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Once
Jack
came
to
Freckles
and
asked
if
he
had
any
water
.
Freckles
arose
and
showed
him
where
he
kept
his
drinking
-
water
.
Jack
drank
in
great
gulps
,
and
as
he
passed
back
the
bucket
,
he
said
:
“
When
a
man
’
s
got
a
chance
of
catching
a
fine
girl
like
that
,
he
ought
not
be
mixed
up
in
any
dirty
business
.
I
wish
to
God
I
was
out
of
this
!
”
Freckles
answered
heartily
:
“
I
wish
I
was
,
too
!
”
Jack
stared
at
him
a
minute
and
then
broke
into
a
roar
of
rough
laughter
.
“
Blest
if
I
blame
you
,
”
he
said
.
“
But
you
had
your
chance
!
We
offered
you
a
fair
thing
and
you
gave
Wessner
his
answer
.
I
ain
’
t
envying
you
when
he
gives
you
his
.
”
“
You
’
re
six
to
one
,
”
answered
Freckles
.
“
It
will
be
easy
enough
for
you
to
be
killing
the
body
of
me
,
but
,
curse
you
all
,
you
can
’
t
blacken
me
soul
!
”
“
Well
,
I
’
d
give
anything
you
could
name
if
I
had
your
honesty
,
”
said
Jack
When
the
mighty
tree
fell
,
the
Limberlost
shivered
and
screamed
with
the
echo
.
Freckles
groaned
in
despair
,
but
the
gang
took
heart
.
That
was
so
much
accomplished
.
They
knew
where
to
dispose
of
it
safely
,
with
no
questions
asked
.
Before
the
day
was
over
,
they
could
remove
three
others
,
all
suitable
for
veneer
and
worth
far
more
than
this
.
Then
they
would
leave
Freckles
to
Wessner
and
scatter
for
safety
,
with
more
money
than
they
had
ever
hoped
for
in
their
possession
.
On
the
line
,
the
Angel
gave
one
backward
glance
at
Black
Jack
,
to
see
that
he
had
returned
to
his
work
.
Then
she
gathered
her
skirts
above
her
knees
and
leaped
forward
on
the
run
.
In
the
first
three
yards
she
passed
Freckles
’
wheel
.
Instantly
she
imagined
that
was
why
he
had
insisted
on
her
coming
by
the
trail
.
She
seized
it
and
sprang
on
.
The
saddle
was
too
high
,
but
she
was
an
expert
rider
and
could
catch
the
pedals
as
they
came
up
.
She
stopped
at
Duncan
’
s
cabin
long
enough
to
remedy
this
,
telling
Mrs
.
Duncan
while
working
what
was
happening
,
and
for
her
to
follow
the
east
trail
until
she
found
the
Bird
Woman
,
and
told
her
that
she
had
gone
after
McLean
and
for
her
to
leave
the
swamp
as
quickly
as
possible
.
Even
with
her
fear
for
Freckles
to
spur
her
,
Sarah
Duncan
blanched
and
began
shivering
at
the
idea
of
facing
the
Limberlost
.
The
Angel
looked
her
in
the
eyes
.
“
No
matter
how
afraid
you
are
,
you
have
to
go
,
”
she
said
.
“
If
you
don
’
t
the
Bird
Woman
will
go
to
Freckles
’
room
,
hunting
me
,
and
they
will
have
trouble
with
her
.
If
she
isn
’
t
told
to
leave
at
once
,
they
may
follow
me
,
and
,
finding
I
’
m
gone
,
do
some
terrible
thing
to
Freckles
.
I
can
’
t
go
—
that
’
s
flat
—
for
if
they
caught
me
,
then
there
’
d
be
no
one
to
go
for
help
.
You
don
’
t
suppose
they
are
going
to
take
out
the
trees
they
’
re
after
and
then
leave
Freckles
to
run
and
tell
?
They
are
going
to
murder
the
boy
;
that
’
s
what
they
are
going
to
do
.
You
run
,
and
run
for
life
!
For
Freckles
’
life
!
You
can
ride
back
with
the
Bird
Woman
.
”
