and glance into his face.

"What is it?" she questioned, with quick catching of breath, reading
that which she could not clearly interpret in his shocked expression.

"Nothing of consequence," and he faintly endeavored to smile. "I
suppose I must have been dreaming also, and most unpleasantly. No;
please do not look down; it would only cause your head to reel, and our
upward climb is not yet completed. Do you feel strong enough now to
make another attempt to reach the top?"

His quiet spirit of assured dominance seemed to command her obedience.
With a slight shudder she glanced doubtfully up the seemingly
inaccessible height.

"Can we?" she questioned helplessly.

"We can, simply because we must," and his white teeth shut together
firmly. "There is no possibility of retracing our steps downward, but
with the help of this daylight we surely ought to be able to discover
some path leading up."

He rose cautiously to his feet, pressing her more closely against the
face of the cliff, thus holding her in comparative safety while
preventing her from glancing back into the dizzy chasm. The most
difficult portion of their journey was apparently just before them,
consisting of a series of narrow ledges, so widely separated and
irregular as to require each to assist the other while passing from
point to point. Beyond these a slender cleft, bordered by gnarled
roots of low bushes, promised a somewhat easier and securer passage