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"
Yes
.
It
will
not
be
long
before
he
comes
.
The
sooner
the
better
,
for
we
do
not
know
what
their
next
move
may
be
.
"
It
was
,
indeed
,
high
time
that
someone
capable
of
giving
advice
and
help
should
come
to
the
aid
of
the
sturdy
old
farmer
and
his
adopted
daughter
.
In
the
whole
history
of
the
settlement
there
had
never
been
such
a
case
of
rank
disobedience
to
the
authority
of
the
Elders
.
If
minor
errors
were
punished
so
sternly
,
what
would
be
the
fate
of
this
arch
rebel
.
Ferrier
knew
that
his
wealth
and
position
would
be
of
no
avail
to
him
.
Others
as
well
known
and
as
rich
as
himself
had
been
spirited
away
before
now
,
and
their
goods
given
over
to
the
Church
.
He
was
a
brave
man
,
but
he
trembled
at
the
vague
,
shadowy
terrors
which
hung
over
him
.
Any
known
danger
he
could
face
with
a
firm
lip
,
but
this
suspense
was
unnerving
.
He
concealed
his
fears
from
his
daughter
,
however
,
and
affected
to
make
light
of
the
whole
matter
,
though
she
,
with
the
keen
eye
of
love
,
saw
plainly
that
he
was
ill
at
ease
.
He
expected
that
he
would
receive
some
message
or
remonstrance
from
Young
as
to
his
conduct
,
and
he
was
not
mistaken
,
though
it
came
in
an
unlooked-for
manner
.
Upon
rising
next
morning
he
found
,
to
his
surprise
,
a
small
square
of
paper
pinned
on
to
the
coverlet
of
his
bed
just
over
his
chest
.
On
it
was
printed
,
in
bold
straggling
letters
:
--
"
Twenty-nine
days
are
given
you
for
amendment
,
and
then
--
--
"
The
dash
was
more
fear-inspiring
than
any
threat
could
have
been
.
How
this
warning
came
into
his
room
puzzled
John
Ferrier
sorely
,
for
his
servants
slept
in
an
outhouse
,
and
the
doors
and
windows
had
all
been
secured
.
He
crumpled
the
paper
up
and
said
nothing
to
his
daughter
,
but
the
incident
struck
a
chill
into
his
heart
.
The
twenty-nine
days
were
evidently
the
balance
of
the
month
which
Young
had
promised
.
What
strength
or
courage
could
avail
against
an
enemy
armed
with
such
mysterious
powers
?
The
hand
which
fastened
that
pin
might
have
struck
him
to
the
heart
,
and
he
could
never
have
known
who
had
slain
him
.
Still
more
shaken
was
he
next
morning
.
They
had
sat
down
to
their
breakfast
when
Lucy
with
a
cry
of
surprise
pointed
upwards
.
In
the
centre
of
the
ceiling
was
scrawled
,
with
a
burned
stick
apparently
,
the
number
28
.
To
his
daughter
it
was
unintelligible
,
and
he
did
not
enlighten
her
.
That
night
he
sat
up
with
his
gun
and
kept
watch
and
ward
.
He
saw
and
he
heard
nothing
,
and
yet
in
the
morning
a
great
27
had
been
painted
upon
the
outside
of
his
door
.
Thus
day
followed
day
;
and
as
sure
as
morning
came
he
found
that
his
unseen
enemies
had
kept
their
register
,
and
had
marked
up
in
some
conspicuous
position
how
many
days
were
still
left
to
him
out
of
the
month
of
grace
.
Sometimes
the
fatal
numbers
appeared
upon
the
walls
,
sometimes
upon
the
floors
,
occasionally
they
were
on
small
placards
stuck
upon
the
garden
gate
or
the
railings
.
With
all
his
vigilance
John
Ferrier
could
not
discover
whence
these
daily
warnings
proceeded
.
A
horror
which
was
almost
superstitious
came
upon
him
at
the
sight
of
them
.
He
became
haggard
and
restless
,
and
his
eyes
had
the
troubled
look
of
some
hunted
creature
.
He
had
but
one
hope
in
life
now
,
and
that
was
for
the
arrival
of
the
young
hunter
from
Nevada
.
Twenty
had
changed
to
fifteen
and
fifteen
to
ten
,
but
there
was
no
news
of
the
absentee
.
One
by
one
the
numbers
dwindled
down
,
and
still
there
came
no
sign
of
him
.
Whenever
a
horseman
clattered
down
the
road
,
or
a
driver
shouted
at
his
team
,
the
old
farmer
hurried
to
the
gate
thinking
that
help
had
arrived
at
last
.
At
last
,
when
he
saw
five
give
way
to
four
and
that
again
to
three
,
he
lost
heart
,
and
abandoned
all
hope
of
escape
.
Single-handed
,
and
with
his
limited
knowledge
of
the
mountains
which
surrounded
the
settlement
,
he
knew
that
he
was
powerless
.
The
more-frequented
roads
were
strictly
watched
and
guarded
,
and
none
could
pass
along
them
without
an
order
from
the
Council
.
