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Updated: June 13, 2025
She knew that her appeal to her husband had failed, but James had sworn to keep his promise, and now he was setting out for that expressed purpose. And such was her foolish woman's blind faith that she had no doubts. When he returned he was to bring, at least, little Vada with him. The fresh mountain air was doubly pleasant to her that morning. The brilliant sunlight raised her spirits.
"They've runned away," cried Vada, peering into the box. "Me don't like 'piders," murmured Jamie definitely. Vada's great brown eyes filled with tears. Fresh rivulets began to run down the muddy channels on her downy cheeks. Her disappointment found vent in great sobbing gulps. Jamie stared at her in silent speculation. Then one little fat hand reached out and pushed her.
Hardened as he was, the sight and all it suggested depressed him. But he was not allowed much time for reflection. Two childish voices shrieked at him at once. "Me first!" they cried in one breath. And Sunny ladled them out molasses and crackers to their hearts' content. When they had eaten all he thought good for them Vada scrambled to her knees.
We took the coast road, and, though we had to ford two streams and swam our horses over one, although we had to slide down slopes and toil up others afoot, leading our horses after us, although a full third of the road was mere rough track, like a wild mountain trail, though the distance was all of forty-five miles, yet we slept at Vada Sabatia, very thankful to have done in one day what would have taken us at least three by the hundred and fifty-one mile mountain-detour through Dertona, and still more thankful for the lonely safety of the coast road.
And instantly the indolent loafer, with a movement almost electrical in its swiftness, seized Vada in his arms and dashed off up the hill, followed by the little father, bearing the screaming Jamie in his. Inside the bush the three men searched, with eyes and ears alert in the fashion of furious terriers.
Not only was she waiting for his return, but she expected to see him bearing in his arms one of her own innocent children. The thought of little Vada in his arms drove her frantic. Her innocent little Vada in the arms of this cold-blooded assassin! She knew him now for all he was. The scales had fallen from her foolish eyes.
She's just wanting you to stop right here and catch more bugs, till I come along and fetch you." "O oh!" cried Vada, prolonging her exclamation gleefully. "Say, can't us go now?" "Me do too," murmured her faithful shadow. One quick glance at the mother's face and the man spoke again. "Not now, kiddies. I'll come and fetch you. Run along." Then he turned swiftly upon Jessie.
Jamie bein' the smallest I give him the thin white packet, an' the other, the blue one, I give to Vada. That seemed to fix them good, an I guess they're most ready fer their baths by now." "I guessed you'd treat 'em right," approved Sunny seriously. "Ther' ain't nothin' like physic. You're sure a wise guy, Zip." Sandy Joyce agreed, too. "You was dead right," he said impressively.
"Me like m'lasses," piped Jamie, who had managed to get the pup's tail over his shoulder, and was hanging on to it with both hands. Vada shrieked as the pup began to yelp. "Oh, look at Jamie," she cried. "He's pulling Dougal's tail right out. You're a naughty, naughty boy." "Not naughty," protested Jamie, pulling harder.
At Cosa, at Vada, at Luna we had waked dreading to find the avengers up with us and ourselves prisoners; at Rosellae, at Pisa, at Bodetia, we had eaten with one eye on the door, expecting every instant to see our pursuers enter; so at every change-station, while our trappings were taken from our weary cattle and girthed on fresh mounts. So we were for the coast road as shortest.
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