7/56 Hear him! He's opened up! Hi! Hi! Hi!" The deep, full mellow bay of the hound came ringing on the clear air. Frank and I will climb out on that pointed crag. Then we'll have the slide between us. Listen and watch!" From my promontory I watched Wallace go down with his gigantic strides, sending the rocks rolling and cracking; and then I saw Jones and Frank crawl out to the end of a crumbling ruin of yellow wall which threatened to go splintering and thundering down into the abyss. My position afforded a commanding view over a hundred miles of the noblest and most sublime work of nature. |