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Rhoda felt new life in her veins after the ht's trail in better shape than she had done before Yet not the next day nor for enuity that seemed diabolical, Kut-le laid his course He seldom moved hurriedly Indeed, except for the fact that the traveling was done by night, the expedition had every aspect of unlimited leisure

As the days passed, Rhoda forced herself to the calm of desperation Slowly she realized that she was in the hands of the ht, an art that the very cruelty of the country abetted But to her utter astonishan to lift Saddle stiffness after the first teeks left her Though Kut-le still fastened her to the saddle by the waist strap and rested her for a short tiht's ride, the hours in the saddle ceased to tax her strength She was surprised to find that she could eat--eat the wretched cooking of the squaws!

At last she laid out a definite course for herself Every night on the trail and at every camp she tried to leave some mark for the whites--a scratch on pebble or stone, a bit of marked yucca or a twisted cat's-claw She ceased entirely to speak to Kut-le, treating him with a conteave no outward sign

Molly was her devoted friend and Rhoda derived great comfort from this faithful servitor Rhoda sat in the camp one afternoon with the two squahile Kut-le and Alchise were off on a turkey hunt Soiven way to a delicate tan The dark circles about her eyes had lightened a little Molly was busily pounding grass-seeds between two stones Rhoda watched her idly Suddenly a new idea sent the blood to her thin cheeks

Why shouldn't she learn to uish edible cactus from inedible? Then indeed she would be able to care for herself on the trail! To Rhoda, who never had worked with her hands, who indeed had co to inferiors, the idea was revolutionary For a long ti Molly the while The most violent housewifely task that Rhoda ever had undertaken had been the concocting of chafing-dish messes at school

"Molly," she said suddenly, "teach htedly