A Study in Scarlet (Serial Edition Cover) — page 145: what you’re looking at

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A STUDY IN SCARLET. 139 they called a halt and watered their horses, while they partook of a hasty breakfast. Lucy and her father would fain have rested longer, but Jefferson Hope was inexorable, “They will be upon our track by this time,” he said. " Everything depends upon our speed. Once safe in Carson, we may rest for the remainder of our lives.” During the whole of that day they struggled on through the defiles, and by evening they calculated that the: y were over thirty miles from their enemies. At night- time they chose the base of a beetling crag, where the rocks offered some protection from the chill wind, and there, huddled together for warmth, they enjoyed a few hours’ sleep. Before day-break, however, they were up and on their way once more. They had seen no signs of any pursuers, and Jefferson Hope began to think that they were fairly out of the reach of the terrible organi- zation whose enmity they had incurred. He little knew how far that iron grasp could reach, or how soon it was _ to close upon them and crush them. About the middle of the second day of their flight their scanty store of provisions began to run out. This gave the hunter little uneasiness, however, for there was game to be had among the mountains, and he had fre- quently before had to depend upon his riffle for the needs of life. Choosing a sheltered nook, he piled to- gether a few dry branches and made a blazing fire, at which his companions might warm themselves, for they were now nearly five thousand feet above the sea-level, and the air was bitter and keen. Having tethered the horses and bid Lucy adieu, he threw his gun over his CORNIELOO Ss (C@)