"I wish he would think better of it, and make his escape to England while he has the chance.
If the savages in these parts must shoot somebody, I'm here--an old woman that can't last much longer.

Let them shoot me." Iris asked if Arthur's safety was assured in the next county, and in the house of his friend.
"I can't say, Miss; I have never been to the house.

He is in danger if he persists in coming back to the farm.

There are chances of shooting him all along his road home.

Oh, yes; he knows it, poor dear, as well as I do.