Go now, laddie, and don't be longer than you can help." "You may depend on that," cried Eric, pressing his brother's hand softly; and, in another moment, he was racing again across the plateau to the point where the two had ascended from the gully by the waterfall.
Ere long, Eric had brought round the whale-boat to the haunt of the seals on the west beach; when, after a good deal of labour, in which he could not help hurting Fritz somewhat, he succeeded in getting the sufferer down the sloping rocks.

Thence, he lifted him bodily into the stern-sheets of the boat, where he had prepared a comfortable couch by piling up on the bottom grating all the blankets and rugs from the hut.
Eric had a hard pull back against the wind and tide round the headland, there being none to help him with an oar; but, naturally indomitable, he bravely accomplished the task at last, arriving back at the bay before sunset with his almost unconscious burden, who was now unable to move or assist him in the least.
Fortunately, the most arduous part of the transportation was now accomplished, the remainder being "all plain sailing," as Eric said.
The lad certainly had a most inventive mind; for, as soon as they reached their own little bay, he once more astonished Fritz--who was glad enough to get so far, but puzzled as to how he would ever arrive at the hut, knowing that the lad would never be able to carry him there.
"Now, brother," cried Eric, "you just stop quietly where you are a minute or two while I get the carriage ready." "The carriage ?" cried Fritz, more puzzled than ever.

"What do you mean, laddie ?" "The wheelbarrow, of course," answered Eric, laughing.

"See, I have put the door of our hut across it; and, with the bedding on top of this, I shall be able to wheel you, without the slightest jolting, right up to the cottage." "Donnerwetter!" exclaimed Fritz--"you're a wonderful lad; you seem to think of everything." "Nonsense! Silence, now--you mustn't talk; it might bring on fever perhaps!" exclaimed Eric, to stop his brother's grateful expressions.
Then, lifting him out carefully from the boat, he placed the invalid on the novel ambulance wagon he had so ingeniously improvised; and, rolling the wheelbarrow along the little pathway up the incline that led to the hut, he proceeded carefully to transport him home.

Arrived here, Eric at once put Fritz to bed, so that he might be able to examine his injuries more closely and apply proper bandages to the wounded leg and back, in place of the temporary appliances he had made shift with when first attending to the wounded hero, who was now able to direct him what to do and how to do it.
Eric could not help thinking what an unlucky fellow that elder brother of his was! The cliff seemed fatal to him; for, the first time he ascended it, he sprained his ankle, which laid him up for three weeks; and now he had hurt himself even worse.