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And with that the captain of the horse-thieves put forth his strength, which was very great, in an effort that appeared to Roland quite irresistible; though, as it happened, it scarce moved Nathan from his position. "Thee is mistaken, friend!" he cried, exerting his strength in return, and with an effect that no one had anticipated.
"Old boy," said the captain of horse-thieves, with something like a gulp of emotion, "you ar'n't respectable to a feller's feelings. But I'll stand anything from you, 'cause how, you down'd my house in a fa'r tussle, and you helped the captain thar that helped me out of trouble. If you're atter ginning me a bit of wisdom, and all on madam's account, I'm jist the gentleman that h'ars you.
"They've come huntin' them from away over in Illinois. I remember that year the milk-sick was so bad there was more horse-thieves than we've ever heard of since." "But they ain't true robbers, are they?" said aunt Corinne's nephew in some disgust, his scarlet bandits paling. "Not the kind that come tryin' the house when I got scared," admitted the toll-woman.
The soldier and boys turned, and, bidding Vic keep close to them, hurried to the bar where Henry had left the gift of the Mojave belle. As they were lifting the elastic raft into the water they heard the voices of men on the river, accompanied by the splashing of water, and knew that the horse-thieves were fording the stream.
"No, I should guess they would be a pretty hard lot who would go out from here gamblers, and horse-thieves, and runaway sailors, and Mexican fighters neither good to travel with or good to work with; he had better go up and strike from St. Louis." "He had better go higher still, Hiram; there's a northern route, and I hear a lot of the Western men are making across that.
"If only we could follow them, and get the horses back!" said the senator's son, with a sigh. "They must be worth a lot of money," murmured Jessie. "Oh, supposing they had shot us!" she added, tremblingly. "Horse-thieves are usually cowards," answered Belle. "They won't shoot unless they are cornered. I'd like to follow them myself, but we can't do it on foot."
We are all ready to go." "Come here!" called back Dave. "Something is wrong!" The senator's son answered the summons on a run, and the three girls trailed behind him. The newcomers to Star Ranch did not know what to say, but Belle uttered a cry of dismay: "Horse-thieves!" "Oh, Belle, do you really think somebody has stolen the horses?" queried Laura, while Jessie turned very pale.
So I began to discuss several points with my captors in a much calmer tone demonstrating that from the irregularity of their challenge we could not suppose it came from any regular picket that there were many horse-thieves and marauders about, so that it behoved travelers to be cautious that it would have been impossible to have explained our names, object, and destination in a breath, even if they had given more time for such reply: finally, making a virtue of necessity, I consented to accompany them to the regular out-post of Greenland, stipulating that I should have a horse to carry me and my saddle-bags; for my knee was still bleeding, and stiffening fast.
The farmers in the former parts suffer greatly from the ceaseless incursions over the border. When cattle are to be driven away, it is feared that even regular "raiders" and guerrillas are not over-careful to ascertain the sympathies of the owner. The horse-thieves, of course, are absolutely indifferent whether they plunder friend or foe.
"You would not be able to reach there until long after nightfall." "I shouldn't mind that," answered Dave. "But what will the rest of you do in the meantime? You can't stay out here in the open very well, with that storm coming on." "Dave, you're not going to the house alone," cried Laura. "I'll not allow it. Supposing those horse-thieves should be watching you?
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