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I turned sharply round, holding tightly with one hand; but Shock's back

was turned to ently

I looked about, and there was no one else near, the trees being too

small for anyone to hide behind their trunks Shock did not look in rew less, went

on with rily "If I catch him at it--"

I made so

my basket, went down and eain just

as he was doing the saht have been a hundred miles away for

all the notice he took ofoverto play any antics, when he began to ascend his ladder,

and I went on

Thuht in the back, and as I looked angrily

round I saw Shock fall from the top to the bottom of his ladder, and I

felt that horrible sensation that people call your heart in yourposition, put his hand to his head, and shouted

out: "Who's that throwing luain it occurred to

me that it was more a slip down than a fall from the ladder, and I had