uproar
of wind and wave, there came a sudden sound, which roused to quick,
feverish throbs the young lad's heart. It was a voice--and sounded just
above him:

"HUBERT!"

He looked up.

There far above him, in the gloom, he saw faces projecting over the edge
of the cliff. The cry came again; he recognized the voice of his father.

For a moment Hubert could not speak. Hope returned. He threw up his arms
wildly, and cried:

"Make haste! Oh, make haste!"

A rope was made fast about Hubert's father, and he was let down over
the edge of the cliff. He would allow no other than himself to undertake
this journey.

He had hurried away and gathered a number of fishermen, whose stout arms
and sinewy hands now held the rope by which he descended to save his
son.

It was a perilous journey. The wind blew and the rope swayed more and
more as it was let down, and sometimes he was dashed against the rocky
sides of the precipice; but still he descended, and at last stood on the
rock and clasped his son in his arms.

But there was no time to lose. Hubert mounted on his father's shoulders,
holding the rope while his father bound his boy close to him. Then the
word was given, and they were slowly pulled up.

They reached the summit in safety, and as they reached it those who
looked down through the gloom saw the white foam of the surf as it
boiled in fury over the rock where Hubert had been standing.

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