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The women disappeared down the trail while still the

"Well, can you beat it?" was the only comment for a moment - and that

came from Pete In another instant, they had turned on Merrill, were

upbraiding him hotly for what they called his treason

"You can't bullyanswer "Reht for them"

"Well, you can do what you ith your oife, of course," Ralph

said, falling into one of his black rages "But I'e mine"

"Boys," he added later, after a day of steadily increasing rage, "I'm

tired of this funny business Let's knock off work to-ets me is their simplicity They don't seeth It won't take us more than a few

hours to run them to earth By God, I e had a pair of

bloodhounds"

"All right," said Billy "I'o, to bed early to-night," said Pete, and start at sunrise"

"Well," said Honey philosophically, "I've hunted deer, bear, panther,

buffalo, Rocky Mountain sheep, jaguar, lion, tiger, and rhinoceros - but

this is the first time I ever hunted women"

They started at sunrise - all except Frank, who refused to have anything