Two redmen were close upon our trail. Ralph was about to shoot the foremost, but I seized his arm and bade him desist. At that critical moment one of the Indians rushed past the spot where we had concealed ourselves, […]

At last, with the approach of dusk, the lissom figure of young William hastened past my window-pane, followed by the less lissom figure of big Jock, …

A religious sect.

Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.