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Callahan had joined his chief to watch the situation, and they

speculated as to how the four would get out of the gulf in which they

were completely hemmed Gertrude and her father stood near

The eyes of the two bronzed railroad uides to Gertrude When she lost the wayfarers in the gullies or

along the narrow defiles that gave the rocks,

their eyes restored the plodding line Callahan was the first to

detect the change fro east,"

said he, after a moment's careful observation

"East?" echoed Bucks "You lass "No," he repeated, "east--and south

Here"

Bucks took the glass and looked a long time "I do not understand,"

said he; "they are certainly working east What can they be after,

east? Well, they can't go very far that ithout bridging the

Devil's Cañon Callahan," he exclaimed, with sure instinct, "they will

head south Walt now till they appear again"

He relinquished the glass to explain to Mr Brock where next to look

for the which they did not

reappear Then the little file e froht to the south There were but three

, two large

under the weight of

aface upward on his back, while the s under his ar Morris Blood He is hurt--that was to be expected

What?" exclai

the snow Callahan, by heaven, they are walking for the south side of