(Boing to tfyt Cop 



the swiftest pace I could maintain from bottom 

 to summit without a rest. Thus ably coached 

 by experience, I steadied to the work when my 

 noisy football-players started to run away from 

 me. Each player in turn briefly set a hot pace, 

 and in a short time they were ahead of me. 

 Even though they guyed me unmercifully, I 

 refused to be hurried and held to the swiftest 

 pace that I knew could be maintained. Two 

 hours raised us through thirty-five hundred 

 feet of altitude and advanced us five miles. We 

 were above the timber-line, and, though some 

 distance behind the boys, I could tell they were 

 tiring. Presently the guide was again in the 

 lead! 



By-and-by one of the boys began to pale, 

 and presently he turned green around the 

 mouth. He tried desperately to bluff it off, but 

 ill he was. In a few minutes he had to quit, 

 overcome with nausea. A moment later another 

 long-haired brave tumbled down. On the others 

 went, but three more were dropped along the 

 trail, and only two of those husk}-, well-trained 

 athletes reached the summit! That evening, 



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