In the Sunk Lands — page 92: what you’re looking at

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IN THE SUNK LANDS. Beene fe off with his nose to the ground, and [I fol- lowed. In a second we were out of sight. It was growing dark, and in the dense wood the gloom was magnified. But my only thought was for Mr. Roberts’s money, and I paid no attention to anything else. Boose quickened his pace when he became aware that I was following, and soon I was compelled to run to keep him in sight. Around trees, through bushes and vines and over the trunks of fallen trees he led the way. My heart leaped high as he steered for the houses. Could the fellow have taken refuge in any of them after we left? But no; Boose halted but a moment for me to catch up, at a place where I saw the bushes were trampled as though a person had walked back and forth where the settle- ment could be seen through the trees, and then the trail.led off to the left. Kvidently the man had stopped to watch what had taken place. In which case it was probable that he was not far ahead ! Boose ran silently. Nothing could be heard but the rustling leaves as some fright-— Gomichboo <s) Go