It was just--a smugglers' stronghold." Some of the men in front of him stirred uneasily.

"What's this to do with Fletcher Hill ?" asked one.
"I'll tell you," said Warden.

"Buckskin Bill, the cattle-thief, was in a tight corner, and he took refuge in Barren Valley.

He found the smugglers' _cache_--and he found something else that the smugglers didn't know of.

He found--gold.