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A frosty mist dulled the light of the stars, but this cleared away as Jolly Roger and Peter crossed the plain between the creek and Cragg's Ridge.
They did not hurry, for McKay had faith in Cassidy's word. He knew the red-headed man-hunter would not break his promise -- he would wait the full two hours in Indian Tom's cabin, and another five minutes after that. In Jolly Roger, as the minutes passed, exultation at his achievement died away, and there filled him again the old loneliness -- the loneliness which called out against the fate which had made of Cassidy an enemy instead of a friend. And yet -- what an enemy!