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122 "We must be pushing on," he said in a brisk tone. Then he remembered that this was a new day, and a day full of new difficulties and dangers.

"We must say our prayers, Willie."

Then they began their climb again, up and up, the tawny bracken and purple heather and wet grass under foot, and the endless moor always beyond.

"I wish the sea wasn't so far off," poor Willie gasped by and by.

"Oh, we'll get there some time," Roy gasped back.

"To-night, do you suppose?"

"Well, perhaps. But not if we give out at the start."

"At the start! " Willie cried. "Why, Roy, we've been walking and walking, and I hoped we were getting nearly there."

"It does n' t do to be impatient," Roy made answer sagely. "We knew we should have a bad time getting away, and