Filigree's Midnight Ride by Pam Berkman & Dorothy Hearst

Author:Pam Berkman & Dorothy Hearst
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

But he couldn’t take the time to cry now. He strained in the direction the scent was coming from. It was up ahead, under a cluster of trees.

He whimpered a tiny whimper, trying to be as quiet as he could. Frantically he pointed with his nose. A dark shadow moved, just a little, under one of the birch trees. There were two Redcoats sitting on horseback, hiding under the branches.

Mr. Revere saw. His eyes widened.

He turned and galloped.

The Redcoats had seen him. They kicked their horses into a gallop. One was coming straight for Brown Beauty. The other raced ahead onto the road. He was trying to head off Mr. Revere!

But Mr. Revere was the best rider in Boston, and Brown Beauty was the fastest horse in Massachusetts. Mr. Revere cut across the road toward a hedge. Brown Beauty jumped it. The Redcoat’s horse tried to follow, but he wouldn’t jump the hedge. The soldier ahead on the road tried to catch up, but Brown Beauty was too fast for him. The soldier gave up the chase and turned back.

“Scruffy Yankee rebel!” his horse shouted at Brown Beauty.

“You just wish you were as fast as she is!” Filigree woofed back.

Brown Beauty whinnied a laugh. “No snobby Redcoat could ever catch me!” she taunted. She sped up. Filigree felt the wind stream past his ears. He knew they were in danger. But he couldn’t help enjoying himself.

When they had gotten farther away from the soldiers, Mr. Revere slowed Brown Beauty to a walk. He whistled low through his teeth. “I never would have seen them in time. I would have ridden straight into them.” He looked down at Filigree. Filigree peeked anxiously out of the saddlebag. Was Mr. Revere still angry with him?

“You sensed them before I did, didn’t you? Or smelled them? Good dog,” he murmured. He scooped Filigree out of the saddlebag. He put him into his own leather bag, the one he wore across his chest. “You let me know right away, now,” he said, “if you smell any more of them.”

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