"Ahoy!" cried West.

"Hallo there! What news, lad ?" "Small party of lancers in full retreat, and the Boers very strong in pursuit.

They're a mile away now." "Then we shall get no help from our people; but, if they are taking the enemy away, that's all we want.

Coming down ?" "Yes," said West, lowering himself over the edge very cautiously, for it was terribly dangerous work, and Ingleborough shivered and hung back, watching him till his companion reached the ledge where he had been checked.
"Hah!" sighed Ingleborough; "that's better.

I've been wishing for the last five minutes that the stream below was ten feet deep!" "Why ?" panted West, who was breathless from his exertions.
"For you to fall into! But now help me to get my boot! I'm afraid to lever it out with my rifle-barrel, for fear of bending it." "Let me try!" said West, and, thrusting his arm down into the crack, he got well hold of the boot, gave it a jerk sidewise, and it was free.
"Look at that now!" said Ingleborough.