[The Adventures of Kathlyn by Harold MacGrath]@TWC D-Link bookThe Adventures of Kathlyn CHAPTER XIII 6/30
Here is another rifle. Let us cut for it! When thieves fall out; you know the old saying." They ran back several yards and discovered a kind of chasm leading diagonally upward. "Thank God! We can get out of this after all.
Are you strong enough for a stiff climb ?" "I've got to be--John!" "Trust me, Kathlyn," he replied simply.
He had but one life, but he determined then and there to make it equal or outlast the six lives which stood between him and liberty. The brigands, having succeeded in their mutiny, bethought themselves of their prisoners, only to find that they had vanished.
Familiar with the cave and its outlet, they started eagerly in pursuit.
They reasoned that if an old man was worth three bags of rupees, two young people might naturally be worth twice as much.
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