" She started that stone down on me! " •' Oh, don't sav that! She could not be so wicked! " '• Yes, JacK, I saw her. She heard what i you were saving to me this afternoon. She , has not been the same since. Just hold out j a few seconds longer, and I can relieve you : of my weight." j " How? " I risked, eagerly. " Can you 1 clamber back? " There wts a silence for a few moments. Then she called again: " Jack." ' " Yes, darling." " Listen to me, Jack, and don't interrupt me." There was a passionate pleading in her voice that I had never heard before. " Don't think it unmaidenly in me to say this —it does not seem so, in the presence of death. I love you. Jack. I have loved you all the time, but I thought you loved Blanche or Evelyn. Until to-day I would have wel comed death, but now life is sweet to me. But, sweet as it is, I can willingly give it up for your Sake—to save you. I've gotten my knife from my pocket to cut the line that holds me. Then you and Evelyn can save Blanche. Think sometimes of me, dearest Jack, and now —good by. Tell mother and —" " No, no, Mabel, don't do that! It would kill me!" I frantically exclaimed. "I was joking. It's ail right now. I feel my strength coming back. Keep up your courage just a little longer, and it will be all right." Then I began to e;ill Evelyn. 1 soon heard her coining. I called to her to take off her shoes and hasten to my assistance. She soon got to me, pale and trembling. I told her to get my knife from my pocket, and to cut in the limestone with all her might, so that I could get a firm footing. While she was doing this, I called to Mlibel: "One minute longer, love, and it will be all right." | When Evelyn heard this she jumped up. and viciously said: " 1 can't cut this rock ! It's too hard. I know abetter plan." I could feel her reaching beyond me, towards the lines. " Sow, Jack, it'r. all right. You are safe," she said, as she raised up. 