"Ruth has fallen down the cliff!"
"Fallen down the cliff! where?"
"Up here. Come with me."
We started running together and quickly came to a place where Elizabeth was weeping bitterly, while Katherine was descending the steep declivity as if to try and render help.
"Where is she?" I said excitedly. "And how did she get where she is?"
"She wanted a plant," cried Wilfred. "I told her it was not to be obtained, or I would get it; but she would not listen to me, and said she would fetch it herself. She went down a little way all right, but when she reached out her hand for the plant she slipped and fell."
"Fell! Fell where?" I asked, excitedly.
"To a ledge a few feet below."
"Did you see her?"
"Yes."