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202 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SAM. realize it, she found herself by the side of her rescuer, hid- den away among the boughs. He at once loosened the line and said: | | : “Climb up as far as you kin above my mug, miss,” and as she obeyed him, with quivering limbs, he dropped the line again. | But, just as Fayaway was about to appropriate it, another squaw, who had been wandering through the grove, ran up to her, seized her by the arm, and began to cackle like an old hen. But, with admirable pluck and coolness, the girl suddenly sprang upon her breast, bearing her to the ground, and be- fore she cuuld make an outcry, Fayaway drew a dagger from her breast and sheathed it in her heart. ‘There was a slight, silent quivering of the form, and then all was silent. Springing to her feet, and flinging a glance around, the girl saw that no alarm had been given. ‘The next instant she had returned her poniard to its place of concealment, leaped into the noose, and was drawn into the tree. “By crimminy! but you’re a brick, and J allers said it,” said the hunter, gazing at her admiringly, as he loosened the noose and returned it to his belt. “Now, listen to me, leetle gal. ‘lhey’'re going to haul me up inter the gas-bag, an’ I must kerry up the young leddy with me. You kin foller well enough, fur I’ve seen you climb like a squirrel.” She nodded. | | “Wall, just kerry that ere frog-sticker atwixt yer teeth fur to fight off the wild-cats, an’ don’t be afeared.” She nodded again. He gave the rope that connected him with the balloon a jerk, and they immediately began to ma- terlally aid his ascent by vigorous drawing. When he reached Miss Mollie’s position, he took her in his arms—or, rather, she fell into them, for she was already in an almost fainting condition, and then the ascent was renewed, though, obviously, more laboriously than before, Fayaway clamber- ing nimbly at their heels. Perhaps for the reason that their augmented number ap- peared more formidable, or from some other cause, the wild- cats proved shyer than before, and, though keeping up an ~ infernal squalling, made no direct attack. Just as they reached the topmost branches, a great tumult of whoops and shouts below apprised them that the escape had been discovered, most likely from the discovery of the C (2) micbooks CO nN