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Sterry's expectation was that his mare would shoot across the depression and up the other bank with the least possible delay; but of her own accord, and without suggestion from him, she turned abruptly to the left and dropped to a walk.
"Of course I knew that would be your reply," Fred hastened to say; "and it is what Inman and Cadmus expect. I have been sent to bring my mother and sister out of the house, for the rustlers intend to attack you before morning. That means, too, that they intend to burn it." The three defenders who were in the secret saw the danger in which this placed Sterry's intended flight.
Now, as every one knows, the wolf is a sneak, and generally will run from a child if it presents a bold front; but the animal becomes very dangerous when pressed by hunger. Monteith Sterry's reception was altogether different from what he anticipated.
What reason can she give that will induce him to aid her to pass beyond the camp?" "I can think of none, but Jennie is hopeful that if she can see him alone he will permit her to do as she wishes." "Does she contemplate walking the half-dozen miles or so to the camp of the cattlemen?" asked Sterry, in dismay. "O, no; she expects to ride Mr. Sterry's mare." "But but " stammered Monteith.
Had they attempted to flee, or had they come to a halt, probably he would have started after them. As it was he swung half-way round, so that his side was exposed. He offered a fine target for Sterry's weapon, but the young man still refrained from using it. "It isn't well to go too near him," remarked Fred Whitney, seizing the arm of his sister and drawing her toward the shore on the left.
Nobly did Queenie do her duty. She had carried her master out of many a peril, and she could be counted on to do it as long as the ability remained with her. Sterry's anxiety was really more on her account than on his own.
It may be said that Monteith Sterry's main hope for the success of his perilous scheme lay in its boldness. It was not to be supposed that the rustlers, surrounding the besieged on every hand, would forget the probability of just such an attempt as he made.
Her speed was rapid, but she was capable of maintaining it for hours without fatigue. Sterry's intention was to make his way to the ranch of his friend, Dick Hawkridge, which lay to the westward. He began veering in that direction, so that it may be said that while Inman and his band were riding toward him, he was approaching them. Two causes, however, prevented a meeting of the parties.
These deductions and views are not in any way convincing to us; indeed, we find ourselves in complete disagreement with them, and few Dickensians, we feel sure, will endorse them. Mr. Ashby Sterry's argument regarding the "Bull" and the "Blue Boar" at Rochester proves nothing.
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