The scheme that had come to him without volition was nevertheless clearly set forth in his mind.

He started dragging at Hardy again, and gradually drew him to the ordinary level of the drive.

Once the water attained this height it would flow away towards the shaft, and do the young man no harm.

Dick feared Harry was dead; but he did not reason, he only obeyed the instinct that possessed him and that also bade him avoid the incoming shift.

If the men found him there he would have to tell all, and her father had done it--her father! A swift panic seized Dick; he snatched up his candle and ran back the way he had come.