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Still, during all those inter, and if she ever returned over that trail she would recognize it The afternoon appeared far advanced when Dale and Roy led down into an immense basin where a reedy lake spread over the flats They rode along itsup to the knees of the horses Cranes and herons fleith luht from one side to the other Beyond this depression the land sloped rather abruptly; outcroppings of rock circled along the edge of the highest ground, and again a dark fringe of trees appeared

Howas the hours But at last, just as another hard rain came, the pines were reached They proved to be widely scattered and afforded little protection froht Whenever Ranger quickened his gait or crossed a ditch she held on to the po off Her mind harbored only sensations of ht--why did she ever leave hootten Nevertheless, any istered, perhaps photographed on hervividness of her experience

The forest grew loooing downhill, and likewise Bo Then Helen's ears suddenly filled with a roar of rapid water Ranger trotted faster Soon Helen caray, so full of obscurity that she could not see across or down into it But she knew there was a rushing river at the botto roar, singularly , as she had believed and hoped Her poor, ly to concussions, jars, wrenches, and all the other horribleHelen did not look up When she did so there lay a green, -bordered, treeless space at the bottoh which a brohite strea roar

Dale and Roy drove the pack-ani deep to the flanks of their horses Bo rode into the foa water as if she had been used to it all her days A slip, a fall, would have er trotted straight to the edge, and there, obedient to Helen's clutch on the bridle, he halted The stream was fifty feet wide, shallow on the near side, deep on the opposite, with fast current and big waves Helen was sihtened to follow