He drew them out in a few seconds, with a look of intense amazement.
"Voila! Joe Blunt.

Look in dere, and you shall see fat you vill behold." "Why, it's the horse, I do b'lieve!" cried Joe.

"Go ahead, lads!" So saying, he resumed his shovelling vigorously, and in a few minutes the hole was opened up sufficiently to enable a man to enter.

Dick sprang in, and there stood Charlie close beside the cliff, looking as sedate and, unconcerned as if all that had been going on had no reference to him whatever.
The cause of his safety was simple enough.

The precipice beside which he stood when the avalanche occurred overhung its base at that point considerably, so that when the snow descended a clear space of several feet wide was left all along its base.