Charley's good at mopping up," said Alton gravely.

"I'm afraid that stuff's a little wet, but it was the Cayuse's fault.

He started in kicking and burst the rope, you see." "It would have been wetter if it had gone into the lake," said Seaforth.
"The lake ?" said the girl.
Seaforth nodded.

"Yes," he said.

"It was on the Tyee trail the pony commenced kicking." The girl looked up sharply, and there was a subdued brightness in her eyes, for she had more than once shivered when leading her horse along that perilous trail.