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blue ice. For a niome:it all was da/!-; as n i^ h t; and wiser, thf: rush
had passed, m any o f Lhc bravo flk ow s who h;:d been sLmdiiU; oi: the
path were newhere to be seen, T hey had hecn carnet! down lhc
precipice, ill id either hided er buried alive in the srmw.
But the first thou gh t f !:hdr cern -.d cs w;i.> out !br them. W hen it
was seen what happened, one cry i-.rose irein every month ;
,lW iicrt's ei:r Pierre? W here's our ditde ererin ier? ' ”
\\ here, ir.deoL'l? 1 k- which v. ay 1:lie:v would, noU’ iny; u-m;, to b<.:
sljou o f their poor little favorite, and when they .shouted his narco L heir:
was no Li liquor, Then there brok e forth a l or dl.de cry o f :;th:f, ;-n n 1
m ;:.ny hard old soldiers who h;:d luohed withm-t lliindiin-' at a lintj of
leveled muskets, felt the tears start into LJi-..::r eyes at the thought that
the bright face ■■■. on Id :i or be ‘iC:; n oniony them again. I!. i i L nil at
once, far below theiTi, out oi ihe .shadow of the black Lmkr.own eLilf
■ 7 i >
that lay between diose tremendous ro^ks, arosLj the f;:iut rol? o f adrm n,
beating the charge. T h e so’.diers .started and bent eagerly forward le
listen ; then l;o went a .diout tba'. /dm ok the eir :
" H e's alive, com -ados ! our H crro's fdiy-j a ll^r all J ”
a A n d beating his di'urii still, iik-o- a brave Jed 1 H e wanted l.o ha vs.'
the old music to the :ad ! "
' fE:it we must save him, .ads, or he'll freest: to death do'.vn there
H e Din sit b o .saved I "
“ H e shall b e ! ” bo-'kc in a dee:) voice behind, and the Geneva) hi;i:-
self was set'n standing on "die brink of the precipice, throwing off his
cloak.
' : N o , r. o, G oi l era), : c ri ed the grei l a di e rs, wi d 1 o ne vo i ee ; 11 yo 11
■ r-ustnd run such a risk as that., j .til. one f:l ms instead ; vov.r hfu
is worth more than ad ours put together.'1
11 M y so I di c r.s a re m y c 1:1 d re a ,: 1 s; y i d M l i cd o l j a I d ; ■ u i :.■ tl v , ‘ ' a u ri n o
father gntdges his ov/n li:i.' to save Ins so n ."
T3ie soldiers knew licit:.::- limit to make any more objections. They
obeyed in silcnce, and the General wim hoo:] swinging in irid-ab-,—
down, down, tid lie vanished at ins: in the do.rkness of the cold, hiach
depth below