Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 225
ll as she leaned out. Theyare coming this way, she said, two —four —no,six of them! Grandfather flattened himself against the wall,and signaled for Jane to do likewise. The clatterof horses hoofs was growing louder. They 102 BETTYS BEST CHRISTMAS [Dec, passed under the window, passed the open… … THE CLATTER OF HORSES HOOFS WAS GROWING LOUDER. of those papers and this money I)efore they comeback. Dont tell anybody where you put them.Dont tell that you have seen me ! He seized the valise, and with three strides tothe back window was over the sill and gone. Meanwhile Betty, scrambling through…
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