.

THE MILL-WHEEL OF STEERS.
Meantime, at the ranch, when Judkins's news had sent Venters on the trail of the rustlers, Jane Withersteen led the injured man to her house and with skilled fingers dressed the gunshot wound in his arm.
"Judkins, what do you think happened to my riders ?" "I--I d rather not say," he replied.
"Tell me.

Whatever you'll tell me I'll keep to myself.

I'm beginning to worry about more than the loss of a herd of cattle.

Venters hinted of--but tell me, Judkins." "Well, Miss Withersteen, I think as Venters thinks--your riders have been called in." "Judkins!...