Not deeming it possible he would dare to spring from such a height, they darted after him.

But they were deceived, and could scarcely credit their senses when they found him gone.

By the light of their torches they perceived him shooting down the almost perpendicular side of the rock, and the next moment a hollow plunge told that he had reached the water.

They stared at each other in mute astonishment.
"Will you follow him, Dick Haughton ?" observed one, as soon as he had recovered his speech.
"Not I," replied the fellow addressed.

"I have no fancy for a broken neck.