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"Even then they can't go fast. They've got no beast but the mule, and all to day the girl's foot has been bleeding— " The man with the silver bridle flashed a quick intensity of rage on him. "Do you think I haven't seen that?" he snarled. "It helps, anyhow," whispered the little man to himself. EVEN THEN THEY CAN'T GO FAST THEY'VE GOT NO BEAST BUT THE MULE AND ALL TO DAY THE GIRL'S FOOT HAS BEEN BLEEDING THE MAN WITH THE SILVER BRIDLE FLASHED A QUICK INTENSITY OF RAGE ON HIM DO YOU THINK I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT HE SNARLED IT HELPS ANYHOW WHISPERED THE LITTLE MAN TO HIMSELF
er and remoter, with only a few clusters of sere thorn bushes here and there, and the dim suggestions of some now waterless ravine, to break its desolation of yellow grass. Its purple distances melted at last into the bluish slopes of the further hills—hills it might be of a greener kind—and above them invisibly supported, and seeming indeed to hang in the blue, were the snowclad summits of mountains that grew larger and bolder to the north-westward as the sides of the valley drew together. And westward the valley opened until a distant darkness under the sky told where the forests began. But the three men looked neither east nor west, but only steadfastly across the valley. The gaunt man with the scarred lip was the first to speak. “Nowhere,” he said, with a sigh of disappointment in his voice. “But after all, they had a full day's start.” “They don't know we are after them,” said the little man on the white horse. “SHE would know,” said the leader bitterly, as if speaking to himself. ITH EAGER EYES IT SPREAD REMOTER AND REMOTER WITH ONLY A FEW CLUSTERS OF SERE THORN BUSHES HERE AND THERE AND THE DIM SUGGESTIONS OF SOME NOW WATERLESS RAVINE TO BREAK ITS DESOLATION OF YELLOW GRASS ITS PURPLE DISTANCES MELTED AT LAST INTO THE BLUISH SLOPES OF THE FURTHER HILLS HILLS IT MIGHT BE OF A GREENER KIND AND ABOVE THEM INVISIBLY SUPPORTED AND SEEMING INDEED TO HANG IN THE BLUE WITH THE SNOW CLAD SUMMITS OF MOUNTAINS THAT GREW LARGER AND BOLDER TO THE NORTH WESTWARD AS THE SIDES OF THE VALLEY DREW TOGETHER AND WESTWARD THE VALLEY OPENED UNTIL A DISTANT DARKNESS UNDER THE SKY TOLD WHERE THE FORESTS BEGAN BUT THE THREE MEN LOOKED NEITHER EAST NOR WEST BUT ONLY STEADFASTLY ACROSS THE VALLEY THE GAUNT MAN WITH THE SCARRED LIP WAS THE FIRST TO SPEAK NORWHERE HE SAID WITH A SIGH OF DISAPPOINTMENT IN HIS VOICE BUT AFTER ALL THEY HAD A FOOL DEE START THEY DON'T KNOW WE'RE AFTER THEM SAID THE LITTLE MAN ON THE WHITE HORSE SHE WOULD KNOW SAID THE LEADER BITTERLY AS IF SPEAKING TO HIMSELF
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