penelope alone with the blue above and the far circ- ling of an eagle about the crags.
 Then a rope with a carefully ad- justed slip moose dangled beside her. Can you put 1t over your head and under your arms" the guide called For my sake, Penelope. he careful. And look up at me all the time. Don't look down Into the canon."
 Too bruised and shaken to be sur prised, Penelope took the moose with trembling fingers, and tried to disen- tangle herself from the brush which had broken her fall. SLOWLY. men by men. with pain at every motion. she raised herself to sitting position. then little by little adjusted the moose under her arms to the guides satisfaction.
 Now" he called. I'm going to lower your staff to you and you must keep yourself from brushing the wall by means of 1t as l pull you up"
 The fear and misery of that trip back to the plateau Penelope was never to forget The rope cut into her chest until she would have tainted with the pain had not the difficulty of warding herself from the wall with her Alpine stock forced her to keep her senses alert. Now. with a quick jerk she was pulled upward for a few feet: then a pause. while the rope twisted her dig zily. with now a view of the serenity of the opposite canon wall in the af- ternoon sun. now the yellow dampness of stone within an inch of her face, then another violent jerk upward.
 AS she paused within foot or so Of inc plateau level she closed her eyes and dropped her staff. Then a pair of arms lifted her slowly ,tenderly and laid her on tho ground. then carefully removed the rope. .,-..
 Penelope opened her eyes. Dick. she said heEitating Dick" Are you hurt" asked the guide un- heedin Ely. What shall l do? Shall ! go after vour sister7'
 "I think there are no bones broken, said Penelope. weakly. T am only terribly bruised and shaken. How