Novel 1968 - Down the Long Hills (V5.0)
Novel 1968 - Down the Long Hills (V5.0)
“But now, suddenly, he found himself confident. They had been on the trail for several days, and they had survived.
He was up on Big Red and the stallion was moving along at a pleasant gait. Betty Sue was sleeping peacefully, and for the first time she was not whimpering in her sleep. But above all, he felt that he was thinking well about their situation.
It was the fish that began it. Hardy had crossed the stream twice during the last half-mile, and then had re-entered it and traveled a quarter of a mile upstream in the water.
There are few trails that, given time, cannot be worked out by a good tracker, and Hardy had small hope of losing the Indian. All he could do was play for time; and perhaps he could gain as much as an hour—maybe several hours.
It was while riding in the water that he saw the fish, and for the first time he began to realize how much his worry had kept him from making the most of the country.
Back home he had often watched the Indian boys making fish traps of bran...ches and reeds; in fact, he had helped them, and had caught fish by that method.MoreLess
He was up on Big Red and the stallion was moving along at a pleasant gait. Betty Sue was sleeping peacefully, and for the first time she was not whimpering in her sleep. But above all, he felt that he was thinking well about their situation.
It was the fish that began it. Hardy had crossed the stream twice during the last half-mile, and then had re-entered it and traveled a quarter of a mile upstream in the water.
There are few trails that, given time, cannot be worked out by a good tracker, and Hardy had small hope of losing the Indian. All he could do was play for time; and perhaps he could gain as much as an hour—maybe several hours.
It was while riding in the water that he saw the fish, and for the first time he began to realize how much his worry had kept him from making the most of the country.
Back home he had often watched the Indian boys making fish traps of bran...ches and reeds; in fact, he had helped them, and had caught fish by that method.MoreLess
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