"I'm
going to work around You; I want to be ahead of you."
She squeezed past Katy, secured the axe and hung it round her own
neck. She cautioned Katy to keep her eyes shut and follow where
she led her, then they started on their way back. Linda did not
attempt to descend the sheer wall by which they had climbed, but
making a detour she went lower, and in a very short time they
were back in the kitchen. Linda rushed to the boulder and knelt
again, but she could get no response to her questions. Evidently
Donald's foot was caught and he was unconscious from the pain.
Squeezing as close as she could, she thrust her arm under the
ledge until she could feel his head. Then she went to the other
side, and there she could see that his right foot was pinned
under the rock. She looked at Katy reassuringly, then she took
off the axe and handed it to her.
"He's alive," she said. "Can't kill a healthy youngster to have
a crushed foot. You stand guard until I take the Bear Cat and
bring help. It's not far to where I can find people."
At full speed Linda put the Cat through the stream and out of the
canyon until she reached cultivated land, where she found a man
who would gather other men and start to the rescue. She ran on
until she found a house with a telephone. There she called Judge
Whiting, telling him to bring an ambulance and a surgeon, giving
him explicit directions as to where to come, and assuring him
that Donald could not possibly be seriously hurt.
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