Lassiter, Bess found gold in the valley.

We've a saddle-bag full of gold.

If we can reach Sterling--" "Man! how're you ever goin' to do that?
Sterlin' is a hundred miles." "My plan is to ride on, keeping sharp lookout.

Somewhere up the trail we'll take to the sage and go round Cottonwoods and then hit the trail again." "It's a bad plan.

You'll kill the burros in two days." "Then we'll walk." "That's more bad an' worse.