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CHAPTER Ix.
AN ESCAPE.

Tey found some difficulty in getting down
the bank, it was so steep and rocky. There were,
however, little trees and bushes growing here
and: there, which they could take hold of; and
there was a kind of a path, too, which was of
considerable service. The channel by which the
water came out from under the mill was almost
dry, so that they walked about all over it, step-
ing from stone to stone. They went up very
near the mill, so that they could see under it.
Lacy saw the great wheel, but it was still. She
said she wished they would let the water through
again, for she wanted to see it go.

“Why, Lucy!” said Comfort; “then the water
would come pouring down where we stand. And
I don’t think that we ought to stay here much
longer, for they may hoist the great gate suddenly.
So Jet us go down to your blue stone.”

' They accordingly walked along over the rocks,
towards the blue stone. In the lower part of the