And Paul would not leave his comrade.
Away the cow went, and behind her ran her pursuers.

The rain came rushing and roaring through the woods, falling now in sheets, while overhead the lightning still burned, and the thunder still crashed, though with less frequency.

Both the boys were drenched, but they did not mind it; they did not even know it at the time.

The lightning died presently, the thunder ceased to rumble, and then the darkness fell like a great blanket over the whole forest.

The chase was blotted out from them, and the two boys, stopping, grasped each other's hands for the sake of company.