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The Way of the Cross
No one is in the cart.
It is drawn by a pair of fine, strong, well-cared for horses. A good strong cart, with a well-made covering.
The cover is of good American cloth, the sort used for table-cloths. Behind are fastened some Viennese chairs.
The man is well and warmly clothed. His boots are good.
No. doubt he's some sort of farmer.
His face is overcast and gloomy.
He strides like a corporal. How many weeks has be been walking?
Now and then we strike bands of three or five wagons following one another, and we begin to see the fugitives.
And all the horses are fine ones, still,
A strong people.
The carts have no covers, but are tied over with dry uncured bristling calf-skins.
The skins of calves that have died on the road.
