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Updated: May 25, 2025
The man swallowed the contents of his glass, and set it down with a bang on the table as he fixed his eyes on Tap's face, and from the succeeding observations Tap realized that his sympathy and would-be friendly overture had been as gall in the mouth of his companion, who, unused to anything save the rugged bluntness of a wild, free life, took the mealy-mouthed sentence as a slight on his intelligence.
The sound of Tap's horse galloping away came to him with the sounds of others approaching. The light from the little fire Tap had made was just enough to show where the five pursuers reined up in time to miss the sudden drop in the ground. The man's eyes gleamed as he saw them, and he tried to pull out a revolver.
"Ride for it," he called back, as he dashed into the shadow ahead; and at the same moment the sounds of the others crashing through the bush behind them came to Tap's ears. "Don't leave the mare think of the pain she's in," the man on the ground cried out, as he strove to rise, and fell back, writhing in agony.
Barber turned round again and fixed his eyes on Tap's face. "What about Gleeson's men?" he asked. "I didn't hear if they were there or not, but Gleeson can go in himself to-morrow. They won't know him now, after the night they're having." "If Walker's not there he's waiting for them somewhere," Gleeson said.
If I haven't forgotten the country, there's a creek runs that way through a belt of wattle, and beyond it the ridge slopes down." "That's right," Tap answered. "You didn't lose your memory in " "Dry up," the other exclaimed. Then he stood silent for a few moments before he turned and laid his hand on Tap's shoulder. "There's the sound of a horse hobbled there," he whispered, pointing.
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