Part 25 (2/2)

The mare and weapon secured, he continued on his way, but made certain to wander into no more quicksand spots

”It was too narrow an escape for comfort,” was the way in which pawnee Brown expressed himself, when he told the story later

An hour after found hi in by the Allen trail The Irishman was much crestfallen over his failure to find a better trail than that selected by the scout, and Rosy was giving it to hio forward it will be undher pawnee Brown's directions, Moike Delaney!” she cried ”It's not yerself thot is as woise as Moses in the wilderness, orously to emphasize her words After that Delaney never strayed froain

All of the boomers but Jack Rasco were now on hand, and as hour after hour went by and Rasco did not turn up, pawnee Brown grew anxious about the welfare of his right-hand ht hiht, as he rode away fro a due south course

”And what can have become of her?”

pawnee Broas on his way to the spot where he had left dick He had decided that as soon as he had found the lad, he would return to camp, and then the onward un

On through the ravine where he hadfresh after a short rest and her h the brush, and he turned toward the open prairie

”Halt! Throw up your hands!”

The unexpected coe of the prairie

On the instant the booaze caused his heart to sink within him There, drawn up in line, was the full troop of cavalry sent out by the government to stop the boomers'

entrance to the e's spy as responsible, and pawnee Brown's carefully-laid plan had fallen through

CHAPTER XXI

dick'S DISAGREEABLE DISCOVERY

”Lost!”

dick h the brush, first in one direction and then in another

”I ought to have kept track of where I was going,” he went on bitterly

”Of course, away out here one place is about as good as another for hiding, but how a to find me, when they come back?”

He pushed on for nearly a quarter of an hour; then, co to a flat rock, threw himself down for reflection

”Justtied about o it blind! But Nellie's cry for help irl! I do hope she is safe If that redskin--gosh!+ what's that?”

The flat rock was backed up by a number of heavy bushes Frorunt, half yawn! dick leaped to his feet, the bushes parted and there appeared the savage face of Yellow Elk!

dick knew the Indian by that pluuessed that Yellow Elk had been taking a nap behind the bushes He had been shot in the thigh, and this, coupled with the fact that he had had no sleep for two nights, had made him very weary