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"Are you all right?" asked DeWitt anxiously "Where in the world did you come froht?" cried Rhoda "Oh!" looking about at the eager listeners, "that was the ht! And Billy Porter, you are all right, I see How shall I ever repay you all for what you have done forat you! If that pison Piute hasn't made et away froasped

"What was the ?"

"No," said Rhoda uess he saw that it was useless"

"And he dropped you in the desert without water or food or horse!" cried DeWitt "Oh, that Apache cur!"

"No! No!" exclaimed Rhoda "He dropped me not far from here We saw the camp and he sent me to it"

The men looked at each other incredulously Jack Newman's face was puzzled He knew Kut-le and it was hard to believe that he would give up what he already had won DeWitt spoke excitedly

"Then he's still within our reach! Hurry up, friends!"

Rhoda turned swiftly to the gaunt-faced ray eyes that stirred each listener with a vague sense of loss and yearning

"I don't want Kut-le har that will help you locate him He did me no harm On the contrary, he ive his effrontery in stealing rant me this favor to top all that you have done for me"

Porter's under lip protruded with the old obstinate look

"That fellow's got to be made an example of, Miss Rhoda," he said "No white that's a man can stand for what he's done He's bound to be hunted down, you know If we don't, others will!"

Rhoda turned impatiently to DeWitt

"John, after all our talk, you ood Kut-le has done o Make the look of understanding in DeWitt's worn face

"Rhoda, you haven't any idea what you're asking! It isn't a question of forgiveness! You don't get the point of view that you ought! Why, the whole country is worked up over this thing! The newspapers are full of it Just as Porter says, the Apache's got to be made an example of We will hunt him down, if it takes a year!"