But, supposing they are," added Hawkridge, "Sterry will have to mount his horse and ride off.

There will be some of the rustlers beyond him, and how can he pass them unchallenged ?" "If it proves too risky to try on horseback I can do it on foot," replied Sterry; "in the darkness I will be taken for one of them, and, if questioned, can throw them off their guard.

The tramp to where the stockmen are in camp I judge to be little if any more than five miles, and it won't take me long to travel that after getting clear of these people." "I have a strong belief that the whole scheme is doomed to failure," said Hawkridge, and Capt.

Asbury agreed with him..