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They could see the lonely watcher fingering his gun, and peering down at them as if dissatisfied at their reply. "By whose permission?" he asked. THEY COULD SEE THE LONELY WATCHER FINGERING HIS GUN AND PEERING DOWN AT THEM AS IF DISSATISFIED AT THEIR REPLY BY WHOSE PERMISSION HE ASKED
 wild chaos of boulders and debris made all advance impossible. Between the two ran the irregular track, so narrow in places that they had to travel in Indian file, and so rough that only practised riders could have traversed it at all. Yet in spite of all dangers and difficulties, the hearts of the fugitives were light within them, for every step increased the distance between them and the terrible despotism from which they were flying. They soon had a proof, however, that they were still within the jurisdiction of the Saints. They had reached the very wildest and most desolate portion of the pass when the girl gave a startled cry, and pointed upwards. On a rock which overlooked the track, showing out dark and plain against the sky, there stood a solitary sentinel. He saw them as soon as they perceived him, and his military challenge of “Who goes there?” rang through the silent ravine. “Travellers for Nevada,” said Jefferson Hope, with his hand upon the rifle which hung by his saddle. STER ON THE OTHER HAND A WILD CHAOS OF BOULDERS AND DEBRIS MADE ALL ADVANCE IMPOSSIBLE BETWEEN THE TWO RAN THE IRREGULAR TRACK SO NARROW IN PLACES THAT THEY HAD TO TRAVEL IN INDIAN FILE AND SO ROUGH THAT ONLY PRACTISED RIDERS COULD HAVE TRAVERSED IT AT ALL YET IN SPITE OF ALL DANGERS AND DIFFICULTIES THE HEARTS OF THE FUGITIVES WERE LIGHT WITHIN THEM FOR EVERY STEP INCREASED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM AND THE TERRIBLE DESPOTISM FROM WHICH THEY WERE FLYING THEY SOON HAD A PROOF HOWEVER THAT THEY WERE STILL WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE SAINTS THEY HAD REACHED THE VERY WILDEST AND MOST DESOLATE PORTION OF THE PASS WHEN THE GIRL GAVE A STARTLED CRY AND POINTED UPWARDS ON A ROCK WHICH OVERLOOKED THE TRACK SHOWING OUT DARK AND PLAIN AGAINST THE SKY THERE STOOD A SOLITARY SENTINEL HE SAW THEM AS SOON AS THEY PERCEIVED HIM AND HIS MILITARY CHALLENGE OF WHO GOES THERE RANG THROUGH THE SILENT RAVINE TRAVELLERS FROM NEVADA SAID JEFFERSON HOPE WITH HIS HAND UPON THE RIFLE WHICH HUNG BY HIS SADDLE
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