And gazing upwards toward a jutting crag not ten rods beyond, he saw young Stoddard etched against the darkening sky.
n a few joyous steps, Professor Prescott had reached his audacious companion.
"Thank God!" he gasped. "I'd given you up for lost."
"Why give me up for anything so unpleasant?" was the genial reply. "I've just been enjoying the view."
"Then—then you reached the top?" with a quick intake of breath.
"Well, not exactly, but I feel on top of the world, just the same."
The professor's spirits fell.
"Then I can't see—"