Wade, you ain't thinkin' she ought to stop them lonesome walks an' rides ?" "No, sure not, so long as she doesn't go too far away." "Ahuh! Wal, supposin' she rode up out of the valley, west on the Black Range ?" "That won't do, Belllounds," replied Wade, seriously.

"But Miss Collie's not goin' to, for I've cautioned her.

Fact is I've run across some hard-lookin' men between here an' Buffalo Park.

They're not hunters or prospectors or cattlemen or travelers." "Wal, you don't say!" rejoined Belllounds.

"Now, Wade, are you connectin' up them strangers with the stock I missed on this last round-up ?" "Reckon I can't go as far as that," returned Wade.