 at ferrocks what do you think this whole is lee yeah i don't know i've never seen it before it's kind of hard to see even though the moon is shining pretty brightly yeah hey lee look what look at these boards here they're all covered with moss and grass yeah that's right and they've been broken through where whoever fell down must have stepped on them uh-huh and because of the moss and grass i guess he didn't see that it wasn't just plain ground like all around here probably well what are we going to do well he's still alive i wonder who it is you're supposed it might be old general uh general what what do you call him you mean general ban yeah the old soldier who lives in the cabin you're supposed it might be him gee that'd be awful if it is because well he's so old he couldn't stand anything like that hey listen no that that isn't an old man somebody's coming oh it's it's tom where'd you guys go i was waiting for you down here the trail like we plan well lee and i saw somebody running ahead of us tom we decided to capture him gee did you no well wait a second uh well no because when we started after him all of a sudden he disappeared disappeared oh how could he well he fell down this hole he's down there now hole oh gee i didn't notice that well do you think it's one of the kids well that's what we've got to find out tom oh sure must be hurt pretty bad because he keeps on groaning like that all the time see i've got an idea okay what is it well captain gardener's back at the gym waiting for prisoners tom you run back there and tell him about this in the meantime jerry and i'll try to figure some way to get down there okay you bet i'll run as fast as i can it'd be swell if we could get down there but how are we gonna do it maybe i could hey wait let me lie down on my stomach and see me yeah lee what there are some rocks sticking out from the sides of this hole it looks like an old well it isn't very wide only about four feet across i think maybe i could climb down there and as long as i keep my hands against the sides of the well now wait a minute jerry well what's the matter i can do that i'd find worse places than that yes probably you have but you could see where you were climbing here you don't know what's down in that old well the rocks that jut out may not last all the way to the bottom well yeah maybe you're right i'll tell you i hope this idea is better than the last one yeah it is you wait here just in case tom gets back with captain gardener and i'll go down to general ben's cabin and borrow rope then i can shinny down on that say that is a good idea okay pal you run as fast as you can you bet i will so long so long i'll be waiting for you all that and had a lot didn't notice it hey who's there is that you tubby yeah jerry yeah well i got captured never mind that tubby come on with me i've got to go to general ben's cabin and get a rope a rope but oh i get it to tie somebody up huh oh no that isn't it at all somebody is falling down a well and he's heard pretty bad it sounds like gee who do you who do you think it is hey uh why do you have to run so fast okay okay softy stay here if you want to the cabin's right down there you wait here and get your win back we'll probably need you later okay i'll wait we must be here there's a line well what do you want at this time of night need lost are you no sir i'll well general ben don't call me general ben i ain't a general never have been wouldn't want to be cost too much money what do you want well sir i stop stuttering yes sir i want a rope a rope what for well to get somebody out of a well out of a well what well ain't any well around these parts yes there is what i say there ain't oh well it looks like a well and somebody just fell down in it where is it just back of your cabin general i mean mr the name is dent benjamin franklin dent yes mr dent corporal dent yes sir lance corporal yes sir well do you think maybe you could uh well let's borrow a rope well of course i can't just one moment now hold your heart and quit champing at the bed i'll fetch it whoo gee hey here it is good long hemp rope used it to practice my knots on where do i lock this door all right are you coming with me corporal dent who you bet i am somebody's down the well no slip of a stripping like you can get him out rope or no rope but there are three of us don't make no difference three or a squad or a platoon can't trust the rescue of human life to rookies where do i fetch this pole you tote the line there yes sir oh well port well uh uh what's up for corporal dan well i told you a young spot like you would never get any ideas well i'll show you when we get there yes sir hey what's your name lad dugun jerry dugun jerry dugun hey what are you lads are doing out at this time of night you should be in bed well you see sir the school organized a treasure hunt and three other cadets and i were on one squad looking for the next clue and we saw somebody running ahead of us and then we decided to capture him capture him with fur well because we thought he was probably a member of the other team the blue team sounded like a lot of fool monkey business to me well go on well then all of a sudden he disappeared and when we got up to the place where we saw him last we found the old well and whoever