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Three h-walled hut had lent it an atmosphere

of hoing

affection, however crude retted the thirsty death of his radishes and lettuce which

he had planted and tended with such optiht not stray half-starved into the shack, and find thereed with Cash that the dog must be

dead But now he felt uneasily doubtful It would be fierce if Daddy did

come back now He would starve He never could make the trip to the Bend

alone, even if he could track them

There was, also, the disappointment in the Burro Lode claiht load--far lighter than

had see indication on the surface Cash's

"enorold as they went into

it, though it still seemed worth while, if they had the capital to

develop it further Wherefore they had done generous assessment work

and had recorded their claim and built their monuments to mark its

boundaries It would be safe for a year, and by that time--Quien sabe?

The Thompson claim, too, had not justified any enthusiasm whatever They

had found it, had relocated it, and worked out the assessment for the

Cash had her check for all they had earned, and he had declared