No fear of the rope coming back to us.' "It took us a quarter of an hour's search in the dark to find the rope; but at last we came upon it, and sure enough there was only four or five fathoms in the water.
"'Now, Jones,' Mr.Earnshaw said, 'it's your turn.

Put that light line over your shoulders, and when you get to the top haul on it till you get up the rope ladder, and fasten that to a stout trunk and give a low hail.

We will hold the rope as steady as we can below while you mount.' "'Ay, ay, sir,' said the man, who was an active young chap; 'I will be up there in a jiffy.' "We fastened the lower end round one of the thwarts of the boat, and then he began to climb.

It was near five minutes before he got to the top, for there were some nasty places where the cliff jutted out, and the rope was hard against it; but presently the shaking ceased, and a minute later the light line was hauled tight.

There was a low cheer in the boats, and then up went the rope ladder.