Now, get started over the thin ice.
Dave will haul.

Never mind if the ice breaks under you; the rope is tied around you.

You're sure to be hauled to safety if you help yourself.

Now, then, Dave! Begin to haul in!" It needed another pinch to make Fred Ripley bestir himself properly.
He half whimpered in protest, but Prescott was past minding _that_.
Hardly had Ripley gotten his full weight upon the ice than it broke under him.

He splashed into the water with a great howl, but alert Dave Darrin hauled in just enough of the rope.