The Last of the Plainsmen 



ble obstacle in the form of a solid wall of red granite. 

 Sounder appeared and came to him, evidently having 

 given up the chase. 



Wallace consumed four hours in making the 

 ascent. In the notch of the curve of the second rim 

 wall, he climbed the slippery steps of a waterfall. 

 At one point, if he had not been six feet five inches 

 tall, he would have been compelled to attempt 

 retracing his trail an impossible task. But his 

 height enabled him to reach a root, by which he 

 pulled himself up. Sounder he lassoed a la Jones, 

 and hauled up. At another spot, which Sounder 

 climbed, he lassoed a piiion above, and walked up 

 with his feet slipping from under him at every step. 

 The knees of his corduroy trousers were holes, as 

 were the elbows of his coat. The sole of his left 

 boot which he used most in climbing was gone, 

 and so was his hat 



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