That Girl of Johnson's — page 58: what you’re looking at

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THAT GIRL OF JOHNSON’S. 47 CHAPTER X, THE SEARCH. — The deputies rode slowly down the mountain. The road was hard for their horses and uncertain, besides it was strange to them, and strange ground was unsafe. They talked little. On leaving the tavern one of them remarked that the woman knew what she was talking about, and now they would find Johnson if such a thing were possible, for they had more reason than ever to find him. But that girl of his must know where he was, and they ought to make her tell. The man who had interviewed her here interposed. He believed the girl; she could not lie with such eyes as she had ; they were the truest eyes he had ever seen; seeing them one would not soon forget them; they were like the eyes of a fawn—wide and tender. Besides, did not the woman say that the girl was over in the town the day be- fore? If they kept on they would doubtless find him; the law was not to be baffled when once it was roused. They laughed at his warm words of defense for the girl, chaffing him as to his susceptible heart, warning him to beware of the eyes of women, but they said no more in regard to the girl’s knowledge of her father’s whereabouts. He was kind hearted, but in their hearts they held him in higher esteem because of that. One of the men, to change the subject, offered the suggestion that perhaps Johnson had crossed the valley and entered the town while they were searching there for him. It was a pity everything was so dry; if the ground were soft they could track him easily, and they must find him if possible, for they had orders not to return until they had used every means to secure him. Eomichbooks (e(e)