"Can--you--come--and--help--us ?" "Ay, ay," said Jonas; "we're coming." "Ay, ay," shouted Josey, in his loudest voice, which, being more shrill than that of Jonas, was perhaps heard farther.
Still nothing was to be seen.

Besides being dark, the atmosphere was thick with snow.

So it was not until they got very near to the travellers, that they could see them at all.

They saw at last, however, some dark-looking object before them.

On coming up to it, they found that it was a horse and sleigh.