"I'll tell you what it is, boss. I'd not take ten times what I gave for him. Mark my word, you'll hear something of that colt some day."
"Well, I don't mind losing my fiver at any rate, for you certainly have earned it. That colt has been looked on as a terror to the neighbourhood. Nobody would have him at a gift, and it was only because you looked like a new chum that I ran him in."
"I'm very glad you did. Can you fix us up with a couple of saddles and bridles."
"Certainly. Come on over here."
Saddles and bridles were bought and put on their new purchases. Then the girls rode their horses to the hotel stables, where they were putting up. They groomed and fed them themselves, and went off to purchase a stock of provisions and a small tent. These were all rolled in a blanket and fixed to the front of each saddle; quart pots were slung at the side, and they were at last ready to start.
"I'll christen my colt Wyck," said Hil, as they turned in for the night.
"And mine shall be Liffe," said May.
Daylight the next morning saw them on the track of the two conveyances.