What Winston said they could not hear, and he did not remember it, but he swung his hat off, and those who saw the girl at his stirrup recognized with confusion that she alone had proclaimed her faith, while they had stood aside from him.

Then the Sergeant raised his hand and the troopers rode forward with their prisoner.
In the meanwhile, Courthorne was pressing south for the American frontier, and daylight was just creeping across the prairie when the pursuers, who had found his trail and the ranch he obtained a fresh horse at, had sight of him.

There were three of them, riding wearily, grimed with dust, when a lonely mounted figure showed for a moment on the crest of a rise.

In another minute, it dipped into a hollow, and Corporal Payne smiled grimly.
"I think we have him now.

The creek can't be far away, and he's west of the bridge," he said.