He was so thoughtful that they did not interrupt his meditations, and for a considerable while the three rode in silence.
It need not be said that Jack and Fred kept their wits about them and took note of everything in their field of vision.

The season had been an unusually favorable one for Wyoming, the rains having been all that was required to make the grass succulent, nourishing and abundant.

They could have turned their ponies loose at any point, after leaving the railway behind them, and the animals would have been able to crop their fill.

It was the same over hundreds of square miles, a fact which readily explains why many portions of Wyoming rank as the best grazing country in the world.
It was not yet noon when they rode down a slight declivity to a stream several rods in width.

The water was so clear that the bottom could be plainly seen from their saddles, the depth being no more than two or three feet.