FORE:��That��s what we have both got to do,�� he said. ��We��ve got to work instead of snivelling, we��ve got to set our teeth and go ahead. I��m going to be busier than I��ve been for years. I��m going to start a new Stores in Nalesborough, and see after them and the Stores here myself.��A fourth turn and no one yet! A fifth--more abrupt than the others--and there--here--yonder now behind--was the path I had feared, but no one was in it, and the next instant the bridge flashed into view. With a great clatter I burst upon it, reached the middle, glanced back, and dropped complacently into a trot. Tame ending if--but as I looked forward again, what did I see? A mounted man. At the other end of the bridge, in the shade of overhanging trees, he moved into view, and well I knew the neat fit of that butternut homespun. He flourished a revolver above his head and in a drunken voice bade me halt.