The boys, shouting wildly, swarmed about the fallen rock; the girls ran round, imploring us to get Rufus out.

Rufus's sister Adriana, beside herself with terror, was screaming; and we could hardly keep Newman Darnley from attacking Ben Murch, who, he declared, should have brought Rufus out! At first we were afraid that the explosion had killed Rufus; but almost immediately we heard muffled cries for help from the cave.

He was still alive, but we had no way of knowing how badly he was hurt.

Adriana fairly flew from one to another, beseeching us to save him.
"He's dying! He's under the rocks!" she screamed.

"Oh, why don't you get him out ?" With grave faces Willis, Ben, Addison and Thomas peered round the fallen rock and cast about for some means of moving it.
"We must pry it away!" Thomas exclaimed.