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ack and forth like a feather while large chunks of ice shot against her face with sufficient force to lacera

t went dead. What was happening to Joan? Would it be possible that she could st

ee her. Then he realized how puerile his thoughts were. If he c

rd storms, and they held notwithstanding the fact th

arachute. Frequently the umbrella tilted and he thought that it would turn inside out but his weight held it down in proper shape, and he raced onward. Suddenly a mountain of snow and ice shot up in front of him. He was on the peak so quickly that he had

n far before he discovered that the mountain sheered off at this point with a deep precipitous cliff. This

d him spasmodically. He recovered his surprise instantly, and in turn threw his arms around Joan in order that they should not be separated. The two parachutes had

when she discovered the situation,

tened, but was taking he

r the top of the mountains and were falling on the opposite side, and the mountains shut off the wind. As they fell

ard slackened materially, and they began to descend faster. Epworth felt as if he wanted to guide the things that were holding them up to a soft spot-if

omfort. They would land together; they would meet the same fate

d down, and discovered that they were falling into a valley several miles long protected by four immense peaks. As they descended

he sky with a sheet of snow; looking down he

ully, sweet hope springing up in his hear

her eyes a

he gasped. "This is

rugged mountains she blanched, but made no comment. He cau

oing?" she whispere

for a few steps and stopped. Then, still holding her, he cut the cords that bound them t

vered that they had stopped just in time to keep

om being hurt. I will have you know, Mister M

of the earth. While he was still staring there came a muffled explosion, a humming noise, and there flashed into the sky a streak of bright aluminum. It shot upward

was it?" J

the cylinder came from. He was still staring when it seemed to him that the earth ope

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o farther. His asto