CHAPTER XXXIV.
JIM LANE KEEPS HIS PROMISE.
Sammy, on her tired pony, approached the Lookout on the shoulder of Dewey.

As they drew near a figure rose quickly from its place on the rock, and, running swiftly along the ledge, concealed itself in the clump of cedars above the trail on the southern side of the mountain.

A moment later the almost exhausted horse and his rider passed, and the figure, slipping from the ledge, followed them unobserved down the mountain.
Nearing the house Sammy began to wonder what she should do next.
With all her heart the girl believed in her father's innocence.
She did not know why those men were at her home.

But she did know that the money that helped her father over the drought had come through the shepherd; the Matthews family, too, had been helped the same way.

Surely Dad Howitt was incapable of any crime.