Synopsis

When Ole Thorwald was landed at the foot of that wild gorge in the cliffs which have been designated the Goat's , he felt himself to be an aggrieved man, and growled accordingly. "It's too bad o' that fire-eating fellow to fix on me for this particular service," said he to one of the settlers named Hugh Barnes, a cooper, who acted as one of his captains; "and at night, too; just as if a man of my years were a cross between a cat (which everybody knows can see in the dark) and a kangaroo, which is said to be a powerful leaper, though whether in the dark or the light I don't pretend to know, not being informed on the point. Have a care, Hugh.