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The day passed slowly As night drew on the two on the rew more and more anxious There was little doubt but that they could live for a number of days at the old pueblo, yet it was evident that the ruin was far froht except by Kut-le On the other hand, they were absolutely unprepared for a walking trip across the desert Troubled and uncertain what to do, they watched the wonder of the sunset Deeper, richer, rew the colors of the desert, and in one suprelory the sun sank from view

DeWitt with his arm across Rhoda's shoulders spoke anxiously

"Don't you still think we'd better start tomorrow?"

"Yes," she answered, "I suppose so What direction shall we take?"

"East," replied DeWitt "We're bound to strike help if we can keep going long enough in one direction We'll cook a good supply of rabbits and I'll fix up one of those bowl-like ollas with my handkerchief, so we can carry water in it as well as in the two canteens I think you had better sleep in the little rooht and I'll lie across the end of the trail here"

Rhoda sighed

"I've nothing better to suggest As you say, it's all guesswork!"

They set the rabbit trap by the spring, then Rhoda, quite recovered froht before, entered her little sleeping-rooht The front of the room had so crumbled away that she could see John's dark form by the trail, and she lay doith a sense of security and fell asleep at once

John paced the terrace for a long hour after Rhoda was asleep, trying to plan every detail for the morrow He dared not confess even to himself how utterly disheartened he felt in the face of this terrible adversary, the desert Finally, realizing that he must have rest if Rhoda was not to repeat her previous experience in leading hiround across the head of the trail He htly

How long she had slept Rhoda did not knohen she akened by a half-muffled oath from DeWitt She jumped to her feet and ran out to the terrace Never while life reet what she saw there DeWitt and Kut-le restling in each other's grip! Rhoda stood horrified As the two irl and panted: "Don't stir, Rhoda! Don't call or you'll have his whole bunch up here!"