They were led by a big man called Tom Loker , and another mean-looking little man , whom Haley had sent . After some hunting about , they found the path , and , headed by Tom Loker , began to climb up . ` Come up if you like , ' George called out , ` but if you do we will shoot you . ' For answer , the little man took aim at George , and fired . Eliza screamed , but the shot did not hurt him . It passed close to his hair , nearly touched her cheek , and , struck a tree behind . Tom Loker came on . 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 XXXXX 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 .
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