The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-29
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don't believe I'm badly hurt. Mrs.
NcNh just shaken up aud
scratched Maybe I can SCI up
'Yon mustn't try. I'm run back
Tor help
I'm afraid d wouldn't be best 20
wait idol. It's pretty cod down
hrrc-simost freezing The best plan
Is 20 Try 90 reach the camp
lie spoke softly. with evident diffi
cluty, yet she Vas convinced at last
hc was not morially injured She
realised that life itself however.
might depend ON getting him az once
into camp. AZ least he must not be
left under thr snowhank 20 the
mercy of the cold
She took his hand and he tried 20
set 10 his feet Evidently the entire
mechanism of his central nervous
system had suffered from tho shock
% the fall and at first his muscles
refused "a respond " tho commands
Of his brain n was only with tho
girls help that he was able 20 set
90 hts knees Very slowly, unsteady.
pulling with hts own free hand on
the overnanging roots Of the gulch
from which the coil had been carried
by his Sliding body. and leaning on
Dorothy. he managed 10 stand crcct.
Ito PAUSED FOR breath and they
met each others eyes. The fact
that Pete had not been mortally IN.
iured did not mean that he was safe.
he could not walk unaided over tho
hills and across the harrens with
such strength as no now had. lie
could not wait Tor help 10 come from
the camp, hours would pass before
the natives returned from their hunt
ms. and hours more would be ~.
quired TO bring them here. even n
Dorothy could find tho way alone.
Safety depended upon the fighting
spirit. the coumge and fortitude. OF
ono person.
That one person was Dorothy. N
she did not set him 10 camp and
shelter, Il might easily mean that
cold and exposure would put out the
spark Of his life before the morning.
There was no further time for ter,
ror and vain tears. For ono Of the
few times In her life she had work
to do.
Encircllng him with her arm and
sustaining him agalns; her shoulder
she started away with him down the
creek and out Of the shadow OF the
snowhank. He was unsteady. fai.
tering. aud at first they could so
only at snairs pace. All the time
she encouraged him with her words
and her voice. and most Of all by the
pressure OF her hand And soon
they we're from under the snow roof
and were seeking path up the steep
wall OF the gully.
without n word from Pete abe
continued on down the ravine until
she found an old game trail that per
mitied fairly easy egress. This had
been part OF the guides own teach
ing In their many excursions into
the wild. The narrow. brown trail.
Ing path up the hillside was quite
eteep. but al least u WIS way
thru the brush and offered them
the greatest margin OF safety slowly.
Iaboriousiy. resting every few PAGES.
they reached the crest.
The fight was no, only TO sur
mount the grade. She also had to
guard against a lapse into nucon.
sciousuess on the part Of the injured
man. the results OF which would
have been TO throw all OF his deae
weight against her and hurl them
both down the steep grade in peril.