Besides, he's a nice boy an' he spoke nice all the time to pap an' me." But her words did not seem to make any impression upon the others, except her husband, who protested again that it would be enough to take the horse.

As for the dispatches it wasn't wise for them to fool with such things.

But Kerins insisted on going the whole route and the young Leffingwells were with him.
Meanwhile Dick had dressed with more rapidity than ever before in his life, fully alive to the great dangers that threatened.

But his fear was greatest lest he might lose the precious dispatches that he bore.

For a few moments he did not know what to do.