Get lanterns, and a couple of the boys!" said Carrington.
It was mid-afternoon of the day following before Betty heard of the attack on Charley Norton.

Tom brought the news, and she at once ordered her horse saddled and was soon out on the river road with a black groom trailing along through the dust in her wake.

Tom's version of the attack was that Charley, had been robbed and all but murdered, and Betty never drew rein until she reached Thicket Point.

As she galloped into the yard Bruce Carrington came from the house.

At sight of the girl, with her wind-blown halo of bright hair, he paused uncertainly.