She reported to the other members of the household as each scurrying band of searchers passed the place.

Bonner commanded Rosalie to keep away from the windows, fearing a shot from the outside.

From time to time Roscoe replenished the big blaze in the fireplace.

It was cosey in the old-fashioned sitting-room, even though the strain upon its occupants was trying in the extreme.
Great excitement came to them when the figure of a man was seen to drop to the walk near the front gate.

At first it was feared that one of the bandits, injured by pursuers, had fallen to die, but the mournful calls for help that soon came from the sidewalk were more or less reassuring.
The prostrate figure had a queer habit from time to time of raising itself high enough to peer between the pickets of the fence, and each succeeding shout seemed more vigorous than the others.