They won't hear you now, and they're getting farther off every minute.

There ain't no other way, and, I know you'll do it for the old man.

Get home as quick as you can and tell Jim what's up.

Tell him I'll hold 'em until he gets there." Even as he spoke, he sprang from his horse and began loosening the saddle girths.
"But, Matt," protested the girl; "how can you?
You can't get by them.

How're you goin' to get there in time ?" "Down the mountain; short cut;" he answered as he jerked the heavy saddle from his horse and threw it under some nearby bushes.
"But they'll kill you.