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THAT MAN
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Vere may have had for the safety of his daughters was dispelled.
"Well, now we're ready for the main scene, I think," said Mr. Pertell. "Carpenter, you can get busy while we take a rest."
As Ruth and Alice, with Paul and Russ, were walking off toward a little clump of trees, to sit down in the shade, Alice, glancing across the fields, saw a figure that caused her to cry out:
"That man! That lame man! There he is!"
"And this time he doesn't get away from us!" cried Paul, as he darted toward the mysterious stranger.
