alling into their hands," said Pos

so beaten," urged

y," he said. "And they have a goo

-stage. The hill which their pursuers had yet to climb would double the value of the start they had of them, to be sure; but there would be no means of hiding from th

stationary. Their own horses were on their last legs, so much so that it was becoming sheer brutality to urge them on. The two girls dismounted and turned their poor beasts loose and the ser

e to run for

pointing ahead; and sure enough there 42 were the two nake

ight; no one had breath to sp

reciably lessened the distance between them. Another five minutes, and then voices were becoming distinctly

nted. "You must go on

," cried his elder daughte

ed their horses and come within gunshot; and on

te or two," said t

here are you going?" cr

edge. Looking to their left they saw for the first time that one of the brig's boats ha

he boat. As they did so a bullet whistled past their