What is this ?" he asked, as the woman handed him a bundle.
"Here are eight or ten pounds of pork," she said, "and some corn cakes.
If you are hiding away you will want something, and I reckon, anyhow, you won't be able to make your way to our people for a bit.

Now, if you are ready, I will start with you." "You will start with us!" Vincent repeated in surprise.
"Certainly I will start with you," the woman said.

"How do you think you would be able to find your way a dark night like this?
No, sir; I will put you on your way till morning.

But, in the first place, which line do you mean to take ?" "I do not think there is much chance of getting back the way I came," Vincent said.

"By morning Sheridan's cavalry will have got a description of me, and they will be scouring the whole country.