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Arnold murmured a few words of excuse and turned away. Mr. Tidey Junior carefully arranged his necktie and slipped down from his stool. Mr. Jarvis, who was answering the telephone, took off his gold-rimmed spectacles and wiped them. "Some one must go in and say that Mr. Burland, of Harris & Burland, wishes to know at what time he can see the governor.
"The best thing we can do with him is to place him in the canoe, and let him remain there until we have discovered the little girls, for, depend upon it, his companions have carried them off, probably with the intention of holding them as hostages until we deliver up Dio," observed Mr Tidey.
Our exploring party consisted of my father, Uncle Denis, Mr Tidey, Dan, and I, Dio, and two of the men. My mother begged that she might go with us, and as she would not leave the two little girls behind, Biddy came to assist in taking care of them.
The first thing I did the next morning on getting up was to hurry out to ascertain if Mr Tidey and the negro had arrived, and was much disappointed to find that the waggon had not come back. Breakfast was over, and still it did not appear. My mother suggested that possibly the black was too weak to be removed.
"Give a look to the side of the gully, they will be attempting to get in there presently. The Indians expect to surprise us, but we will turn the tables on them," whispered Mr Tidey. I followed his directions, but on looking over the breastwork could see no one. My father and the other men were on their feet in a moment.
He therefore inquired whether any of our party were hunters, as he could not venture to allow any of his own officers or men to go out in search of game. "We will start off at once, then, Mike!" said Mr Tidey to me when he heard this, "and soon prove, I hope, that we do not wish to eat the bread of idleness."
Dio pointed ahead, while Mr Tidey leaned eagerly forward. Presently a large animal came out of a hollow in which it had previously been concealed. Moving on I saw to my satisfaction that it was one of a herd of tame cattle feeding at the bottom of the hollow. Instead of running away when we approached, they came lowing up, as if well accustomed to the sight of white men.
I called to Mr Tidey, who stopped, and, sheltering ourselves under the shadow of the trees, we looked in the direction Rose pointed. There, sure enough, was a canoe skimming lightly over the moonlit waters. She appeared to be of large size, though I could only see two paddles going. We watched eagerly to know to what part of the bank she was directing her course.
He put out his hand in a frank manner as he walked up to Mr Tidey. "You have done me a service, friend; for that animal showed more fight than I expected, and might have injured me severely had not your shot taken effect, though it narrowly missed my head, I suspect." "Very glad to have been of use to you, but here's the person you should thank," said the Dominie, pointing to me.
"We must place some logs over the poor lady's grave," said Uncle Denis, "so that we may know it again." Mr Tidey agreed, and all of us plying our axes, we managed to pile up a number of logs over the spot. Three fallen trees lay near the larger grave and these we dragged over it, so as to prevent the wolves from disturbing the dead.
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