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But, the upshot of the hesitant pause was a decision to brave the consequences all of them; so she took Calvert's arm for the slippery crossing of the ice-bridge. Once on his own domain, Adams did the honors of the camp as thoroughly and conscientiously as if the hour held no care heavier than the entertainment of Miss Virginia Carteret.
The winter, prematurely cold, threatened to make an ice-bridge over the stream in ten days, and within about the same time the terms of most of General Washington's troops would expire, and he might be left without even the semblance of an army. "Dire necessity," as he said, compelled a movement of some kind. Christmas had come. It was a cold, freezing day.
Half way across he turned and began barking fiercely, and as they drew nearer, he started toward them uttering savage snarls. "They thought the dog had gone mad, and backed away as he advanced threateningly. Then suddenly his snarl turned to a mournful howl that was lost in frightful cracking as the ice-bridge broke away.
They knew that their only chance of life was to follow him. He went ahead, moving very slowly and looking back while he barked to encourage them. An ice-bridge had formed. It was hidden by deep snow and they did not understand the danger that Rex knew so well. The dog went ahead, the men keeping closely behind him.
"How could you doubt it? Wait here a minute and I'll call him for you." He was gone before she could reply across the ice-bridge spanning one of the pools, and up the rough, frozen embankment of the new line. There were armed guards here, too, as well as at the front, and one of them halted him at the picket line.
"But, I don't understand," she began; then she stopped short and clung to the strong arm. A man in a wide-flapped hat and cowboy chaparejos, with a revolver on either hip, was crossing the stream on the ice-bridge to scramble up the embankment of the new line. "The officer?" she asked in an awed whisper. The Rajah made a sign of assent.
As for Juanna, she turned her back to the ice-bridge, at which she scarcely dared to look, and sat herself upon a rock.
They found the river completely frozen over, the cold being intense, but the ice-bridge had only just been formed, and the surface was rough and uneven, causing the sleigh to oscillate fearfully, threatening every moment to overturn.
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