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It wasday when he beckoned his men to

him

"Lets pull out," he said "Why wait for the Californians to o with us across the Snake 'Twill only be the worse the longer we

lie here, and our wagons are teeks late now"

The others agreed But there was now little train organization The old

cheery call, "Catch up! Catch up!" was not heard The group, the faain True, after their leaders caons, until the dusty trail that

led out across the sage flats had a tenancy stretched out for over a

halfin behind; but silent and

gri and old now over this last defection

"About that old hter as

they sat on the sa seat, "I don't know about hi and white as his'n, but you'd

better watch your hog pen For h is true he used to live back in the Rockies in Injun tihty-five years old, as he says, and California may have a

wonderful clis I can't believe

"He says, now, he knows a man out in California, a Spanish man, as