CHAPTER XXVII.
As they went up out of the basin into the broad meadows of the larger valley, MacDonald rode between Aldous and Joanne, and the pack-horses, led by Pinto, trailed behind.
Again old Donald said, as he searched the valley: "We've beat 'em, Johnny.

Quade an' Rann are coming up on the other side of the range, and I figger they're just about a day behind--mebby only hours, or an hour.

You can't tell.

There's more gold back there.

We got about a hunderd pounds in them fifteen sacks, an' there was twice that much.