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"Nell, look at that for a wild pony!" exclai well out of the way of the infuriated ed him to a cedar near by

"Coly, and he slowly approached the quivering animal He went closer, hand over hand, on the lasso Buckskin showed the whites of his eyes and also his white teeth But he stood while Roy loosened the loop and, slipping it down over his head, fastened it in a complicated knot round his nose

"Thet's a hacka the knot "He's never had a bridle, an' never will have one, I reckon"

"You don't ride him?" queried Helen

"Soirls like to try him?"

"Excuse me," answered Helen

"Gee!" ejaculated Bo "He looks like a devil But I'd tackle him--if you think I could"

The wild leaven of the West had found quick root in Bo Rayner

"Wal, I'm sorry, but I reckon I'll not let you--for a spell," replied Roy, dryly

"He pitches somethin' powerful bad"

"Pitches You mean bucks?"

"I reckon"

In the next half-hour Helen saw e were handled than she had ever heard of Excepting Ranger, and Roy's bay, and the white pony Bo rode, the rest of the horses had actually to be roped and hauled into ca men, and one that called for patience as well as ar the confidence she had placed in thesewoman that half-hour told much

When all was in readiness for a start Dale nificantly: "Roy, I'll look for you about sundown I hope no sooner"

"Wal, it'd be bad if I had to rustle along soon with bad news Let's hope for the best We've been shore lucky so far Now you take to the pine-mats in the woods an' hide your trail"

Dale turned away Then the girls bade Roy good-by, and followed Soon Roy and his buckskin-colored ht round a clump of trees

The unhampered horses led the way; the pack-animals trotted after the-trot And this gait made the packs bob up and down and from side to side The sun felt warm at Helen's back and the wind lost its frosty coldness, that alrance Dale drove up the shallow valley that showed timber on the levels above and a black border of ti to reach the edge of the forest