CHAPTER XXIII
THE LETTER FROM JUANITA
"You'd better speak up pronto!" exclaimed the girl from Rose
Ranch in an unshaken tone. "I'm going to fire if you don't."
"Oh, Rhoda!" shrieked Bess.
"It isn't Walter!" exclaimed Grace.
"Speak! What do you want? Who are you?" demanded the courageous
Rhoda.
"No shoot, Thenorita!" gasped a frightened voice from the looming figure. "I go!"
In a moment he was gone. He had disappeared around the corner of the boulder.
"For mercy's sake!" gasped Bess, "what does that mean?"
"Who was it?" asked Nan again.