They took him up to the place where Tom had gone into the wood ; and there the hound lifted up his mighty voice , and told them all he knew . Then he took them to the place where Tom had climbed the wall ; and they shoved it down , and all got through . And then the wise dog took them over the moor , and over the fells , step by step , very slowly ; for the scent was a day old , you know , and very light from the heat and drought . But that was why cunning old Sir John started at five in the morning . And at last he came to the top of Lewthwaite Crag , and there he bayed , and looked up in their faces , as much as to say , `` I tell you he is gone down here ! '' They could hardly believe that Tom would have gone so far ; and when they looked at that awful cliff , they could never believe that he would have dared to face it . But if the dog said so , it must be true . `` Heaven forgive us ! '' said Sir John . `` If we find him at all , we shall find him lying at the bottom . '' And he slapped his great hand upon his great thigh , and said - `` Who will go down over Lewthwaite Crag , and see if that boy is alive ? Oh that I were twenty years younger , and I would go down myself ! '' And so he would have done , as well as any sweep in the county . Then he said - `` Twenty pounds to the man who brings me that boy alive ! '' and as was his way , what he said he meant . Now among the lot was a little groom-boy , a very little groom indeed ; and he was the same who had ridden up the court , and told Tom to come to the Hall ; and he said - `` Twenty pounds or none , I will go down over Lewthwaite Crag , if it 's only for the poor boy 's sake . For he was as civil a spoken little chap as ever climbed a flue . '' So down over Lewthwaite Crag he went : a very smart groom he was at the top , and a very shabby one at the bottom ; for he tore his gaiters , and he tore his breeches , and he tore his jacket , and he burst his braces , and he burst his boots , and he lost his hat , and what was worst of all , he lost his shirt pin , which he prized very much , for it was gold , and he had won it in a raffle at Malton , and there was a figure at the top of it , of t ` ould mare , noble old Beeswing herself , as natural as life ; so it was a really severe loss : but he never saw anything of Tom . And all the while Sir John and the rest were riding round , full three miles to the right , and back again , to get into Vendale , and to the foot of the crag . When they came to the old dame 's school , all the children came out to see .
And the old dame came out too ; and when she saw Sir John , she curtsied very low , XXXXX she was a tenant of his .
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