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The more frequented roads were strictly watched and guarded, and none could pass along them without an order from the Council. THE MORE FREQUENTED ROADS WERE STRICTLY WATCHED AND GUARDED AND NONE COULD PASS ALONG THEM WITHOUT AN ORDER FROM THE COUNCIL
casionally they were on small placards stuck upon the garden gate or the railings. With all his vigilance John Ferrier could not discover whence these daily warnings proceeded. A horror which was almost superstitious came upon him at the sight of them. He became haggard and restless, and his eyes had the troubled look of some hunted creature. He had but one hope in life now, and that was for the arrival of the young hunter from Nevada. Twenty had changed to fifteen and fifteen to ten, but there was no news of the absentee. One by one the numbers dwindled down, and still there came no sign of him. Whenever a horseman clattered down the road, or a driver shouted at his team, the old farmer hurried to the gate thinking that help had arrived at last. At last, when he saw five give way to four and that again to three, he lost heart, and abandoned all hope of escape. Single-handed, and with his limited knowledge of the mountains which surrounded the settlement, he knew that he was powerless. ETIMES UPON THE FLOORS OCCASIONALLY THEY WERE ON SMALL PLACARDS STUCK UPON THE GARDEN GATE OR THE RAILINGS WITH ALL HIS VIGILANCE JOHN FERRIER COULD NOT DISCOVER WHENCE THESE DAILY WARNINGS PROCEEDED A HORROR WHICH WAS ALMOST SUPERSTITIOUS CAME UPON HIM AT THE SIGHT OF THEM HE BECAME HAGGARD AND RESTLESS AND HIS EYES HAD THE TROUBLED LOOK OF SOME HUNTED CREATURE HE HAD BUT ONE HOPE IN LIFE NOW AND THAT WAS FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE YOUNG HUNTER FROM NEVADA TWENTY HAD CHANGED FROM FIFTEEN AND FIFTEEN TO TEN BUT THERE WAS NO NEWS OF THE ABSENTEE ONE BY ONE THE NUMBERS DWINDLED DOWN AND THERE CAME NO SIGN OF HIM WHENEVER A HORSEMAN CLATTERED DOWN THE ROAD OR A DRIVER SHOUTED AT HIS TEAM THE OLD FARMER HURRIED TO THE GATE THINKING THAT HELP HAD ARRIVED AT LAST AT LAST WHEN HE SAW FIVE GIVE WAY TO FOUR AND THAT AGAIN TO THREE HE LOST HEART AND ABANDONED ALL HOPE OF ESCAPE SINGLE HANDED AND WITH HIS LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOUNTAINS WHICH SURROUNDED THE SETTLEMENT HE KNEW THAT HE WAS POWERLESS
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