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They
heard
Freckles
before
they
saw
him
.
He
came
gliding
down
the
line
swiftly
,
and
as
he
rode
he
was
singing
softly
:
“
Oh
,
do
you
love
,
Oh
,
say
you
love
—
—
”
He
got
no
farther
.
The
sharply
driven
wheel
struck
the
tense
wire
and
bounded
back
.
Freckles
shot
over
the
handlebar
and
coasted
down
the
trail
on
his
chest
.
As
he
struck
,
Black
Jack
and
Wessner
were
upon
him
.
Wessner
caught
off
an
old
felt
hat
and
clapped
it
over
Freckles
’
mouth
,
while
Black
Jack
twisted
the
boy
’
s
arms
behind
him
and
they
rushed
him
into
his
room
.
Almost
before
he
realized
that
anything
had
happened
,
he
was
trussed
to
a
tree
and
securely
gagged
.
Then
three
of
the
men
resumed
work
on
the
tree
.
The
other
followed
the
path
Freckles
had
worn
to
Little
Chicken
’
s
tree
,
and
presently
he
reported
that
the
wires
were
down
and
two
teams
with
the
loading
apparatus
coming
to
take
out
the
timber
.
All
the
time
the
saw
was
slowly
eating
,
eating
into
the
big
tree
.
Wessner
went
to
the
trail
and
removed
the
wire
.
He
picked
up
Freckles
’
wheel
,
that
did
not
seem
to
be
injured
,
and
leaned
it
against
the
bushes
so
that
if
anyone
did
pass
on
the
trail
he
would
not
see
it
doubled
in
the
swamp
-
grass
.
Then
he
came
and
stood
in
front
of
Freckles
and
laughed
in
devilish
hate
.
To
his
own
amazement
,
Freckles
found
himself
looking
fear
in
the
face
,
and
marveled
that
he
was
not
afraid
.
Four
to
one
!
The
tree
halfway
eaten
through
,
the
wagons
coming
up
the
inside
road
—
he
,
bound
and
gagged
!
The
men
with
Black
Jack
and
Wessner
had
belonged
to
McLean
’
s
gang
when
last
he
had
heard
of
them
,
but
who
those
coming
with
the
wagons
might
be
he
could
not
guess
.
If
they
secured
that
tree
,
McLean
lost
its
value
,
lost
his
wager
,
and
lost
his
faith
in
him
.
The
words
of
the
Angel
hammered
in
his
ears
.
“
Oh
,
Freckles
,
do
watch
closely
!
”
The
saw
worked
steadily
.
