Chapter 50
They pushed the mules as much as they dared through what was left of the afternoon and into the night. They pushed themselves as well, intending to put as much distance between them and Willow Crick and its residents as they could.
By alternating between a trot, canter, and walk, they covered about twenty-five miles before they had to stop to rest the animals.
They managed to get a few hours’ sleep, with the men keeping watch in shifts, before they headed out again at first light.
“We can’t take the chance of starting a fire,” Steve said. “Breakfast will be biscuits and dried fruit washed down with water.”
So they ate breakfast on the move
Nooning passed in much the same way. “We should be able to make a fire tonight,” Steve promised. He’d found a stream, and while they re
