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XXXII. Night—Horses Tramping

           Coggancarriedanoldpinchbeckrepeaterwhichhehadinheritedfromsomegeniusinhisfamily;anditnowstruckone.Helightedanothermatch,andexaminedthegroundagain.

           "’Tisacanternow,"hesaid,throwingawaythelight."Atwisty,ricketypaceforagig.Thefactis,theyover-droveheratstarting;weshallcatch’emyet."

           Againtheyhastenedon,andenteredBlackmoreVale.Coggan’swatchstruckone.Whentheylookedagainthehoof-marksweresospacedastoformasortofzigzagifunited,likethelampsalongastreet.

           "That’satrot,Iknow,"saidGabriel.

           "Onlyatrotnow,"saidCoggan,cheerfully."Weshallovertakehimintime."

           Theypushedrapidlyonforyettwoorthreemiles."Ah!amoment,"saidJan."Let’sseehowshewasdrivenupthishill.’Twillhelpus."Alightwaspromptlystruckuponhisgaitersasbefore,andtheexaminationmade.

           "Hurrah!"saidCoggan."Shewalkeduphereandwellshemight.Weshallgetthemintwomiles,foracrown."

           Theyrodethree,andlistened.Nosoundwastobeheardsaveamillpondtricklinghoarselythroughahatch,andsuggestinggloomypossibilitiesofdrowningbyjumpingin.Gabrieldismountedwhentheycametoaturning.Thetrackswereabsolutelytheonlyguideastothedirectionthattheynowhad,andgreatcautionwasnecessarytoavoidconfusingthemwithsomeotherswhichhadmadetheirappearancelately.

           "Whatdoesthismean?thoughIguess,"saidGabriel,lookingupatCogganashemovedthematchoverthegroundabouttheturning.

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