Don't you think so,
Ethel?" Maud said.
"Yes," Ethel thought that they were.
"Then there must be from a hundred to a hundred and fifty of them,"
Charley said.
"I wonder what papa will do! One of us had better ride off at once
and fetch him."
"I will go," Hubert said, moving away to saddle his horse.
"Stop, Hubert," Charley said; "I think you had better take Lopez's
horse. I don't know what papa may make up his mind to do, and it is
better to have your horse quite fresh."
Hubert agreed at once, and was mounting, when Maud said: "Wait a
moment, Hubert, I will run up to the lookout. I may see papa; it is
nearly time for him to be home."
Hubert paused while Maud ran up to the house, and in a minute
appeared at the top of the tower. She stood for a moment looking
across the stream toward Canterbury, and then held up her hand. "I
can see him," she called out. "He is a long way off, but he is
coming."
Hubert was about to alight again, when Mrs. Hardy said: "You had
better ride to meet your papa, Hubert. He will be very much alarmed
when he sees the flag, and it will be a great satisfaction to him
to know that we at least are all safe."
Hubert at once galloped off, while Maud continued to watch her
father. He was about two miles distant, and was riding quietly.
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