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Show FAlTIIDJXON'SIiAimKR The weather waa warm even for the tlret of May. and the soow est the moantala-eM waa nn-liiag rapMly The ranyona anil forges wsjrt wild nnrtilng torrent roaring and tnmbllng down to the attnn plain bHow, where i hey became tmaajoii rlvere but all were river, even the mtle bfsoka, rendered m by ike rerent rein and thaw. lr up the mountain side naallnl n dot of a bona, gad In It doer way tlil pleasant afternoon 'toad young woman with a baby in her inrrt. She appeared to be anxlonaly looking look-ing for aom oM who mme not, for, presently, ah dnspptered In tb hotMe, only to rarnrn t the door with a bonnet on htr head and a rttawt wrapped about Hie baby W must go and see if w cannot rind papa Illy, darling He nevar slays away from lit dlnnrr unleaa he I detained by something iinutiMt.1 She was a alrong younx laaa, neeua-lometl neeua-lometl to the mountains nil her lite, to their dangere and pitfalls well hi their nigged side, ami hi r atepa. oven Incumbered wllh the plump youngster, ere light and free. I'altli Dixon wna a brutr girl naturally, natur-ally, but ahtt bad never supposed herself her-self lo be a heroine, or was conation nf all the strength the possessed when ronfrnnt! with great peril liagerly she preaetl forwaid around the mountain-aide, win re ahe know her husband had been at work endeavoring en-deavoring to turn the rourie ot a reckless mountain stream n Utile away from hla few acre of tlllablo land When ahe reached the place where her husband had been at work, ahe found hla tools, and eten hla old Jean eo.it lay near them, but no I'erry him-elf him-elf was In eight. Knllh looked about her with wildly-beating wildly-beating heart, and lifted her strong, clear voice In a loud rail I'erry!. Oh, Perry!' No ansirerl What rmild It mean? WhAt bad heonme of bar huabandT 8ke turned her eteps now further np the mountain, where near her. the gorge wa deeper, and the water daeketl along more Bernly On. nn ahe pressed clinging In bowlder awl viae for support. Utile Hay In her arms enJolng It all In baby delight, giving forth now and then a Joywm Utile eon the had gone In where the mountain stream awept In through the narrow ranyon walla, and Its roar wa almost deafening Here ahe paused and peered down TUMHI-KD OVIlll, It stiles, only to give forth a startled, horrified cry, for there, on a narrow ledge many feet below her, lay her husband! "Perry. Perry!" she eobbetl 'Oh are you dead!' Hut even aa she apflke ho moved turned hla head and railed hi fare, over which the blood wa flowing freely free-ly "Kullhl" he eallrd, "I'allh love, la that ouT I thought im would comol I missed my footing and fell over the wall, fortunately I lodged here I m only bruised and my head rut a little but the wuler U rlslug gradually, and before many houra will sweep nn away If ou don't rind n rope' ' Oh, Perry, what tell me ' 'On home! Thero arc ropta lu Hip stable and on the beds, bring any thing you can find" "Yes, I will; don't toe heart I II be back In trn minutes Hut even aa alio spoke she thought of her baby tond how hi would Imp,!, her progre. "I'll have to leave .ni darling n I I'm no afraid; but jour father m, demand It." She carried Hay away some ,, Unco, where a bush grew I'miir thla she plural hlin "rsi lying in-chubby in-chubby ankle with oin- apron strlni. while wllh tho oilier ilm made it fi to the buth, 'tlixl keep my bah) boy!" ), breathed, at eh dasbtd uway The water wne slowly U ,ur, i, nearlng tho wor, prisoned father li, watched II as It crept up imh b (ih "It will reach me lu less than un hour, aud If I'allh should not gPt hack or meet with an aciid, m vn nlt la aweeter a danger appraathee ami she may b In time I wonder if kh took Iwby wllh her Pooi Palih mv dear Utile wltol" In tho meantime seven mou ; nay had mieasd his msmnm ,. n, covered that he wa fast nd ,M n a lusty squall. Hut a the equall did nm ttll, ,0 mend waiters, he bgn u u ,, ,1, upron-atrlng UI all his iu u muh until the many khk. aud i it , rot tho frail strip ot cll i t ., . ' free. lie proceeded to t i h, . mountain-side. I ,' to And tie wa really maeMr nt hlntaair Oa be went, of a truth vary slowly, and with no cad of slips backward and lib-wise but upward nd onward j im-nheleas. until the Infant moun-i moun-i i iineer found blmself upon the vary n'reme edge of that awful pratlple I wr which hla father had Mian Dab' dah'' chirruped Ray. and hla I our father fancying he hoard eome-ililng eome-ililng glanced upward only to give funh a low gasp of horror at sight of that sweet. Infantile fact, wall daubed with yellow clay. It I true but very aw-et to the distracted father. Oo back, baby ! ' he ihotitod. "Oo b-i k' Ob my Ood' Where la PnltbT Thi water I almost at my feat nd bniiv Oh must hi life ba aaerlAead ali' Dah dah" leneated Hay, and J net then his mother a volte, raltetl Into a lei i tiled shriek M she discovered whire he was fell upon hla ear. Ile lurmil his mud-daubed, rosy fore toward to-ward her chirruped a gay cry of delight de-light and tumbled over the ennyon'a wall' I'allh never knew how she dragged herself lo ibe spot and looked down upon that whhh she felt must be death to her child at least. At Unit she could see nothing The ledge whereon her husband had been wa almost loierstl with water. "Dead1 she moaned "both dead! Oh, how i u I bear It? Too lalel los latel Then she fancied slip heard a voice. a faint call and looking closer In that mad whirl of waters, sho beheld Perry Per-ry clinging lu the lower end of the ledge an! yes with something In hit arms! "Make the rnpea taut quickly, wlfey!' h allot. ' I cannot cling hero very mant minute" There wn a bush, n hardy one and alrong, quite near In this I'allh tied tlie ladder 'hi- had conatructed on her way up Ho- mountain, and. with n prayer to I. ml flung It oer the wall and guided li wllh her own handa until un-til It swung near her fast weakening and nearly fainting husband lie looked up and saw not n mere dangling, frail rope aa ho had expected, ex-pected, that he would havo had great dimculty In rllmblng, and perhaps could not hate climbed nt all Incumbered Incum-bered as he now wa with the baby, but a real ladder rudely constructed, but with knots and strap here and thers! Wondering how Pallh could havo done It, he seised It and liegnn slowly In drag himself up up, feeling a strange dlialneo reeplng over him, but not only bis life, hut porhnp hit child's, depended upon hi reaching solid earth nrnc more On, nn. slowly, slowly, far poor, little, lit-tle, limp Hay hung like n lump of lend on bis arm, but at lust ho felt Faith' strong, young irms scire him nnd pull him over the dangerous edgo of the cunyon and bo wa saved! "My baby! oh. my baby! Is hs dead' moaned the poor mother "I don't know. I caught hlui a he fell by hi skirts, and It threw me off my balance and I tumbled Into the torrent but managed lo grasp the rocks Ah, he's all right, except the shock and Jar! There! ho' coming round wlfey thank Qodl" The baby opened hla awettt eye, and seeing hU mother weeping. Joined In with a lusty squall for company. "lint the rope." said Perry, when he could speak calmly; "I don't see how you managed." "Oh, I did It on my way back. It detained me a little, but grandfather waa a sea captain, you know, and ha used to teach na children all about rope and ladder, nnd and I feared you could not get up If I did not make It eay" "You saved my life and Ituy'a, anl I guess my awn little wife I a real heroine, though neither she nor I knew It before." |