It's a cinch them riders is following us.

I seen 'em dustin' north of us this mornin'.

I ain't said anything to the boys, but it's likely they've seen 'em, too--for they've got their eyes peeled.

It's gettin' under my skin, an' if they don't come out into the open pretty soon and give us an idee of what game they're playin', me an' some of the boys is goin' to drag 'em out!" Yet Blackburn did not carry out his threat.

He knew pursuit of the riders would be futile, for there were no further signs of them for several days, and Blackburn knew the riders would have no trouble in eluding them in the vast wilderness through which the herd had been passing for a week.