human
How CAN I get ye up, ye bad babies! Whichever one I pull up, the other one must go down and drown!
gpt
Let me down, she wailed, brokenly;
human
No, indeed, cried Marjorie, gripping Molly closer;
gpt
I'm the heaviest. Let me go down and pull Molly up, Carter.
human
Quit your nonsense, Miss Midget, and let me think a minute. For the life of me I don't know how to get ye out of this scrape, but I must manage it somehow.
gpt
It's easy enough, Carter, cried Marjorie, whose gayety had returned now that a rescue seemed probable.
human
You pull me up first and let Molly go down, but not as far as the water,--and when I get nearly up, there's a stick through the chain that will stop me. Then I'll get out, and you can pull Molly up after.
gpt
Don't leave me, she cried, clutching frantically at Midge.
human
Don't send me down alone, I'm so frightened!
gpt
But, Molly dear, it's the only way! I'd just as leave let you go up first, but I'm so heavy I'd drop ker-splash! and you'd go flying up!
human
It's no use, Miss Midget, he called down, in a stern voice,
gpt
All right, then, said Carter.
human
Do you two let go of each other and each hang tightly to her own chain, and push your buckets apart as far as you can, but don't hit the sides of the well.