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And while he waited he talked to his dogs He called thes, half collie, half deerhound, superb in build, perfectly trained It sees understood the nature of their value to hily Whitie watched hi, crouched on the little rise of ground above, kept tireless guard When the sun rose, the white dog took the place of the other, and Ring went to sleep at his master's feet

By and by Venters rolled up his blankets and tied theether, then climbed out to look for his horse He saw hie, and went to fetch him In that country, where every rider boasted of a fine hbreds dotted the wonderful grazing ranges, Venters rode a horse that was sad proof of his ainst a stone, Venters faced the east, and, stick in hand and idle blade, he waited The glorious sunlight filled the valley with purple fire Before hi, like loells of a purple sea, stretched the sage Out of the grove of cottonwoods, a green patch on the purple, gleamed the dull red of Jane Withersteen's old stone house And froardens and orchards raceful poplars; and farther down shone the deep, dark richness of the alfalfa fields Nue, and these were cattle and horses

So, watching and waiting, Venters let the tie, and he knew it to be Lassiter's black Cliainst the sky-line, he stood and waved his hat The al of Lassiter's horse attested to the quickness of that rider's eye Then Venters climbed down, saddled his horse, tied on his pack, and, with a word to his dogs, was about to ride out to her ground, where the outlook was co since Venters had experienced friendly greeting frorown cold frorip of the iron hand that held his, and ray eyes, he knew that Lassiter and he were to be friends