That's why the bush rangers are going to attack them." "I thought," Reuben said, "that Anderson's was not one of the most exposed stations." "No, that was what everyone told him, before he sold it." "How far would you say it was from here ?" "Thirty-five miles," the settler said.

"It's ten miles from Barker's, and I reckon that's twenty-five from here." "Well, of course I shall ride at once; as there are women there, it makes the case all the more urgent.

I have got my orderly, and there are two more men at the station, this side of Barker's." "I will go, of course," Reuben's host said, "and will bring two men with me.
"You had best stop here for the night," he added, turning to the shepherd.

"You have ridden pretty well thirty miles already, and that at the end of your day's work." "Not I," the man replied.

"Jim Walsh is not going to be lying in bed, with the thought of two women in the hands of them murderous bush rangers.