I've been down since, by daylight, and so have some of the boys, looking into that crevice.

But we gave it up, finally." Then Casey, because he liked a joke even when it was on himself, told the foreman and his men what had happened to him.

He did not exaggerate the mishap; the truth was sufficiently wild.
They whooped with glee.

Every one laughs at the unusual misfortunes of others, and this was unusual.

They stood around the Ford and talked to it, and whooped again.