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Freckles

CHAPTER VI
23/31

We'll go close enough to the cowards to make it interesting, and keep it up until we have them going." Freckles protested.
The Bird Woman reached over, and, taking the smaller revolver from his belt, handed it to the Angel.

"Keep your nerve steady, dear; watch where you step, and shoot high," she said.

"Go straight at them from where you are.

Wait until you hear Freckles' first shot, then follow me as closely as you can, to let them know that we outnumber them.

If you want to save McLean's wager on you, now you go!" she commanded Freckles, who, with an agonized glance at the Angel, ran toward the east.
The Bird Woman chose the middle distance, and for a last time cautioned the Angel as she moved away to lie down and shoot high.
Through the underbrush the Bird Woman crept even more closely than she had intended, found a clear range, and waited for Freckles' shot.


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