Our lives depend upon them, and even if the Lipans do regain some of their lost ground now it will not matter in the end." They let the horses drop into a walk, and finally, to put elasticity back into their own stiffened limbs, they dismounted and walked awhile.
"If the Lipans don't rest their horses now they will have to do it later," said Obed, "but as they're mighty crafty they'll probably slow down when we do.

Do you see them now, Ned ?" "Yes, there they are on the crest of a swell.

They don't seem to gain on us much.

I should say they are a full mile away." "A mile and a half at least.

The air of these great uplands is very deceptive, and things look much nearer than they really are." "Look how gigantic they have grown! They stand squarely in the center of the sun now." The sun was low and the Lipans coming out of the southwest were silhouetted so perfectly against it that they seemed black and monstrous, like some product of the primitive world.