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The lights inside the house had all been extinguished, and from the darkened window Ferrier peered over the fields which had been his own, and which he was now about to abandon for ever. THE LIGHTS INSIDE THE HOUSE HAD ALL BEEN EXTINGUISHED AND FROM THE DARKENED WINDOW FERRIER PEERED OVER THE FIELDS WHICH HAD BEEN HIS OWN AND WHICH HE WAS NOW ABOUT TO ABANDON FOR EVER
oneware jar with water, for he knew by experience that the mountain wells were few and far between. He had hardly completed his arrangements before the farmer returned with his daughter all dressed and ready for a start. The greeting between the lovers was warm, but brief, for minutes were precious, and there was much to be done. “We must make our start at once,” said Jefferson Hope, speaking in a low but resolute voice, like one who realizes the greatness of the peril, but has steeled his heart to meet it. “The front and back entrances are watched, but with caution we may get away through the side window and across the fields. Once on the road we are only two miles from the Ravine where the horses are waiting. By daybreak we should be half-way through the mountains.” “What if we are stopped,” asked Ferrier. Hope slapped the revolver butt which protruded from the front of his tunic. “If they are too many for us we shall take two or three of them with us,” he said with a sinister smile. MALL PARCEL AND FILLED A STONE WARE JAR WITH WATER FOR HE KNEW BY EXPERIENCE THAT THE MOUNTAIN WELLS WERE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN HE HAD HARDLY COMPLETED HIS ARRANGEMENTS BEFORE THE FARMER RETURNED WITH HIS DAUGHTER ALL DRESSED AND READY FOR A START THE GREETING BETWEEN THE LOVERS WAS WARM BUT BRIEF FOR MINUTES WERE PRECIOUS AND THERE WAS MUCH TO BE DONE WE MUST MAKE OUR START AT ONCE SAID JEFFERSON HOPE SPEAKING IN A LOW BUT RESOLUTE VOICE LIKE ONE WHO REALIZES THE GREATNESS OF THE PERIL BUT HAS STEELED HIS HEART TO MEET IT THE FRONT AND BACK ENTRANCES WERE WATCHED BUT WITH CAUTION WE MAY GET AWAY THROUGH THE SIDE WINDOW AND ACROSS THE FIELDS ONCE ON THE ROAD WE ARE ONLY TWO MILES FROM THE RAVINE WHERE THE HORSES ARE WAITING BY DAYBREAK WE SHOULD BE HALF WAY THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WHAT IF WE ARE STOPPED ASKED FERRIER HOPE SLAPPED THE REVOLVER BUT WHICH PROTRUDED FROM THE FRONT OF HIS TUNIC IF THERE ARE TOO MANY FOR US WE SHALL TAKE TWO OR THREE OF THEM WITH US HE SAID WITH A SINISTER SMILE
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