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Chapter Twenty Eight.
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Chase, Capture, and End of Jake the Flint.
It was growing dark when Brooke and the scout1 reached the cave that evening and found that Buck2 Tom was dead; but they had barely time to realise the fact when their attention was diverted by the sudden arrival of a large band of horsemen—cowboys and others—the leader of whom seemed to be the cow-boy Crux3.
Hunky Ben and his friends had, of course, made rapid preparations to receive them as foes4, if need were; but on recognising who composed the cavalcade6, they went out to meet them.
“Hallo! Hunky,” shouted Crux, as he rode up and leaped off his steed, “have they been here?”
“Who d’ye mean?” demanded the scout.
“Why, Jake the Flint, to be sure, an’ his murderin’ gang. Haven’t ye heard the news?”
“Not I. Who d’ye think would take the trouble to come up here with noos?”
“They’ve got clear off, boys,” said Crux, in a voice of great disappointment. “So we must off saddle, an’ camp where we are for the night.”
While the rest of the party dismounted and dispersed7 to look for a suitable camping-ground, Crux explained the reason of their unexpected appearance.
After the Flint and his companions had left their mountain fastness, as before described, they had appeared in different parts of the country and committed various depredations8; some of their robberies having been accompanied with bloodshed and violence of a nature which so exasperated9 the people that an organised band had at length been gathered to go in pursuit of the daring
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n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索 | |
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slaying
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outlaws
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n.[物]散射;散乱,分散;在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的;分散在不同范围的;广泛扩散的;(选票)数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式);散布;驱散 | |
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bluff
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diabolical
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savage
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adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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wrath
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warrior
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defiance
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