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He was abreast of the caoin'?" Pinkey, who had returned, was hanging over the edge watching hi a place to get up," said Wallie, tartly

"How did you git down?"

"'Way back there"

"Why didn't you git up the sait a rope and snake you"

"This doesn't seem like a very convenient location," said Wallie, querulously

"You can cut out soround has got such a good slope to drain the corrals is the reason I picked it to build on"

This explanation reconciled Wallie to the difficulty of getting water To build a fire and make the coffee was the work of aon a saddle-blanket watching every ht he never had s so savoury as the odour of potatoes and onions cooking, and when the aro hareat picture?"

"Gorgeous," Wallie agreed without looking

"If I could paint"

"Does it take long to ravy?" Wallie deoin' and let you watch 'eo and take a look at them buzzard-heads If a horse ain't used to bein' on picket he's liable to go scratchin' his ear and git caught and choke hisself"

"Couldn't we eat first?" Wallie asked, plaintively

"No, I'll feel easier if I know they ain't tangled Keep stirrin' the gravy so it won't burn on you," he called back "And set the coffee off in a couple of minutes"

Wallie was on his knees absorbed in his task of keeping the gravy fro when a sound etoward hi even at a distance and he did not i, his hair needed cutting and was greasy, while his close-set blue eyes had a decidedlyunder his stirrup-leather, and a six-shooter in its holster on his hip was a conspicuous feature of his costu, then dropped the bridle reins as he dismounted and sauntered up to the camp-fire

Wallie was sure that it was "Boise Bill," frohtly tre"