rope? I want to keep you from falling when the support
goes."

The crash of falling trese [trees] could still be heard with every
renewed furious blast. But just as Mr. Gordon had said, these
sounds proceeded almost wholly from the lower region. That was the
reason he declined to seek safety in that quarter, prefering
[preferring] to push in the teeth of the blow, because the rocky
shelters were to be found there.

Chapter XXXI

"Who's that?["] and accompanying the words came the scratching of a
match.

Chapter XXXII

"Yes," roared the second man, shaking Paul vigorously, "pipe up and
tell us that, 'less you want us to do somethin' you wouldn't like.
What d'ye want with us? How'd you ever git in here; and who's along
with you? Say, Hank, didn't I tell you I seen that chief of police
down on the road that comes up here from Tatum? I bet he sneaked
around, thinkin' we'd try to cut out that way, 'stead of in the
direction of Stanhope. Reckon you don't ever wanter go there agin,
eh?'["]

"Here, light this, Jack, with that precious match!'["] he cried,
after shaking the lantern to find out whether it contained any
oil.

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