The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-05

Monk'x arms had BEGAN 70 struggle
wl6ly. Tie camera men and dI.
rectors who were stationed AZ the
foot ot the ellr also began to shout
and point
Puzzled. we sat stln and
watched. conscious of feeling thar
something had gone wrong And
tAen above the roar o. sound We
caught a word or ,W0 so. guessed
What had happened
II was Dlppcr's fault DlppeT
had failed 10 tell Mouk ttag before
beginning his descent of the cliff he
was supposed 10 substitute the
leadlnE lady. whom De was rescu-
.uE. Tor q dummy. And II the dlrec-
tors had mentioned the substitution
10 Monk. be- had. under the excite.
mcnt of the moment. overlooked the
fact
lie was making that perilous de-
scent sith q llve girl In his arms,
unsuspectinE thar sooner or later It
was inevitable that the precarious
holds which the cllT offered. give
way. and be plunge into the river
below.
Things looked bad. worse be-
cause there was nov no stopping
him
"powu be- came. inches al time.
EreathleHs8y we watched. doubtful.
rcgrc;ful. afraid
And then suddenly Il happened
Monk had reached a point midway
down the clify and had paused The
girl In his arms was quiet now.
probably having tainted We saw
him clutch frautlcally at m out
growing bush. saw the bush trem-
bic. saW Monk reach for another.
fan. saw him sway outward
elutchinE vildIy az the crumbiing
earth. saw him plunge into space.
stlli gripping the girl: saw his body
turn over once and come hurtling
down tosard The river.
I'VE were un our feet. waiting FOR
them 20 Gene 20 the surface. skcp-
teal about their fate Alone. with
our help. Monk might have been
saved. Bu, wltb the girl on his
hands. 8, was different We knew
he wouldn't think twice about him
SELF when the Eirl was In danger
Suddenly two heads b0bbed
above the surface. Monk shook the
water from his eyes. reached out
and grabbed the girl aud began
swimming toward the opposite
shore away from Us We shouted
Tor him "a turn. bot moment later
realized he'd used his head The
current on our side would have
swept them into the rapids
~It looked Ike a losing Gghi even
AZ that The current was swift, the
girl vas dead weight Bui Monk
was not only fghtlBg 10 save him.
self and the giri from death. he was
Gghunw Tor bis vanity
Just bow be accomplished the
feat only Monk can tell And In
the telling be viii leave nothing Tor
the Imagination Tor any doubt as
% his own herolsn We have heard
the tale a hundred times since. and
can DO naught bnt listen and con.
demn pipper for thinking up such
q fool idea
For Monk not only reached the
opposite bank and saved the girl.
but the cameras caught every move
of the rescue Every detail of the
adventure vas recorded by the ma.
chimes. And the alm later proved
10 contain more realism than the a.
rector had ever dreamed about.
Monk was pronounced a hero.
given bonus ln addition 10 the
promised reward. and offered a con.
tract 10 stunt for the company dur.
Ink the summer.
But. In spite Of everything.
Monk returns to the Barrow's camp
each fan Tor the winters cutting.
and 10 entertain ns with stories og
bis exaggerated experiences. or
course. We haven't told him how our
plan 10 cure him Of his loquacio,s-
ness went haywlre. He'd never be.
lieye us. after what happened.