25/36 I lay in the bush and saw them distinctly. They're trying to beat us to Fort Refuge." "But they won't do it, because we won't let 'em," said Willet, who had awakened at the talking. "We'll make a curve and get ahead of 'em again. "He bade me listen so intently that I should hear the rustle of a dry leaf when a moccasin touched it a mile away in the forest. Well, I heard it, and going whence the sound came I saw De Courcelles, Tandakora and their warriors pass by." "You love to paint pictures with words, Robert. |