Part 64 (1/2)
”I can't help that, Jem; the man will die here”
”Well, we don't want hiht, Mas' Don I'll do as you say, but as I says, and I says it again, it goes ag'in the grain”
They each took one hand and placed their arms beneath those of the prostrate man; and, little as they stooped, they inhaled sufficient of the powerful gas toa full breath and starting off, they dragged Ramsden backwards as rapidly as they could to where the fresh air blew into the mouth of the cave, and there they laid theso, Don went upon his knees, and placing his face close to the rocky floor, inhaled the air several tiht here,” he said ”Try it, Jerumpily; ”only I don't see e should take soas this”
”Yes; it's all right,” he said, after puffing and blowing down by the ground ”Rum, arn't it, that the air should be bad yonder and not close in here!”
”The cave goes doard,” said Don; ”and the foul air lies in the bottom, just as it does in a well Do you think he's dead?”
”Him dead!” said Je like that Here, let's roll up one of these here blanket things and make him a pillow, and cover hiet better and go and tell 'em we're here”
”Don't talk like that, Jeets better he'll try and do us all the harm he can”
”Poor fellow! I'm afraid he's dead,” whispered Don
”Then he won't want nothe arms; ”these here will be useful to us”
”But they are the king's property, Je kne bad anted 'eain e've done with them”
As he spoke Je on as Don dragged Ramsden's head round, so that the wind blew in his face
”How I should like to jurowled Jeot on a pair o' boots Shouldn't hurt him a bit like this”
”Don't talk nonsense, Jeht hear us Let's hail; he can't be very far off”
”I say, Mas' Don, did our ugly swiht send you half mad?”
”Mad? No!”
”Then, p'r'aps it's because you had no sleep Here's a chap co; and now he's floored and we're all right, you want to er with the toothache you'd want to take out his tusk”
”Very likely, Je
”Ah, and as soon as you'd done it, 'thankye, er, 'that tooth's been so bad that I haven't oes'”