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Only Captain Rayburn, thoughtfully staring out of the window, gave voice to a sentiment for which both his nieces, although they said nothing in reply, inwardly thanked him. "Doctor Churchill is a rare sort of fellow," he said. "Doctor Forester considers him most promising, I know.
But the Wondership, bearing the two boys who could not help laughing heartily, although they feared serious consequences might come of the accident, was winging its way onward out of earshot of the not unnaturally indignant Ezra Perkins. They passed Rayburn before Jack noticed a peculiar smell in the atmosphere. It was leaking gas.
We had a moment of breathing space before the enemy came up with us, and in this time Rayburn and Young and I had a grip of each other's hands, in which, without any words over it, we said good-bye to each other; for we neither of us for one moment doubted that our last hour had come.
Rayburn, thoughtfully looking at the fire, "to make a home for Dick and many such poor little weaklings, somewhere up on these heights where, with fresh air and good, well-cooked food, they could have a fighting chance for life." "There's our money," said Ethelwyn, cuddling her hand in her mother's. "Let's make one with it." "Would you like that?"
Try it yourself, if you want to, I say." "All right," Rayburn answered. "You and the Professor stand here where you can grab me if anything goes wrong. It looks to me as though there was a chance for us of some sort here, and I mean to see what it is." Young and I stood on each side of Rayburn and held him by the arms as he seated himself on the idol's head.
John Rayburn, apparently invalided for life and cut off from the activity which had been his dearest delight, must have his hours of depression, but nobody had ever caught him in one of them. "I should like some music at this festival," Captain Rayburn went on. "Is the orchestra out of practice?" "We haven't played for six weeks," Charlotte said. "And Celia's first violin "
Playing with her ball, the child ran on to the southern limit of the Gardens, at that part of it which still remains nearest to the old Palace of Kensington. Observing close at hand one of those spacious covered seats, called in England "alcoves," Mr. Rayburn was reminded that he had the morning's newspaper in his pocket, and that he might do well to rest and read.
When we returned to Rayburn and as we now knew the way, and as almost the whole of it was downhill, our return was accomplished rapidly some of the joyous strength that we had gained seemed to be imparted to him. He opened his eyes as we stooped over him, and there seemed to be more life in them than there had been through all that day. "Rouse up, old man!" Young cried cheerily.
"I guess we're solid now, as far as bein' bothered by those sacred devils goes," Young said, as we stepped down from the ledge of rock on which we had been standing; "but this ain't no time t' take no chances, an' th' sooner we see what show we've got for gettin' anywhere through that cave, th' better it'll be. An' we've got t' look after Rayburn.
Rayburn had crossed to the other side passing the chain back by weighting it with a rock and stood ready to receive El Sabio when he was swung across.
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