José — page 170: what you’re looking at

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JOSE. 163 wouldn’t hear of it and said you knew perfectly well yourself what you were about. After two hours, however, I, too, got alarmed. The young gentleman somewhat impatiently walked all through the house and ordered his horse saddled. I suddenly recollected—I don’t know how—that just about this time the stage was due and you had made such particular inquiries about the way.to the station. [intimated the fact and McGregor turned as pale as death. ‘She doesn’t know the danger!’ said he. A quarter of an hour afterward he and Mr. Brown, and six of our men, rode away at their horses’ topmost speed. The men, so I learned, arrived at the settlement long before dark, inquiring everywhere, but no signs of the young lady could be found. Mr. Brown intimated that he thought Hattie had seen mere ghosts and the young lady was safe at home eating supper. The young gentle- man started back silent and sullen, and at times deviating a half mile from the path to examine the herders who have charge of the sheep there. And one of them, sure enough, had seen a young lady right in the midst of the deep gulches and had watched her a long time. Mr. McGregor made minute inquiries and only became more excited than before; at a full gallop he bounded back. The storm burst forth over them, but of no rest did they think until they reached the fording place of the river just as the night was closing in about them. Not long did they have to ride on the oppo- site shore. The young gentleman was about to divide the squad, when a white object came rolling toward them before the wind and was caught by one of the men—it was Miss Mary’s straw bonnet, and straight the little band went to one of the Eomicboo S (E(0)