21/52 She never saw it till it had reached her and knocked her down. Drummond,--"is all right ?" He got no answer, listened, shouted again, and then made two jumps from where he stood to the bottom. Daisy lay on the ground, her little foot under the stone; her eyes closed, her face paler than ever. Without stopping to think how heavy the stone was, with a tremendous exertion of strength the young man pushed it from where it lay and released the foot; but he was very much afraid damage was done. "It couldn't help it"-- said the Captain to himself as he looked at the great piece of rock; but the first thing was to get Daisy's eyes open. |