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Soon they were on the trail For Joan tiing scene were pleasurable to her The

passing of tiled fear and

hope and pain, for at the end of this trail was Jim Cleve In other

days she had flouted hi

except loved and feared him And now she was assured of her love and

almost convinced of her fear The reputation these wild bandits gave

Ji and inexplicable to Joan She rode the miles

thinking of Ji and planning for him

About noon the cavalcade rode out of the h, rounded foot-hills Horses and

cattle were grazing on the green levels A wide, shallow, noisy

stream split the valley Joan could tell fro that this place, whatever and wherever it was, saw

considerable travel; and she concluded the main rendezvous of the

bandits was close at hand

The pack drivers led across the strea ravine It was narrow, rough-sided, and floored, but