Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 265
Mason hadborrowed one of Rileys horses, without the knowl-edge of its owner, and had gone off, north of themica mine. Some negroes had seen him ridingaway. were sure they had come upon him. Tom Rileyshorse was found at the blacksmiths shop at thecross-roads, and the blacksmith said that he hadbeen… … 1 IN SINGLE FILE, TONY IN THE LEAD. So Tony and his men took horses and rode awayafter him. Each of them carried his gun, for theydid not know in what company they might findMason. A man who steals horses is generally con-sidered, especially in the country, to be wickedenough to do anything. At a…
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