Part 26 (1/2)
”And I'o back!”
”And I shan't go forward!” cried Mike angrily
”All right, then: I shan't go back Only o, old chap: those places where we had to creep down are rather aard, and you may take the skin off your nose”
”What do you ot the candle,” said Vince, laughing ”I'll co to eat, for you'll never find your way out again in the dark”
”But I' in the dark, old clever!” cried Mike, snatching the lanthorn suddenly from his co at hiht structure of tin and horn
Then there was a sharp struggle, the two lads swaying here and there in the narrow place, till Vince flung his co hi to the lanthorn that the candle was juainst the side, and before the boys could even think of getting the door open, the light flashed upon their startled faces and went out
”You've done it now,” cried Mike, in a dolorous tone
”Oh, come, I like that,” said Vince ”Who snatched the lanthorn away?
Wait till we get out, and you'll see what I'll give you”
”Get out the tinder-box quickly,” said Mike
”What for? Suppose I want you to snatch it away? I' back”
”Don't be an idiot,” cried Mike, as growing desperate ”Get out the tinder-box and strike a light”
”Good-night,” replied Vince tauntingly; ”I'm off Shall I tell the at hihtly
”No, you don't play me that trick,” he cried ”Get out that tinder-box at once”
”Not I,” cried Vince
”Get out that tinder-box at once!”
”Do you want to rowled Vince ”I don't care what I ht, so that we can find our way out”
”I'o back to please you, Ladle, and so I tell you,” said Vince, holding his co desire rising in him to double his fists and strike ”Give me the flint and steel,” cried Mike fiercely For answer Vince wrenched hi himself by the wall, backed softly away and stood , he picked up a stone and pitched it over where he supposed Mike to be standing, with the result that it clattered down on the floor
His anger had evaporated, and his face relaxed into a grin, for his ruse took effect directly Judging that the noise wasfro his way, Mike thrust out his hands and went in the direction of the sound, while, under cover of the noiseas silently as he could
”Now then,” cried Mike, from fully thirty yards away, ”it's of no use,-- I have you No ht”