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"It must be done quick"

"But, Dale, listen," remonstrated Wilson, earnestly "Too quick 'll be as bad as too slow Snake is sore these days, gittin' sorer all the tiht savvy soirl or do her haro to pieces An' shore I must play safe Shore it'd be safer to have a plan"

Wilson's shrewd, light eyes gleamed with an idea He was about to lower one of his upraised hands, evidently to point to the cougar, when he thought better of that

"Anson's scared of cougars Mebbe we can scare hiirl off Can you ht an' squall an' chase off the horses?"

"I'll guarantee to scare Anson out of ten years' growth," replied Dale

"Shore it's a go, then," resuive her a hunch to do her part You sneak up to-night jest before dark I'll hev the gang worked up An' then you put the cougar to his tricks, whatever you want When the gang gits wild I'll grab the girl an' pack her off down heah or somewheres aboot an' whistle fer you But ar coang An' another hunch He ht slope up on me in the dark when I was tryin' to find you Shore thet ain't appealin' to ar is a pet," replied Dale "You think he's dangerous, but he's not No more than a kitten He only looks fierce He has never been hurt by a person an' he's never fought anythin' himself but deer an' bear I can make him trail any scent But the truth is I couldn't make him hurt you or anybody All the same, he can be made to scare the hair off any one who doesn't know hirand joke while them fellars is scared to death Dale, you can depend on me An' I'm beholdin' to you fer what 'll square ht, an' if it won't work then, to-ar spat again Wilson dropped his hands and, stepping forward, split the green wall of intersecting spruce branches Then he turned up the ravine toward the glen Once there, in sight of his coed