TWO TRAGIC STORIES They rode on for about an hour and a half.

Joshua's steed, placated by his good supper, behaved very well.

Their ride was still through the canon.

Presently it became too dark for them to proceed.
"Ain't we gone about fur enough for to-night ?" asked Joshua.
"Perhaps we have," answered Joe.
"Here's a good place to camp," suggested the man from Pike County, pointing to a small grove of trees to the right.
"Very well; let us dismount," said Joe.

"I think we can pass the night comfortably." They dismounted, and tied their beasts together under one of the trees.