it was quite secure he told the Black Rogue to take the other end
of the rope and draw him up from the ground.

'When I am tired of it I will shake my legs, and then you must
let me down,' said he.

The Black Rogue drew up the rope, but in half a minute the Shifty
Lad's legs began to shake, and he quickly let it down again.

'You can't imagine what a funny feeling hanging gives you,'
murmured the Shifty Lad, who looked rather purple in the face and
spoke in an odd voice. 'I don't think you have every tried it, or
you wouldn't have let me go up first. Why, it is the pleasantest
thing I have ever done. I was shaking my legs from sheer delight,
and if you had been there you would have shaken your legs too.'

'Well, let me try, if it is so nice,' answered the Black Rogue.
'But be sure you tie the knot securely, for I don't want to fall
down and break my neck.'

'Oh, I will see to that!' replied the Shifty Lad. 'When you are
tired, just whistle, and I'll let you down.'

So the Black Rogue was drawn up, and as soon as he was as high as
the rope would allow him to go the Shifty Lad called to him:

'Don't forest to whistle when you want to come down; but if you
are enjoying yourself as I did, shake your legs.'

And in a moment the Black Rogue's legs began to shake and to