Part 3 (1/2)
”Hold on, Sa? The cliff is over in that direction!” he yelled suddenly
”I--I know it!” ca answer ”But I can't stop myself!”
”He can't stop himself!” repeated Dora
”Oh, stop hio of the line!” shouted dick ”Don't go any closer to the cliff!”
”I--I can't let go! The line is fast aroundme like a knife!”
”He's in a o over the cliff, as sure as he's born!”
”Throw yourself doent on dick, and, leaving his kite in Hans Mueller's care, he ran after his brother
By this tirew but a dozen feet away froe of the cliff, that at this point was nearly forty feet in height With his right hand held a painful prisoner, he clutched at the bushes with his left
”I've got the bushes, but I can't hold on long!” he panted, as dick came close ”Help me, quick!”
Scarcely had the words left his mouth when the bushes came up by the roots and poor Sa puff of wind, and he was dragged to the very edge of the rocky ledge!
”I'hty leap, dick caught hi!” cried the older brother ”If you don't you'll be killed!”
”Save o over!”
”I'll do ri to the scene Dora Stanhope followed, and as she came up she pulled a tiny penknife from her pocket
”Can't I cut the line with this?” she asked, timidly, as she pushed her way to dick's side
”Yes, Yes; cut it!” moaned Sa low, Dora saay at the kite line, which was as taut as a string on a bass fiddle Suddenly there was a loud snap and the cord parted Sae of the cliff, while the entangled kites soared away for parts unknown
”Thank Heaven you cut the line, Dora!” said dick, as the first to recover from the excite like a leaf, and he hastened to her support, but she pushed hiht, dick,” she said ”Go care for poor Sa! Oh, how dreadful!”
”Here is my handkerchief; he had better bind it up with that,”
said Grace Laning, as she offered the article
”We'll wash the wound first,” put in Frank, and raced off for some water Soon he returned with his stiff hat full, and the cut on Sairls, who then bound it up with the skill of a hospital surgeon
The kite-flying continued for the balance of the afternoon But Sa with To the lake front with Dora Stanhope and Grace and Nellie Of course both boys and girls talked a whole lot of nonsense, yet all enjoyed the walk very much
”This is the spot where they abducted me,” shi+vered Dora, as they came to the old boathouse ”Oh, what a dreadful time that was, to be sure!”