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"Hurry on! hurry on!" he gasped from time to time. "We are through the line of sentinels. Everything depends on speed. Hurry on!" HURRY ON HURRY ON HE GASPED FROM TIME TO TIME WE'RE THROUGH THE LINE OF SENTINELS EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON SPEED HURRY ON
in owl was heard within a few yards of them, which was immediately answered by another hoot at a small distance. At the same moment a vague shadowy figure emerged from the gap for which they had been making, and uttered the plaintive signal cry again, on which a second man appeared out of the obscurity. “To-morrow at midnight,” said the first who appeared to be in authority. “When the Whip-poor-Will calls three times.” “It is well,” returned the other. “Shall I tell Brother Drebber?” “Pass it on to him, and from him to the others. Nine to seven!” “Seven to five!” repeated the other, and the two figures flitted away in different directions. Their concluding words had evidently been some form of sign and countersign. The instant that their footsteps had died away in the distance, Jefferson Hope sprang to his feet, and helping his companions through the gap, led the way across the fields at the top of his speed, supporting and half-carrying the girl when her strength appeared to fail her. E THE MELANCHOLY HOOTING OF A MOUNTAIN OWL WAS HEARD WITHIN A FEW YARDS OF THEM WHICH WAS IMMEDIATELY ANSWERED BY ANOTHER HOOT AT A SMALL DISTANCE AT THE SAME MOMENT A VAGUE SHADOWY FIGURE EMERGED FROM THE GAP FOR WHICH THEY HAD BEEN MAKING AND UTTERED THE PLAINTIVE SIGNAL CRY AGAIN ON WHICH A SECOND MAN APPEARED OUT OF THE OBSCURITY TO MORROW AT MIDNIGHT SAID THE FIRST WHO APPEARED TO BE IN AUTHORITY WHEN THE WHIPPER WILL CALLS THREE TIMES IT AS WELL RETURNED THE OTHER SHALL I TELL BROTHER DREBBER PASS AN ARM TO HIM AND FROM HIM TO THE OTHERS NINE TO SEVEN SEVEN TO FIVE REPEATED THE OTHER AND THE TWO FIGURES FLITTED AWAY IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS THEIR CONCLUDING WORDS HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN SOME FORM OF SIGN AND COUNTERSIGN THE INSTANT THAT THEIR FOOTSTEPS HAD DIED AWAY IN THE DISTANCE JEFFERSON HOPE SPRANG TO HIS FEET AND HELPING HIS COMPANIONS THROUGH THE GAP LED THE WAY ACROSS THE FIELDS AT THE TOP OF HIS SPEED SUPPORTING AND HALF CARRYING THE GIRL WHEN HER STRENGTH APPEARED TO FAIL HER
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