Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-20

snow. she seemed to De lying along
with fearful velocity. and alarmed lest
she should lose entire control Of her.
self. sz,e dug her heels In the crust
lost her balance In SO doing, and
fell backward upon the snow. She
sat up and was about to regain her
feet. when she discovered that the
canon's sheer walls were sliding up.
hill!
The sight made her dizzy. She
closed her eyes to shut out the ur.
natural spectacle. only to feel be.
meath her an undulating movement of
the snow pack.
Then it dawned upon Anne that the
huge drift Of snow had been started
from It's bed by the storm. She open.
ell her eyes and screamed with ter.
RI" ~ ructher iiunderbolt crashed
overhead. II seemed to rock the very
mountainside and give fresh impetus
H. me avalanche.
Anne staggered TO her feet. i'm.
PEELED By a wild desire to seek safety
in flight. She took but half q dozen
steps when the careening mass up.
set her. rolling her over and over In
the rumpled, broken drifts. She was
almost smothered, terribly frightened
and when she felt herself dashed
against the projecting limbs OF .
tree and wedged roughly among the
thick branches, she nearly lost con.
seriousness. But with fierce tenacity
I ,t 80 ~ 0pkt ~ a
boughs while the avalanche doomed
past with q roar that drowned even
the peals Of thunder.
The pine-.ree. in the top Of which
she had been lodged. stood near the
side OF the gorge. and luckily escaped
the full force Of the snowslide. But
every vestige OF branch. save the
topmost cluster, was sheared of
by the grinding mass Of snow, Ice
and debris.
Anne was too badly scared to notice
this. too dazed to move q muscle.
She had miraculously escaped awful
death from the crushing avalanche.
yet she was far from being assured
~ her safety, perched as she was.
high above the bed OF the canon.
The storm. too. followed furiously
In the devastated path Of the snow
slide. The wind swayed and rocked
the towering pine A long branch
that had been missed by the ava
lanche was torn from the tree trunk
and hurled far down the ravine.
Tho rain fell In sheets. soaking poo
Anne to the skin. Through It all she
kept her arms locked about the tree
trunk The thunder grew less heavy
From her elevated position Anne saw
the black storm.clouds sweeping pas
the camping.grounds. For momen
: she forgot her own plight In think
ing Of the danger OF her companions
then she shivered with cold as bias
Of wind gave the big pine farewell
twist.
, The storm had spent It's short
D fierce career. The rays OF the sui
0 penetrated q rift In the clouds. Clos
4 to the horizon was this rift, but tn
9 welcome sunshine was none the les
a comforting to the cold, marooned gir
At camp they were greatly wOrrie
b when the storm-clouds broke owe
y Rock Lake. The dull roar OF tn
k snowslide caused a panic among tn
!. women. II sent the men post-hast
F. to md Anne.
d When they had gone halfway acros
i the meadow, they saw Rags, We
. bruised and running on three legs. H
Q was coming over the shortcut rout
g and yelping ut every limping step.
Il The men were sick at heart Roun
n ing the shoulder Of the mountain. the
.. cut of their view OF the gorge. the
9 say mass Of snow, earth and VI
" rooted trees scattered over the moul
/. tainside.
e, do you suppose she started HON
N that way?"asked Tom Sanders.
st IL hope not. Why. oh, why d
not 90 with her!" moaned Ellio
Is Noxon.
II A faint halloo seemed to echo tn
q plant. IT was repeated with mo,
emphasis. ...',o ,'sv a~,..'.
% In a very few moments Anne
n. whereabouts were discovered by Il
d. astonished searchers.
ss swell, Of all things. Anne! I
q. tell us how you ever got up in tn
ut tree!" shouted ELLIOT Noxon.
ID "Oh, I can tell you that. Elliott
b. came the somewhat hysterical repl
Mt III you will first tell me how ] .
's ever to get down."
10 It did appear to be a dificult pro
It. lem to solve. The pines big. smoo
ht bole scared up sixty feet, with new
In branch for a foothold. The po
Of the canon was a ragged bed
boulders. A fall from the tree mea
". death.
III We could get a rope up to 20
v. Anne" suggested Elliott.
IN. III? Why. We must!" asserted tt
Sanders.
is 20 boys, I have IT," cried the 81
Id with sudden cheerfulness.
re From the pocket OF her fishing JAG
up ct she produced her reel. with
* one hundred and nifty feet of oil
Cd silk line. She fished lead sinh
ell out OF the same pocket. attached
to the line and then began careful
! unreeling.
We run for the pioket.ropes, son
to body" shouted Elliott Noxon.