He may have crept into some place for shelter from the storm, just as we did." The two youths kept on steadily and before long saw another light in the distance.

Then they heard hoofbeats, and soon several forms on horseback loomed out of the darkness.
"Hello!" sang out the voice of Sid Todd.

"Who are you ?" "Todd!" called Dave, and a moment later the cowboy rode up, followed by another ranch hand and Mr.Endicott.
"What is wrong ?" demanded the railroad president, quickly.

"Where are the others ?" and his face showed his extreme anxiety.
"The others are safe, so far as we know," answered Dave.

"But we have had quite an adventure." And then he and Phil told of how the horses had been stolen, and of how they themselves had been caught in the woods during the great blow.
"The horse-thieves again!" exclaimed Mr.Endicott, wrathfully.