Almost at his elbow ran a crevasse in the rock, deep and narrow.

It was but an instant's work to jam the pole into this crevasse, and the white flag was fluttering to the breeze.

He was certain it would be days before the winds could whip it to shreds.
A feeling of helplessness and dismay came over him as he gave thought to the descent.

In his eagerness to begin the hazardous attempt, he almost forgot the chief object of his climb to the top--the survey of the surrounding country.

As far as he could see there stretched the carpet of forest land, the streak of beach and the expanse of water.