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Updated: May 31, 2025
He had intended witnessing the return of the night-riders, but, under the circumstances, that was now out of the question. He had only gone a few paces when he brought up to a stand. Even amidst the noisy splashing of the rain, he thought he heard the sound of running feet somewhere near by; so he stood listening with every nerve straining.
An old feller by the name of Rufe Daniels who wouldn't jine the night-riders had been shot to death on his own door step, jest about a mile away, only a week or so before. The night-riders mostly used these here automatic shot-guns, but they didn't bother with birdshot. They mostly loaded their shells with buckshot.
Another pheasant answered him from somewhere above at the upper part of the wood, and it occurred to both of us that the pheasants were the night-riders, making their private signals. "We've had a famous adventure to tell Mother," said Hugh. "Yes," I said; "but we had better be careful not to tell anybody else.
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