The Son Of Monte Cristo Part 25 (1/2)
The voice came from a man, but how did anyall the tie!”
Suddenly his hands ceased to clutch the rocks, and he dropped The water rose to his knees, but te
The voice that had shouted for assistance was groeaker But Fanfar, for he it was, soon found the Marquis, but just as he had succeeded in reaching hi hand grasped his arm and drew him up, but the burthen was heavy, for the Marquis was unconscious Slowly, very slowly, Fanfar raised his load and himself, and finally sank upon the turf above, nearly as unconscious as the Marquis
Fortunately, a small lantern, which Fanfar wore at his belt, was not broken; he lighted it and examined the face of the reat This is the brother of the ed a woht, and that woman was the sister of Simon's wife, and this man, as then the Vicoereues
This man is your father! Does Fanfar know all this? Not he!
The Marquis opens his eyes, he sees Fanfar in the darkness
”You have saved me!” he murmured
”Can you stand? Can you walk?” asked Fanfar
The Marquis struggled to his feet, but uttered a cry of pain
”Are you hurt?”
”I think not, but I seeth left”
”Wait!” said Fanfar
He went to the side of the rock, and examined it with his lantern He uttered a joyous exclamation
”Most men,” he said to himself, ”would find this rock impracticable, but Fanfar can do it”
He returned to the Marquis
”Put your arms about my neck,” he said, ”and trust to ain by this burthen, clioats They reached the top in safety, there they found Irene's horse
”I a to take you on the saddle with hboring village for a physician, and returning I aht me in this direction”
He assisted the Marquis to the saddle, and that his hands ht be free requested the Marquis to hold the lantern
He did so, and, with instinctive curiosity, flashed the light into the face of his preserver He started back, for he saw before hiereues He ue, and just as Fanfar was about to leap into the saddle, the Marquis pressed the animal with his knee, and the animal was off like the wind Fanfar believed that the horse had ran away
”I hope he will get to the inn in safety,” said Fanfar, anxiously ”I et back on foot, it seems!”
CHAPTER XX