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It is so still that the shuffle-shuffle of a footstep can be heard in the distance, the tinkle of a tin pail swinging musically to and fro, the swish of an alder switch cropping the heads of the roadside weeds. All at once a voice breaks the stillness. Is it a child's, a woman's, or a man's? Neither yet all three.
Montt thereupon drew from his jacket pocket a revolver, which he had taken the precaution to bring with him, and tapped softly on the door with its butt. This time there followed a plainly perceptible "shuffle-shuffle" like the soft padding of a heavy animal's paws, and both men started violently when, directly afterward, and from the other side of the door, a whining voice inquired
As the sun dropped we swung along into a dim grey beyond, to the muffled tramp, tramp of the mules' hoofs, shuffle-shuffle through the night, while a cool breeze got up, and a flight of birds high above us called aloud as they passed over. Ah! but how good it was! no telegrams, no conventionalities, no possessions worth worry or consideration.
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