it was that was running ahead of us had fallen in and he's still down there groaning something awful all right now quit talking keep walking yes sir say who's that up ahead that's one of the other team we'd better reconnoiter around him you don't want to get yourself captured do you know sir but that's just tubby young one of the members of my squad he's well he's pretty tired and i left him there to rest oh well come on jerry i almost or uh corporal dent uh this is cadet tubby young howdy well come on come on we ain't got time to waste talking corporal dent huh oh i thought you were a general tubby pipe down oh excuse me nothing to excuse no sir highest rank i ever hit was lance corporal after the siege of el connie they offered to make me a sergeant but i turned it down they couldn't bamboozle me into buying no more shepherds well there's the well right up ahead of us there lee still waiting uh we're coming lee hurry jerry stop groaning oh gee let's hurry huh i brought corporal dent with me lee corporal dent this is my roommate lee phillips howdy it is uh we'd better hurry as fast as we can whoever's down in that well stop groaning just after you left all right all right all right now i'll assume command here being of the highest rank are you two lads put this pole across the well take those rocks there and put them all around the ends of the pole yes sir yes now give me that rope yes sir here you make a bowler on end bowler yeah yeah hangman's knotted slip stronger than a fisherman's knot too all right now stand here lad wait a minute let me measure you yes sir oh i see what you're doing now you're gonna let me down there at the end of this row and then when i get to the bottom i'll put the loop around the other fella and then you'll pull him up that's it i'll save one point we'll all have to pull him up say can you shitty you bet i mean yes sir oh never mind the formality you shouldn't say sir to a non-commissioned officer no yes sir i mean oh okay but we're all set here with a pole now all right all right hold your horses don't rush me we've got to make this not foolproof i know what you mean but you can't rush benjamin franklin dent rosary bob i remember at el canny July 1st 98 general chaff he says to me he says dent says go up there and we canoid around that there hillock says but he says take the time don't rush in we're angels for the tread or you might come up missing he says well sir i took his advice and crawled up toward that hillock very slow like and as a consequence i missed the halo led by half minute yes sir take your time all right now lad now you watch i put this around you and you put it around the fella down there just the same way yes sir slide it down over his head like that oh yeah i see now and then you put it down past the tips of my hands and then up under my arm that's right with the knot at the exact point between your shoulder blades like like that you see yeah that's okay gee that's keen isn't it league how you bet it is well uh you ready jerry i'm just a minute rain in there lad here give me your cap jerry yes sir it's right there to be on that board yeah here now what are you doing that for corporal dent putting leaves in my cat now you you wear this cap down when you get to the bottom of the well you put it on the head of the fella down there but i don't see what fur well i'll tell you what fur when we're pulling him up his head will fall forward and this cap filled with leaves like there's a cushion say that's all right of course it's all right or i wouldn't have sunk it up all right what do you stand in there for come on let's proceed with the details yes sir well where's your flashlight oh why we didn't bring any with us no flashlights oh for you see they wouldn't let us bring them because the moon was shining pretty bright and if we use flashlights it would show the other team where we were well that beats no flashlights running around in the dark like a flock of rabbits well here then take these matches down there with you okay thanks well ready oh wait now it's like since this rope around this tree all right you lad come on here give me a hand yes sir yes sir all right go ahead jerry go ahead now slip down over that pole all right here i go take it slow lads you all right jerry okay so far you getting along all right yep hey wait hold it lads what's up i'll have to wrinkle around this big rock that's jutting out here wait a second there okay lower me down some more all right lads a little more hey i can see the bottom now can you see the man um you know on a flight what do you hear anything that's more important what do you mean hear anything well i mean can you hear him breathing oh wait a minute yeah yeah i can he's breathing awful hard almost like snoring oh that's bad very bad there jerry must be down yeah i could feel it in the slack of the rope golly this fell is all doubled up that's why he's breathing hard i guess that's right hey can you release him i'm trying to there that'll help a little guess i better take a look and see if he's got any bad injuries huh yeah that's right light a match yeah okay gee jerry looks funny down there by the light of that man hey hey what's up jerry well you know who this is you know him jerry yeah who is it golly it it's red morrison