Bob Younger's Fate — page 194: what you’re looking at

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BOB YOUNGER’S FATE,° 185 ‘‘Tappreciate your words, and realize how fully they apply to Myra. I think Ican say that I owe her wholly my present prospects. ”’ “That is perfectly true. Your death had been fully accepted by every one as perfectly authentic, until she disputed it; and then, to show the depth of her penetration and ability, she proceeded at once to prove the truth of her assertions.’’ In such converse the night passed until the glow in the east showed the advent of another day. — They were successful in keeping on the trail from the fact that one of the horses had a broken shoe which had left its peculiar mark at each step. At‘ this point.they decided to take a half hour’s rest, after which they hastily pushed on, being able As travel rapidly now when aided by the ight of ay. } In a couple of hours they came to a farmhouse, where they craved a crust of bread and a cup of coffee, offering pay for the same. | A refreshing breakfast was prepared for them, but what they wanted most, information concerning the bandits, was wanting. Leaving this point, they proceeded on their quest, but progress now was exceedingly slow, owing to the fact that the tell-tale hoof-prints had become al- most obliterated, although here and there an occa- sional one showed quite distinctly. | At eight o’clock they came to a forest, and here the trail left the road. ‘Now we shall have plain sailing,’’ said Belton. ‘“T have an idea that they are not far away, and as a consequence we must use the utmost caution, so as to guard against surprise.”’ Thirty minutes’ walking brought them to a clear- ing in the midst of this wilderness. In the center stood a house built of logs, but no sion of a person was observable about the place. A thin ring of smoke, which curled lazily upward from the chimney, however, showed that some one at least had been there lately. | ts, Fearful that the foe might be concealed within, - they dared not approach the building; and so for (E(0) Gomicbooks