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"If Mr Kelly can arrange for that," said Jack, "I guess it will about save our lives I'd like a chance to write a letter to o back to the ditch, Jack," said DeWitt, "Porter and I will e look

"Rhoda's a lifelong friend of mine She was stolen from my home by my friend whom I told her she could trust Katherine and the foreman can run the ranch"

By the time that the four had washed the desert For the first time in weeks, the searchers sat down at a table DeWitt, Porter and Neere in astonishing contrast to the three who had dined at the Newht of Cartwell's introduction to Porter Their khaki clothes had gradually been replaced by nondescript garments picked up at various ranches DeWitt and Porter boasted of corduroy trousers, while Jack wore overalls On the other hand, Jack wore a good blue flannel shirt, while the other two displayed only faded ginghaht have answered to alany color, with chapped, split lips and bleached hair, while DeWitt's eyes were badly inflalare and sand-stor at the head of the table, plied the hands told him that questions were torture to the poor fellow After the meal Kelly led the until four o'clock in theon the table

"Now," said Kelly, as his guests ate, "the boys didn't get a sh the Pueblo country yet?"

"No," said Porter

"Well," the host went on, "Chira is the only place round here except et a new outfit He's part Pueblo, you know, too I'd start for there if I was you"

Carlos entered to hear this suggestion

"I've got a friend at Chira," he said, "who erly to this forlorn hope With all the population of the ranch, including the cook, gathered to wish them Godspeed, the four started off before the sun hadon the ranch, from himself, his cook and his cowboys, to the choice of his horses His guests left as ood will as they were by the actual physical coiven them