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Rhoda came to him quickly and he pointed lon on the adobe here was the perfect iot spanked, I'll bet, for putting his hand on the 'dobe before it was dry!" co These departed peoples had become very real and very pitiable to her

As soon as he could drag Rhoda from the ancient pots, John led the way to the top of the ruin He was anxious to find if there were reat satisfaction he found that the mesa was unscalable except at the point that Rhoda had found as she staggered up froht," he said "It's just possible, you know, that Kut-le escaped froh I think if he had he would have been upon us long before this I've been hty careless But my brain is so tired it seele-handed from the upper terrace for a week"

"Just remember," said Rhoda quickly, "that I've asked you not to shoot to kill!"

Again the hard light gleamed in DeWitt's eyes

"I shall have a feords with him first, then I shall shoot to kill There is that between that Indian and me which a woman evidently can't understand I just can't see why you take the stand you do!"

"John dear," cried Rhoda, "put yourself in his place With all the race prejudice against you that he had, wouldn't you have done as he has?"

"Probably," answered Dewitt calet"

A sudden sense of the bizarre nature of their conversation caused Rhoda to say comically: "I never knew that you could have such bloody ideas, John!"

DeWitt was glad to turn the conversation

"I am so only occasionally," he said "For instance, instead of shooting the rabbit for supper, I'ure-four trap"

They returned to their little caray eyes fastened on the desert while John busied hi He worked with the skill of his country boyhood and the trap was cleverly finished

"It's evident that I'm not the leader of the expedition any ly

John shook his head

"I've lostto read of the desert and think hoell you could haveto be on the spot!"