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    【】upontheground

    deuchreeasythanitotherwisewouldhavebeen.

    theirfootstepsffledalikebytheindiarubbersoles,andthe

    snoselves.

    theyhadseveralb,andthenoiselessindiarubber

    solesestheyuldhearthe

    sentries,beatingtheirfeetuponthegroundtothebutin

    nocase.

    atlast,afteranhourandahalfspentinpassihree

    hundredyardsfroherivertheyreached,in

    safety,theheroadheriver.here

    thesentriesdistahirtyorforty

    yardsapart.theehouses,upontheoppositesideoftheroad,

    uldbefaintlyseen;andtheboysvedalonguntiloppositean

    openi,byheyuldgetthroughtotheriver.

    lookiheheyuldchthesentriesandchoosing

    theirtipassed,sothathisbackwouldbe

    tuedtohenosoonerdisappearedinthedarkhan

    theydroppednoiselesslyintotheroad,ranacrossthestreet,

    cliedalooodinagardeno

    theriver.

    theystoodeti,toassuretheelvesthatno

    sentryhegarden;butatlasttheystoleforwards

    andstoodattheendofthegarden,htheriverattheirfeet.

    thesnotheirbackserthanever.

    theriverdeepenedrapidlyfrohetheerwaslow

    enoughforanyoogetalongontheslopingsidefacedh

    roughstohefootoftheheer.

    theboysgotoverthefrohebagand,

    holdingoneendoftherd,putitquietlyintotheer;and

    allotofloatdosixtyyards.

    ”oslipintotheer,as

    quietlyaspossible,thentyouhearasplash.iwillleave

    thisbaghere,soastoknolywhereyouhavegoneinandas

    theropeisplentylongenoughyoukeepholdofithere,atsixty

    yardsfroheduy;ahesladtothestone

    sothat,yhand,to

    beabletojoinyou.iy

    hand;hisshelvingbank,tilliarriveatthe

    duy;ahrohestonein,andrunbackatfull

    speed,aheerafeeryouare.”

    ”allright,ralph,iuand.keepyourpistolckedinyour

    hand,asyougo.”

    ralphy

    floatingattheedgeofthe.heroseon

    hisfeet,tothroation

    behindhind,lookinground,hesahint

    ofhia,aryhisrifle

    tohisshoulderforhesprangback,givingaloudshoutbut

    ralphantaneously,threwuphisrevolver,and

    firedatthesentinelsbody.

    hesafall;tuedround,hurledtheheavystonehaloud

    splashintotheer,andthencrahewallran

    atfullspeedbackagain.ashedidso,triesinthegarden

    overhisheadfired,inthedireofthesplashintheer;

    andshoutshebank.

    inanotherinstantralphgraspedtheline,andsliddohesnowy

    slopesintotheer;enteringsoquietlythatnosoun