The Kid made a trip to the bunk-house and pulled a gray blanket off Ole's bed, and spent a quarter of an hour rolling it as he had seen the boys roll blankets The oats box, with Silver standing beside it, came in handy again.

He found a discarded rope and after much labor coiled it crudely and tied it beside the saddle-fork.
The Kid went to the door, stood beside it and leaned away over so that he could peek out and not be seen Voices came from the house--the voice of the Old Man; to be exact, high-pitched and combative.

The Kid looked up the bluff, and the trail lay empty in the afternoon sun.

Still, he did not like to take that trail.

Doctor Dell might come riding down there almost any minute.