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At last they reached the cliff. Not wishing to abandon their horses, they made a detour, coming up to the Indian village by what might be termed a back way. In a thicket they tethered their steeds and once on foot each inspected his weapon to see that it was ready for use. "Don't want any trip-up this time," said Henry, to the flint-lock he carried. "You have played me tricks enough.
"You were a young fool, but you have lived it down, and there's the room there has always been for a good many more like you in the Dominion. Look round in high places, and you'll see them good men, and better than they might have been but for that little trip-up when they were young. Yes, I've wondered where your dollars went to and I'm glad we have done so well now I know.
A few words more followed, and then both of the boys left the cabin. "She won't submit," whispered Mumps. "What had we best do?" "Use the drug Crabtree gave us," answered Baxter. "It's a lucky thing I brought that vial." "Yes if we don't have any trip-up in the matter," answered the toady, with a doubtful shake of his head.
Certain districts in Liverpool could not be traversed after dark, and the reason was simply this any man or woman of decent appearance was liable to be first of all surrounded by a carefully-picked company of blackguards; then came the clever trip-up from behind; then the victim was left to be robbed; and then the authorities wrung their hands and said that it was a pity, and that everything should be done.
They also described how wires had been found in the shrubbery, evidently placed there to trip-up unwary pursuers. It was lucky he had escaped these snares. And they showed him the jewels. Mr Watkins had the sense not to talk too much, and in any conversational difficulty fell back on his internal pains. At last he was seized with stiffness in the back, and yawning.
"You can thank your stars that you are not at this moment in the Oak Run lock-up." "I shouldn't have run any risk at all if it hadn't been for you," growled Flapp. "Oh, don't come any such game on me, Flapp. I can read you like a book. You know you don't dare to go home after that trip-up at White Corners. Your old man would just about kill you and you'd be locked up in the bargain."
Now a quick rush, as if over thin ice or a treacherous quagmire; anon, a trip-up and tumble, with a spell of floundering before feet can be recovered. Fortunately, the belt of Lilliputian forest is of no great breadth, and beyond it, higher up, they come upon firmer ground, nearly bare of vegetation, which continues to the summit of the ridge.
As soon as it was dark they crept, like the prowling wolves they were, down into the valley, and positioned themselves midway between the cabin and the road-agent's camp, but several yards apart, with a lasso held above the grass between them, to serve as a "trip-up." The sky had become overcast with dense black clouds, and the gloom to the valley was quite impenetrable.
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