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Providentially Rescued

           ThedescentoftheCordilleraswasaccomplished;andasDameNaturehadconveyedthematherownexpense,theycouldonlyhavepraisedhermethodoflocomotionifoneoftheirnumber,andthatonethefeeblestandyoungest,thechildoftheparty,hadnotbeenmissingattherollcall.

           Thebraveboywasbelovedbyeverybody.Paganelwasparticularlyattachedtohim,andsowastheMajor,withallhisapparentcoldness.AsforGlenarvan,hewasinabsolutedespairwhenheheardofhisdisappearance,andpicturedtohimselfthechildlyinginsomedeepabyss,wildlycryingforsuccor.

           "Wemustgoandlookforhim,andlooktillwefindhim,"heexclaimed,almostunabletokeepbackhistears."Wecannotleavehimtohisfate.Everyvalleyandprecipiceandabyssmustbesearchedthroughandthrough.Iwillhavearopefastenedroundmywaist,andgodownmyself.Iinsistuponit;youunderstand;Iinsistuponit.HeavengrantRobertmaybestillalive!Ifwelosetheboy,howcouldweeverdaretomeetthefather?Whatrighthavewetosavethecaptainatthecostofhisson’slife?"

           Glenarvan’scompanionsheardhiminsilence.Hesoughttoreadhopeintheireyes,buttheydidnotventuretomeethisgaze.

           Atlasthesaid,

           "Well,youhearwhatIsay,butyoumakenoresponse.Doyoumeantotellmethatyouhavenohopenottheslightest?"

           Againtherewassilence,tillMcNabbsasked:

           "WhichofyoucanrecollectwhenRobertdisappeared?"

           Noonecouldsay.

           "Well,then,"resumedtheMajor,"youknowthisatanyrate.

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