. The top of the continent; the story of a cheerful journey through our national parks. made long detours to get around the ends oflarge crevasses, into which the children peered withawe. It was a nervous day for Mrs. Jefferson, whofeared that they would slip and fall. At last they came to one of the largest crevasses,and here the guide lined them up and made each holdthe rope, so that, if some venturesome person slipped,the others could pull him back. He placed experiencedclimbers at intervals among the rest, and led the wayalong the edge of the crevasse till all were standingso close that th
. The top of the continent; the story of a cheerful journey through our national parks. made long detours to get around the ends oflarge crevasses, into which the children peered withawe. It was a nervous day for Mrs. Jefferson, whofeared that they would slip and fall. At last they came to one of the largest crevasses,and here the guide lined them up and made each holdthe rope, so that, if some venturesome person slipped,the others could pull him back. He placed experiencedclimbers at intervals among the rest, and led the wayalong the edge of the crevasse till all were standingso close that they could look straight down into itsdepths. They seemed to be standing on the edge of a per-pendicular precipice hundreds of feet deep. In thedepths the ice was blue and cold, and passages seemedto lead to chambers still deeper. Some refrigerator! said Jack admiringly. **Dadv/ouldnt need to kick about his ice-bills if he livedhere. I want to go down inside there, said Margaret. Margarets wish was fulfilled, but not at that hour later the guide led them by a long, circuitous. Photograph by Curln and Miller ? Exploring Nisquallys crevasses 130 THE TOP OF THE CONTINENT route into ice-caves which extended far under the over-hanging ledges of icy surface. It was so still that Mar-garet shivered and clung tightly to her mothers hand. It isnt so nice here as you thought it would be, isit, Margaret? asked Mrs. Jefferson. Oh, yes, it is, protested Margaret. Its justsplendid, and the ice walls and roof are the loveliestthings I ever saw, but—but And she clung the tighter. Come back here, Jack! called Uncle Billy sud-denly, for Jack had crept ahead of the party and waspeering over an edge beyond. The sharp call echoedsurprisingly loud and hollow in the cave, and Jackturned a startled face. At the same time he slippedand disappeared. Then there was excitement indeed. Several ladiesscreamed and others of the party exclaimed cave magnified the noise and that further inc
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