of 



could boost and encourage him. We had gained 

 only a few feet when it became plain that sooner 

 or later he would slip and bring disaster to both. 

 We stopped and descended to the bottom for a 

 new start. 



Though the wind was again blowing a gale, I 

 determined to carry him. His weight was forty 

 pounds, and he would make a top-heavy load 

 and give the wind a good chance to upset my 

 balance and tip me off the wall. But, as there 

 appeared no other way, I threw him over my 

 shoulder and started up. 



Many times Scotch and I had been in ticklish 

 places together, and more than once I had 

 pulled him up rocky cliffs on which he could not 

 find footing. Several times I had carried him 

 over gulches on fallen logs that were too slippery 

 for him. He was so trusting and so trained that 

 he relaxed and never moved while in my arms or 

 on my shoulder. 



Arriving at the place least steep, I stopped to 

 transfer Scotch from one shoulder to the other. 

 The wind was at its worst; its direction fre- 

 quently changed and it alternately calmed and 



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