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taken a hundredweight sack in them and 

 moved about with it; many a time he had 

 swung from a beam by them, holding a rope 

 in his jaws. Now they were to save his life. 

 Both the haulers and himself were well- 

 nigh exhausted when his beard covered 

 with blood-stained froth appeared over the 

 lip of the cliff, and they dragged him 

 sobbing and cursing on the matted grass. 



Ten minutes later they had coiled up 

 their ropes, taken up the bar, and were 

 walking quickly to the village. The three 

 ravens were alive and well, quite unhurt 

 by Tiger's struggles. The men spoke 

 seldom as they walked; their fear was that 

 the policeman would see them. 



They reached Tiger's cottage in safety 

 and closed the door behind them. His wife 

 had a two-gallon jar of small ale for them, 

 and Tiger drank a gallon, only pausing 

 to fill his basin. Then he licked his mous- 

 tache, and sat down on a chair. The other 

 two men had thrown the tackle on the 



