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"But 'atter ternight ye've got ter suffer me ter take my own chances." Together they climbed the mountainside until they reached the edge of a thicket that seemed impassable but through which the guide discovered a narrow way.
"An' no men ever worked more plum slavish ner faithful then what you men have ternight." "That hain't nothin' more left ter do now," said Parson Acup, "unless hit be ter go home an' pray." But Alexander shook her head with a vigorous and masculine determination. "No, thar's still one thing more ter do. I want thet when you men goes home ye send me back a few others fresh men.
Yer see, this yer's all camp; thar ain't no fit place whar we kin hide the gurl, an' make her keep her mouth shet. Them blamed soldiers are a moosin' 'bout every whar, an' if she onct got talkin', our goose wud be cooked. Furst thing we got ter do is git her outer this camp." "Ternight, yer sed?" "'Bout midnight; yer'll go' hey?" "I reckon; yer got the money?"
"Buck," exclaimed Moffat, "how did that feller McNeil, and those other cow-punchers, get in here? You had your orders." Mason turned his quid deliberately and spat at the open door. "You bet I did, Jack," he responded cheerfully, yet with a trifle of exasperation evident in his eyes. "And what's more, I reckon they was obeyed. There ain't nobody got in yere ternight without they had a cyard."
The agent was jubilant and triumphant, and chuckled in gleeful tones that thrilled the girls with remorse as they remembered the annihilation of McNutt's cherished melons. "Ol' Dan usu'lly has a dorg," said Peggy, between his fits of laughter; "but I guess he had him chained up ternight." "I'm not positively sure that was Brayley's place," remarked Beth; "it's so very dark."
Now he rose and his voice trembled. "Fer God's sake, Alexander, don't belittle me ner mek light of me ternight. I kain't endure hit. Heven't ye got no idee how master much I loves ye? Don't ye see thet ther two of us war made fer each other? I don't aim ter brag none but ye knows I'm ther only man hyar-abouts thet understands ye thet holds ye in full-high appreciation!"
Cleek thought for a moment, then plunged bravely in. "Come up from the passage, sir," he responded curtly. "Loadin' up ternight, and some fool locked t'other end before me and my mate 'ere 'ad finished our work. 'Ad to come along this w'y, or else spend the rest of the night dahn there, and we're due for loadin' the stuff at the docks at midnight. Master'll be devilish mad if 'e finds us missin'."
"They can't have gone far we must comb these woods." But Alexander shrugged her shoulders. "Thar hain't no possible way of runnin' 'em down ternight," she said. "They've scattered like a hover of pa'tridges thet's been shot at, an' whichever one's got them saddle-bags is in safe hidin' afore now. I've got one more plan yit, but hit's fer termorrer.
'Come along ter the quayside ternight at twelve o'clock. There's a bit uf loadin' up ter be done, an' only a few uv the men are required. I don't choose none wot I don't cotton to. 'You'll cotton ter me all right, matey, I ses, with a sort uv a larf that seemed ter tickle 'im. 'I'm as close as the devil 'imself.
"I can tell you 'oo'll be stiff ternight if he don't " The sentence was never finished, for from the hall outside came the sound of Mrs. Barraclough's voice: "I may be a little late for dinner, Cook, so don't put on the potatoes till the half hour." "My mother," said Anthony, warningly. With a curse and a growl Smith and Dirk backed away, pocketing their weapons, as Mrs.
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