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Then Blondey dislodged some loose 
rock, and went sliding down the moun- 
tain with it. There was not a thing I 
could do, so I shut my eyes for an 
instant. We brought up against a 
boulder, fortunately, with no special 
damage — except to my nerves. Not 
being a man, I don’t pretend to having 
enjoyed that experience —and _ there, 
not six feet away, was a ghostly figure 
that I knew must be Nimrod. 
He did not greet me as a long lost, 
for such I surely felt, but merely re- 
marked in a whisper: 
“We-are ima: cloud: cap: -: It: 1s set- 
tling down. The elk are over there. 
Keep close to me.” And he started along 
the ridge. I felt it was so thoughtful of 
him to give me this admonition. I would 
much rather have been returned safely 
to camp without further injury and be- 
