Right hyar they all stopped, an' parleyed some."
"Why?"
"Because three mules stood hyar fer a leetle spell--ye kin see whar
they stomped, an' movin' mules don't stomp twice or thrice over ther
same spot. Then two of 'em went on gallopin'--and one went on walkin'.
Yes this is whar she got rid of 'em, but I misdoubts ef they lost sight
of her."
A little further Bud showed Brent where the two mules had turned aside
to the right and, a mile further on, where Alexander had also abandoned
the main road and gone to the left.
"She held ter ther highway a mile further then she 'lowed ter," growled
Sellers. "Thar's jest one reasonable cause fer thet. She knowed she
war bein' spied on, an' she aimed ter shake 'em off. I wonder _did_
she shake 'em off."
When they had almost reached the Gap itself and were proceeding warily
they came to a narrow ford at whose edge Bud drew rein.
"Let's pause an' study this hyar proposition out afore we rides on any
further," he suggested.
It was a particularly wild and desolate spot where the road bent so
sharply that they had turned a corner and come upon the crossing of the
water without a previous view.
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