"Who is he?" cried a score of voices.
"God knows; fetch a lantern," said Jason.
"See, there's a light in old Orry's hut yonder. Let's away there with him. It will be the nearest place," said Kane Wade.
Then shoulder-high they raised the insensible man and carried him to Stephen Orry's hut.
"What a weight he is!" said Kane Wade. "Slip along, somebody, and get the door opened."
Chalse A'Killey ran on ahead.
"Where's Stephen, to-night, that he's not out with us at work same as this?" said Matt Mylechreest.
"He's been down here all week," puffed Nary Crowe.
In another minute Chalse was knocking at the door, and calling loudly as he knocked:
"Stephen! Stephen! Stephen Orry!"