But they did not have to wait long.

The troopers evidently got little satisfaction from the woman to whom they were talking and turned their horses.

Harry saw her disappear inside, and he fairly heard the door slam when it closed.

The men galloped southward down the road.
Harry heard a chuckle beside him and he turned in astonishment.
"I'm laughing," said Dalton, "because I've got a right to laugh.

Here in the valley we are all kin to one another just as you people in Kentucky are all related.