"I can get down to him—I know I can," cried Laura.
"You'll break your neck climbing down there!" declared the doctor's daughter. "I wouldn't risk it."
"But he's helpless. He may be badly hurt," reiterated Laura.
"My dear! it would be very dangerous climbing down to the ledge," warned Mrs. Case. "And how would you get back?"
"But somebody has got to go down to get Billy," declared Laura. "And perhaps moments may be precious. We don't know how long he has been there, or how badly he is hurt."
"Laura can climb like a goat," said her chum, doubtfully.
"And I'm going to try it If we only had a rope——"
"I'll run back to that farmhouse and get a rope—and some men to help, perhaps," suggested Jess.
"Good!" exclaimed Laura. "Go ahead, and I'll be getting down to Billy meanwhile."
"That would be best, I suppose," admitted their teacher. "But be very careful, Laura."