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refusal to go farther after she had fainted. She 

 went forward alone for half an hour while I sat 

 watching from a commanding crag. Presently 

 she came to a narrow unbanistered ledge that 

 overhung eternity. She at once retreated and 

 came back with a smile, saying that the spot 

 where she had turned back would enable any 

 one to comprehend the laws of falling bodies. 



Occasionally a climber became hysterical and 

 I had my hands full keeping the afflicted within 

 bounds. Mountain ledges are not good places 

 for hysterical performances. One day, when a 

 reverend gentleman and his two daughters were 

 nearing the top, the young ladies and myself 

 came out upon the Narrows a few lengths ahead 

 of their father. The ladies were almost ex- 

 hausted and were climbing on sheer nerve. The 

 stupendous view revealed from the Narrows 

 overwhelmed them, and both became hysterical 

 at once. It was no place for ceremony; and as 

 it was rather cramped for two performances at 

 once, I pushed the feet from beneath one young 

 lady, tripped the other on top of her, — and sat 

 down on both! They struggled, laughed, and 



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