Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-03-22
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ing his ips. How'd you get here ?
he inquired somewhat uncertainty.
AT rhe end of rope. my SON
the way you're going back" said
Harvey. Finish that! 1t wouldn't
hurt a fly. And let's get out before
we have another of those damn
shower baths!"
T;gsie Obeyed with docility while
Harvey made some adjustment of the
spiders web to which he was at
| tached.
Come along!" he said then. you
get into thisi No, you silly ass. that
gadgets meant for your legs. See
| There, that's better. You can pro-
tect yourself with your hands as you
go up. What? Yes-yes. ! shall
follow. you bet. They'll pun you up
first. then me-"
'But-I say :" objected Tiggie.
He had been hauled 10 his feet by
the energetic Harvey, and he stood
sWaying as though his legs were
mere props and unreliable at that.
Whats it all for? I'd just as soon
stay here. There's no one to care"
mo one to care? Oh, you sublime
IDIOT" said Harvey. "And she
breaking her heart for you over
therel D'you suppose I'd have
taken this trouble il she wasn'tg'
This was question which .Tiggie
found himself quite unable to an-
swer. He felt that in somef way
Harvey had the advantage over him,
and that all that was left for him
to do was TO submit to being pushed
into place and generally stage
managed by his officious friend.
He abandoned further argument
therefore and accepted the role of
subordinate without further inquiry.
His lengthy sojourn on that wave
swept rock had not improved the
state Of his wits, and after all once
a fool always a fool. He deter
mined then and there that it would
be waste of time ever to attempt to
be anything else.
During his transit from the bottom
Of the cliff to the top, however, his
reasoning powers began to return to
him. and he decided that it was a
mode of travel that held no appeal
whatever for him. That Harvey
should have undertaken the double
journey for his sake was an amaz-
ing circumstance that marked him
as being apart. AS he viewed at
length the anxious faces of Joe
Penny and his son and two others,
who had accompanied them on their
errand of mercy, he realized that it
had been task of considerable diff
Guilty and danger, and it was with
unspeakable relief that he saw Har-
vey also at length hauled to safety.
1t was only then that the fact of his
own deliverance actually dawned
upon him, and he remembered with
shiver how near he had been to
rolling over into the deep water be-
low his prison rock.
But Harvey gave him no time for
these reflections. He himself had
had more than enough of the ad-
venture and his main idea was to
bring it to a close as quickly as
possible. Before Tiggie had time to
make any acknowledgements, he
found himself seized by the arm and
started off at jog-trot over the
downs for Farne.
n was perhaps the best treatment
that he could have devised, and one
which restored Tiggie to himself
more quickly than any less drastic
remedy. Before they had covered
half the distance, he had fully re-
covered his normal state OF mind
and declared that a hot bath and q
meal were all he needed to put him
right.
Harvey agreed, but grimly added
And after that, you'll have to so
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