George waited until he was near enough , then he fired . The shot hit him in the side . But , though wounded , he would not go back . With a yell like that of a mad bull he came leaping on , and sprang right in among them . Quakers are not allowed to use guns and pistols , so Phineas had been standing back while George shot . Now he sprang forward . As Tom Loker landed in the middle of them , he gave him a great push , saying , ` Friend , thee is n't wanted here . ' Down fell Tom Loker , down , down the steep side of the rock . He crashed and crackled among trees , bushes , logs , loose stones , till he lay bruised and groaning far below . The fall might have killed him , had it not been broken by his clothes catching on the branches of a large tree . Cruel people are , very often , cowardly too . When the men saw their leader first wounded , and then thrown down , they all ran away . Mounting their horses , they rode off as fast as they could , leaving Tom Loker lying on the ground wounded and groaning with pain . As soon as Phineas and the others saw that the wicked men had really ridden away , they climbed down , meaning to walk along the road till they met Simeon . They had just reached the bottom , when they saw him coming back with the waggon and two other men . ` Now we are safe , ' cried Phineas joyfully . ` Well , do stop then , ' said Eliza , ` and do something for that poor man . He is groaning dreadfully . ' ` It would be no more than Christian , ' said George . ` Let us take him with us . '
They lifted the wounded man gently , as if he had been a friend instead of a cruel enemy , and laid him in the XXXXX .
Christian Eliza George Loker Phineas Quakers Simeon first right waggon