220 AFRICAN ADVENTURE STORIES 



"While the two boys and myself had ample 

 time to escape, I saw at once that the brute 

 would overtake the other man long before he 

 could reach the car, and, as we could not desert 

 him, we were forced to again take to the top 

 of the bank and the pursued boy once more 

 followed our example. The persistent rhino 

 lost considerable time scrambling up after him, 

 and again the two came tearing on toward us, 

 the boy now fifty yards in advance of his 

 pursuer. 



"Now was our chance, for the boy would reach 

 the car at least fifty yards ahead of the rhino. 

 We darted back into the cut and slowly started 

 the car down the grade. 



"The boy kept to the bank till he was abreast 

 of us; then he jumped down and joined the 

 other two boys in pushing the car. The rhino, 

 charging along the top of the bank, gained on 

 us rapidly. The bank now sloped toward the 

 track, and every step that our pursuer took 

 brought it nearer our level. 



"I urged the boys to exert every bit of their 

 strength, and a few seconds later they jumped 

 aboard, for the car had attained such speed that 

 there was danger of their being left behind. 



