A Study in Scarlet (Serial Edition Cover) — page 138: what you’re looking at

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{30 A STUDY IN SCARLET. “Good God!” gasped John Ferrier. “ How you scared me! What ever made you come in like that?” “Give me food,” the other said, hoarsely. “I have had no time for bite or sup for eight-and-forty hours.” He flung himself upon the cold meat and bread which were still lying upon the table from his host’s supper, and devoured them voraciously. ‘‘ Does Lucy bear up well?” he asked, when he had satisfied his hunger. “Yes. She does not know the danger,” her father answered. “That is well. The house is watched on every side. That is why i crawled my way up to it. They may be darned sharp, but they’re not quite sharp enough to catch a Washoe hunter.” John Ferrier felt a different man now that he realized that he had a devoted ally. He seized the young man’s leathery hand and wrung it cordially. “You're a man to be proud of,” he said. “There are not many who would come to share our danger and our troubles.” “You’ve hit it there, pard,” the young hunter an- swered. “I have a respect for you, but if you were alone in this business I’d think twice before I put my head into such a hornets’ nest. It’s Lucy that brings me here, and before harm comes on her I guess there will be one less o’ the Hope family in Utah.” “What are we to do?” “To-morrow is your last day, and unless you aet to- night you are lost. I have a mule and two horses wait ing in the Eagle Ravine. How much money have you ?” “Two thousand dollars in gold, and five in notes ” Gomicbooks.¢