If I don't come, they will know that I have funked.

They'll know I am afraid of them." "Do not go to-day," persisted Selim doggedly.

Suddenly he started, looking intently to the left along the line of the hill.

Chase followed the direction of his gaze and uttered a sharp exclamation of surprise.
Several hundred yards away, outlined against the blue sky beyond the knob, stood the motionless figure of a horse and its rider--a woman in a green habit.

Chase could hardly believe his eyes.