John said, handing the note to Dr. Woodard. Realizing Uncle Wirt could not read English, he gave him the details. “Must go at once,” Uncle Wirt said. Joe sprang into action. “I’ll wake the girls and Dimar and Tsa’ni.” Racing up the stairs, he pounded on the door where the four girls were sleeping. Then he burst into the room where the other boys were. “Hey, everybody, get up! We gotta go! Uncle Ned knows where the bandits are!” Joe yelled. Dimar and Tsa’ni, already dressed, rushed downstairs. Mandie stuck her head out of the room. “We’ll be right down!” she called. Hearing the noise, Joe’s mother came out of her room and hurried to investigate. Joe followed her down the steps. Mandie pulled her dress over her head. “Just think, we’ve almost caught up with them. It won’t be long now,” she said. “I wonder how my grandfather knew where they are,” Sallie said. “Yo’ grandfather know everything, Miss Sallie,” Liza told her. “He got eyes in de back of his haid.”
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