A Daughter of Maryland — page 118: what you’re looking at

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prevent his flight. ~ ‘ a : A DAUGHTER OF MARYLAND. ~—-99 simak CHAPTER XII. BETWEEN TWO PERILS. FORTUNATELY for Aurian she had the presence of mind to retreat into the old house before the approaching horsemen had seen her, and she saw them dash past at breakneck speed. The leader shouted out some command, which she failed to catch, though she felt certain by his gestures that he had discovered the fugitive ahead. ‘‘T pray he may escape,’’ she exclaimed involuntarily, as she saw them disappear where a minute before Carroll Southard’s white face had vanished from her gaze. ‘‘Maze can outdistance them all I am sure if nothing happens to But here comes Aunt Debby and her companions. Now I wonder how I shall explain the loss of my horse to them? I don’t like this quibbling, but I have got to make some satisfactory explanation without letting them know what I have done. I wonder how this will end? Aunt Debby, I.am in a pretty plight. Maze has left me!’’ ‘**Hore de Lord, Missus Sie, whut hab eeonens Air yo’ hurted, honey ?’’ ‘‘Not a bit, aunty. But I thought I would stop a moment at this old house, and I left Maze in the yard. When I came out he was gone. I suppose he would naturally 20 ceiserhes home, though I never ' knew him to run away from me.’’ | The surprise of the negroes was unbounded, “but all agreed with their mistress that the runaway horse had gone home, and that it would be useless to look elsewhere for a. - +