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Then, down in the cañon, they caught a glimpse of Thomas in wild flight. The bandits stopped at the divide. "They'll be headin' this way in a minute," Crawford whispered. His companion nodded agreement. They were wrong. There came the sound of a whoop, a sudden clatter of hoofs, the diminishing beat of horses' feet. "They've seen Thomas, and they're after him on the jump," suggested Dave.
She fig'erd on savin' a few miles by strikin' the hill trail in. So I takes their horses and lets on I was headin' in for the Gap. When they got out of sight, I turned 'round " Even as he spoke, the swift-rolling curtain of mist overhead blotted the sun out of the sky. De Spain sprang from his saddle with a ringing order to McAlpin. "Get up a fresh saddle-horse!"
If they had n't started by that time they wouldn't start, just as the tide is now; besides, I see a lot o' mackerel-men headin' Green Island way, and they 'll detain William. No, we 're safe now, an' if mother should be comin' in tomorrow we 'll have all this to tell her. She an' Mis' Abby Martin's very old friends."
"We left Fort Churchill and run out into the Bay with a light pair o' heels; but I had been vexed to death with their red-tape rigging at the company's office, and chilled with stayin' on deck an' tryin' to hurry up things, and when we were well out o' sight o' land, headin' for Hudson's Straits, I had a bad turn o' some sort o' fever, and had to stay below.
Having crystallized his convictions into this sporting proposition the rodéo boss left the wilderness of tracks and headed due south, riding fast until he was clear of sheep signs. "Now here's where I cut all seven trails," he remarked to his partner. "I happen to know where this sheep outfit is headin' for."
"There you see it; straight out agin that cloud edge. By God, it's a full-rigged schooner." "Ay," boomed another, "a headin' straight cross our course astern." I sat up, ignoring all else, thoroughly awake from excitement, gazing under hollowed hands in the direction the men pointed. For an instant I distinguished nothing but sea and sky, with patches of white cloud speckling the horizon.
He said them others wus 'bout four hours behind, an' headin' fer this yere cabin to make camp. They wa'n't hurryin' none, fer they did n't suspect they wus bein' tracked. Well, thet was my chance; what I 'd been campin' out yere months a-waitin' fer. I did n't expect ter git nuthin' back, y' understand; all I wanted was ter kill that damn skunk, an' squar accounts.
Go on over and strike her for a job; she needs men, I know, by the way she looked." "No, I guess I'll go on with you till our roads fork. But I was kind of thinkin' I'd like to stay around Glendora a while." Taterleg sighed as he seemed to relinquish the thought of it, tried the gate to see that it was latched, turned his horse about. "Well, where're we headin' for now?"
He opened the door and in response to her whistle Black Bart trotted out and followed them out to the horse shed. There the outlaw quickly saddled Kate's pony. He said: "Whistlin' Dan is sure headin' back in this direction because he's got an idea I'm somewhere near. Bart will find him on the way." Silent was right.
Franklin made no immediate reply, and the cowboy resumed. "Have a chaw?" he said affably, and looked surprised when Franklin thanked him but did not accept. "Where's yore hoss, man?" asked the new-comer with concern. "Where you goin', headin' plum south, an' 'thout no hoss?" "Oh," said Franklin, smiling, "I'm not going far; only over south a mile or so. I want to find a friend.
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