"Not yet," answered Robert, and tried to pull the team around. He had partly succeeded when snap! went one of the reins, and he was thrown backward.
The breaking of the rein presented a new obstacle to be overcome, and for the second our hero did not know what to do. The team were now out of control, and even the youth was afraid they might leap over the cliff at any instant.
But then a new thought occurred to him, and as quick as a flash he stood up and leaped to the back of one of the horses.
"Whoa!" he shouted. "Whoa!" and clapped his hat over the creature's eyes.
A rearing and a plunging followed. But the horse slowed up and brought the carriage around to the thicket opposite to the cliff. A crashing of bushes followed, and in a few seconds more the team was halted. One of the wheels of the carriage was badly shattered and one horse was cut about the legs, but otherwise no damage was done.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE CABLEGRAM FROM CHICAGO.
As soon as the team came to a halt Robert leaped to the ground and held their heads.
"Now you can get out, Mrs. Vernon," he said.
"Thank God we are safe!" murmured the lady.