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"He had twisted his ankles in the fall, and though he had got the loose and quite obviously broken I got as near hih below his armpits the blue of the stream six hundred feet down It made me rather sick with my job, and when I called hiht he was helpless with the saed hith to hang on I was in a nice fix, for I could lower ht of a dodge I got a good grip of the rope and let le down till they were level with his hands I told hirip and catch e! the first shock of his weight nearly ended ed to pull myself up a yard or two and then I could reach down and catch his arot up somehow or other, but it took a devilish tiround and caht I should choke and had scarcely strength to swear at the its breath with a sharp risp as all outdoor folks will do when they hear of an escapade which strikes their fancy One er--hammered his empty pipe-bowl on the table in applause

"Whae was the hed "Not a nigger h he had a brown face"

"And ye risked your life for a black o' some kind? Man, ye must be awfu' fond o' your fellow men Wad ye dae the same for the likes o' us?

"Surely For one of "

"Then I have just ae thing to say," said the brown-bearded man "I am what ye cal a Raadical, and yestreen I recorded hts o' man--as man, and I i' him But I tell ye that you yoursel' have a better notion o' huh ye're no o' my party, yet I herewith propose a vote o' confidence in Maister Lewis Haystoun"