Part 57 (1/2)
At the risk of being seen I rose up a little so as to try and get a gli the bushes was plain enough I only caught one glimpse of a black body, and had I been disposed to shoot it was too quick fornearer, and in an agony of excite to back away and try to reach the cave, when I felt that I could not get Jack Penny and the black to act withour position, and there all the tiht towards us
”What shall I do?” I said to s of a general who finds that the battle is going against hi out just then froht, and Ji-place
”Is Carstairs there?” cried the fa up, he ca bushes
”My dear boy,” he cried, with his voice treht you were a prisoner”
”No!” I exclaihted at this turn in our affairs ”Jimmy helped me to escape I say, you don't think I ran away and deserted you?”
”My dear boy,” he cried, ”I was afraid that you would think this of h we have not rescued your father we know enough to make success certain”
”I'es have discovered our hiding-place”
”No!”
”Yes; and one of the it just nohen Jack Penny shot him down”
”This is very unfortunate! Where? What! close here?”
I had taken his hand to lead him to the clu the boughs and te both started back in horror
”My boy, what have you done?” cried the doctor, as I stood speechless there by his side ”We have not so many friends that we could afford to kill the the folly of wasting words, and down upon his knees, to place the head of our friend, the prisoner of the savages, in ato exah the shoulder!” said the doctor in a short abrupt manner; and as he spoke he rapidly tore up his handkerchief, and plugged and bound the wound, supple scarf which he wore round the waist
”Now, Ti-hi! Jimmy! help ht way; put u to be no bad way of carrying the wounded ency, Ji, as if it was good fun, till the sufferer from our mistake was placed upon his back, when he exclaimed:
”Lot much heavy-heavy! Twice two sheep heavy Clear de bush!+”
We hastily drew the boughs aside, and Jimmy steadily descended the steep slope, entered the rivulet, crossed, and then stopped for ato the cabin
”Here, letout his hand
”Yes,” said Ji froht, uhs, he balanced the wounded man carefully, and drew hith of muscle, till he had climbed to the entrance of the cave, where he bent down and crawled in on hands and knees, waiting till his burden was re up once
”Jimmy carry lot o' men like that way!”
We laid the sufferer on one of the beds of twigs that the savages had made for us, and here the doctor set hie his patient's shoulder; Jack Penny looking on, resting upon his gun, and wearing a countenance full of misery
”There!” said the doctor when he had finished ”I think he will do now
Two inches lower, Master Penny, and he would have been a dead ht he was a savage co There never was such an unlucky chap as I am!”