CHAPTER XI.
When Bent Wade desired opportunities they seemed to gravitate to him.
Upon riding into the yard of White Slides Ranch he espied Jack Belllounds sitting in idle, moping posture on the porch.

Something in his dejected appearance roused Wade's pity.

No one else was in sight, so the hunter took advantage of the moment.
"Hey, Belllounds, will you give me a lift with this meat ?" called Wade.
"Sure," replied Jack, readily enough, and he got up.

Wade led the pack-horse to the door of the store-cabin, which stood back of the kitchen and was joined to it by a roof.

There, with Jack's assistance, he unloaded the meat and hung it up on pegs.