MY UNCLE'S LEAP.

WIIKX I was a young fellow, now many years ago, I frequently spent part of my vacations with an uncle, who lived in a beautiful part of Wales, and whose house was only a mile or two from the coast—in that neighbourhood very wild and precipi tous, and remarkable for the peculiar character of the strata of which many of the ■wave and weather-beaten cliffs were com posed.

My uncle was a keen geologist, and had imbued me with some of his own interest in . the subject; anl many; a long and pleasant ; ramble we had together, armed with , our. ■ little hammers and specimen cases. Those were pleasant days. I often look , back to them now, when I am an elderly gentleman, subject to gout and rheumatism, , and tied for most of the week to a dingy , office. But they were very nearly , brought to an abrupt conclusion by an in- . cident that occurred during one of our , most distant excursions ; and as the rela tion of this incident commemorates a rare instance of combined pluck, presence of mind, and heroic self-sacrifice, I do not : think I need any further excuse for enter- . ing upon the details connected with ( it. During one of my visits to my uncle, ho had at the same time as guests two j professional geologists of some eminence, . who had heard of the special facilities the . neighbourhood afforded for the pursuit of j their favourite scionce. , For the first day or two m contented . •o irselves with showing the strangers the , features of scientific interest more imme- , diately in the vicinity ; and with these they . were greatly gratified. But my uncle was | anxious that they should inspect a district ■ -some miles off, peculiarly rich in specimens, j and which he had himself visited several years before, but never since I had been the ) companion of his expeditions : therefore it i was new to me as well as to our guests. Everything was arranged for our start, and we set off after an early breakfast, -driving the first portion of the distance, and putting up our trap at a farmhouse, to await our return, while we pursued the remainder of our excursion on foot. It was an exquisite day, and as we walked along the cliffs —here of very re markable height and magnificence—we in dulged in loud expressions of admiration at the beauty of the scenery, the bold line of coast stretching away for miles on each side, the tremendous precipices descending sheer to the blue waters that lapped their base ; only hore and there broken by some lagged and pointed rock?, that threatened rapid destruction to any unfortunate vessel which should be cast upon them. Our expedition was a great success, llany rare specimens of different fossils were added to our collections, and my uncle was much gratified that his exertions for the ■entertainment of his guests had been so satisfactorily rewarded. We had reached the extreme end of our expedition, and were on the point cf re tracing our steps, when one of the strangers expressed a desire to round a promontory a short distance ahead, so as to inspect the line of coast just beyond. i The proposal waa agreed- to, '.md we all started along the cliff, *»hieh at this placo was of a lesser altitude than at some points tve had previously passed, thougb still it •was about fifty or sixty feet above tVie level of the sea, which at the time was at full flow, and washed against the roeky\ wall foelow us. To round the promontory, we found it Waa necessary to descend a. little way, a^ then proceed along a narrow ledge of pro jecting rock, so very narrow in some part*; that it would have been impossible for any i one to have attempted the passage unless ■ he had a remarkably good and steady head. ' We were all experienced climbers, so the risk M-af disregarded, and the two geologists and my uncle had just turned round a rather sharp angle, and I was closely following, when the rock on which I trod suddenly gave way under my Jeet, and after a brief but ineffectual struggle, I slippe;! clown, with my face toward the sea. Uttering a cry, I instinctively flung my hands upwards. One of them in some mar vellous manner caught a projecting portion of the ledge ; the other was strongly grasped by my uncle, who being mercifully close to me turned at my shout, and in stantly seized hold of my extended hand. For two or three minutes, which seemed ■an eternity to us both, my brave relative, •who though an elderly, wa? a very power ful man, held me suspended in this frightful manner, while he endeavoured to take in tho situation, and decide on a plan of action. Our horrified friends were powerless to help, as they could not possibly get near me, on account of the narrowness of the ledge, which afforded even my uncle a most precarious footing, and rendered useless any attempt to raise me from my dreadful position. I was young, and life was very sweet to me ; but I felt that my last moment was at hand. Another second or two must end the matter ; so severe a strain could no longer be endured ; our hands must looson their hold, and I must inevitably be dashed to pieces on tho brokon rooks I had observed at tho foot of tho precipice. There was an instant of breathless silence, during which time my uncle had clearly realised the critical nature of the situation, and decided on a plan of action. He looked over, and saw that just below the spot whore I was suspended there wns a rugged projection of rock, extending fully six feet beyond the perpendicular of tho point where I hung. If 1 fell on this, my fate was sealed ; no power could save me from death. Beyond this rock was water, possibly of a depth sufficient to break the force of a fall, if only that water could be reached ; but in this lay all the difficulty. My uncle was a good as well as a brave man ; ho loved me as the son of a dead sister, and he was willing to dare everything to save me : but ho did not undervalue the nature of the awful risk he was undertaking on my behalf, and he knew that he was going to take his own life in his hands as -well as mine. Breathing a prayer for Divine protection, ho said quietly but firmly : " Tom, there is ' but one way for it. I'll pave you, or we will both perish together. When I say tho word, take your hand from the rock.—Now !" As my uncle loudly said " Now !" I re laxed my hold of tho rock, and at the same j instant my uncle made an immense effort Je and sprang horizontally into the air, carry/; ing me with him and retaining his hold Jkf my hind as we rushed.violently down; tu*L ing dyer in our headlong descent. I c/| n . not pretend to say/that I ever very distinctly recollected my sensations during those «Urful seconds," for. it was nothing more, /t had my senses pretty clearly while I hui/L. from ■the rock, and I can recall the gaspijf,^ f ee i ing which I experienced as I took /£.° iZ n A away ; but beyond that, all is chafe^ ™ * So great was the force with/" h ' ich mv ■uncle leaped, that he completely/ X'ed t£e projecting ledge, and we fell jf^™ which was deep enough to bj£i n o tw UX\ though the violence of the sfc^Xosed our grasp of each other. Wi"'T. a ™ were, the cold water prd^^Tn^d « a restorative. We wSf*-"*

swimmers, and a moment or two later we were breasting the waves, fortunately not too boisterous for our sorely-tried strength. We rose about twenty yards apart, at some little distance from the rocky ledge, and v&Vnor nearer a flattish rock which reared its head from the billows. For this shelter we made : and too deep for utterance were the feelings with which we took each other's hands and gazed into each other's eyes. "Thank God ! my boy," at last said my uncle, fervently. " I do, uncle; and you too. Where should I have been now, but for you I" " Hush ! Tom. Thank God, we're both safe. It was an ugly jump ;no doubt of that." We both shuddered as we gszed on the precipice frowning above us, on the top of which we could see our two so recently horror-stricken friends, wildly waving their hate in a transport of joy at their discovery of us on the rock apparently safe and sound. A hearty cheer in reply assured them of our perfect safety; and then my uncle shouted to them some directions as to the course they were to pursue in endeavouring to procure assistance for our rescue. Owing to the width of the ledge broken off where I fell, their return by the same route was impossible; and a long and perilous walk had to be undertaken before they were themselves in security, where they immediately sought out means of deliverance for my uncle and myself. But, in the meantime, better luck had befallen us. The noise made by our shout ing had attracted the notice of a fisherman who lived in a little cottage under the cliffs, at a place where the shore receded, and left baro a tiny creek, where a fsmall boat was moored. Ho had clambered over the crag that hid us from his sight, and as soon as he spied the two figures standing on the soli tary rock, our situation became apparent to him, and he lost no time in launching his boat and coming to our assistance, and in a few moments we were safe and sound on dry land. Many years have passed since that day, but I often think of my uncle's desperate leap for life.

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