"From your sister Kate."
"She tol' yer?"
"She did."
"Then she must trust you-uns."
"She saved us from certain death last night, and she brought us here to hide till she can help us get out of this part of the country."
Rufe Kenyon looked puzzled.
"I judge you-uns is givin' it ter me straight," he said, slowly; "but I don't jes' understan'. What did she save yer from?"
"Moonshiners."
The man seemed filled with sudden suspicion.
"What had moonshiners agin' you-uns? Be you revernues?"