CHAPTER XV

THE VALLEY OF THE SACRIFICE For the first half-hour of their climb down into the valley of the scratch, the three friends were too preoccupied with their own safety to talk more than an occasional sentence. They came upon many places that at first glance appeared impassable, or at least sufficiently hazardous to cause them to hesitate, but in each instance the changing contour of the precipice offered some other means of descent. After thirty minutes of arduous effort, the Big Business Man sat down suddenly upon a …