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Chapter XIII
Instantlysherealizedthatsomeonehadcarriedherthereandgoneafterhelp.Shesatupandlookedaround.Shenoticedtheloadoflogsandtheonehorse.Someonewasridingafterhelpforher!
“Oh,poorFreckles!”shewailed.“Theymaybekillinghimbynow.Oh,howmuchtimehaveIwasted?”
Shehurriedtotheotherbay,herfingersflyingasshesethimfree.Snatchingupabigblacksnakewhipthatlayontheground,shecaughtthehames,stretchedalongthehorse’sneck,and,forthefirsttime,thefine,bigfellowfeltonhisbackthequalityofthelashthatDuncanwasaccustomedtocrackoverhim.Hewasfrightened,andranattopspeed.
TheAngelpassedawildlywaving,screamingwomanontheroad,andalittlelateramanridingasifhe,too,wereingreathaste.Themancalledtoher,butsheonlylaylowerandusedthewhip.Soonthefeetoftheman’shorsesoundedfartherandfartheraway.
AttheSouthcamptheywereloadingasecondwagon,whentheAngelappearedridingoneofDuncan’sbays,latheredanddripping,andcried:“EverybodygotoFreckles!Therearethievesstealingtrees,andtheyhadhimbound.They’regoingtokillhim!”
ShewheeledthehorsetowardtheLimberlost.Thealarmsoundedthroughcamp.Thegangwerenotunprepared.McLeansprangtoNellie’sbackandracedaftertheAngel.AstheypassedDuncan,hewheeledandfollowed.Soonthepikewasanirregularprocessionofbarebackedriders,wildlydrivingflyinghorsestowardtheswamp.
TheBossrodeneck-and-neckwiththeAngel.
