Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-28
Chapter XvlI.-Continued,

Si,. cnl!,d out his name shrilly her face raised raccrlv to ihs mbhins light Not until honrs af,rrward was Geupvra tu r..Scui the nsr of her Chris tian name by the man m the clouds
 Rushing ovet she graspcd the knot. t"d end of the rope A glance and sinrie rug were sufficient Co convince her thai the other end was attached io support at inc top of the clin |, hung limp and heavy tifeless. sharp tug from above caused h to tremble violently in her hauds. She dropped it us If It were serpent Again she heard the shout. and this time she called out s question.
 'Ses." was the answer. far above. Gan you hear inr?' Greatly excited. she called back that she could heal aud understand I'm coming down the rope. i'ray for us but don't wor ". Please go inside until We land ip the garden. It's a long drop. you know"
 Are you quite sure is IL safeT" shr called. shuddrriug at ihe thought Q! the perilnus descent uf nearly 3OO feet sheet through the darkness
 "ltS safer than stopping here Please go Inside -
 She dully cun,prehendcd his mean ing He wanted to save her from see ing his fall in he event that the wors, should come to pass SCaWelJ know ing what she did she moved over into the shadow near the walls and waited reathlessly. all the time wondering why some uup did not come from the chateau to irud assistance,
 At last that portion Of the rope which lay in the garden began to jerk and writhe vigorously She knew then that he was coming down hand over hand through that long. dangerous stretch of darkness The cliif reared itself sheer to the height of 3Jo feet directly behind the chateau. Al the summit of tlIls great wall a shelving ledge projected over the hanging gar den. A rope. dangling from this ledge would fall into the garden not far from the edge nearest the clif. The summit of the cliff could be gained only by traversing the mountain slope from the other side. It was impossible to scale it from the floor of tue valley which it bounded
 The rope was undoubtedly attached to the trunk of sturdy tree at the brow of the cliff,
 She could lock no longer It seemed hours since he started from the top Every heart beat brought him nearer to safety. but would he hold outf Any instant might bring him crashing tc her feet--dead after all that he may have lived through during that awful night.
 At last she heard his heavy pantine -groaning almost-ih the creaking ant straining of the rope. the scraping oi his hands and body She opened hei eyes and saw the bulky. swayine shadow not twenty feet above th' garden Slowly 1t drew nearer tho grass covered floor. foot by foot strulnlng. struggling. gasping in ths final supreme effort. and then with { sudden rush the black mass collapsed the taut rope sprung loose the ent switching and lcaping violently,
 Genevra rushed frantically acros the garden. half fearful. half joyous As she came up the mass seemed tt divide itself into two parts. One sanl imply to the ground. the other stood erect for a second and then dropped beside the prostrate, gasping figure.
 Chase had come down the rope witl another human being cllnging to hi bodyl
 Genevra fell to her knees beside tn, man who had accomplished this mir acle. She grasped hls hands, warn and sticky with blood. She tried t lift his head from the ground, moan ing with pity all the time. uiterin, words of encouragement in his ear.
 Many minutes passed Al last Chas gave over gasping and began t breathe regularly, but heavily. Tn strain had been tremendous. Onl superhuman strength and will ha, carried him through the ordeal H groaacd with pain as the two besid him lifted him to sitting posture,
 .TeIl Selim to come ahead" h gasped. his bloody hand at his throat Were all rightr
 Then. for the first time, Genevr peered in the darkness at the hgur beside her--a slight. graceful woma in oriental garb The woman turne and lifted her face to the heights fror which she had descended. In shril eager voice she called out somethin In language strange to the princess A faint shout came from on high. an once more the rope began to writhe.
 The princess passed her hand owe her eyes. bewildered. The face of th woman in the light. half shaded. hal illumined. was gloriously beautiful young, dark. brilliant!
 "Oh"' she exclaimed. starting to he feet. look of understanding comin into her eyes. This was one of tn rersians,. He had saved her! A fee