"No can do what?" snapped the ranchman, not altogether pleased to be annoyed by household matters at such an important time.
"No can dlink coffee."
"Who can't? What are you talking about, Sing Lee?"
"Man no can dlink. Man what hab chopee-chopee on head—he no can dlink. Him gone—vamoose!"
"What?" cried the ranchman, a sudden suspicion coming into his mind.
"Him no can do. Him gone," blandly repeated the Celestial. "Mlissie Thornton send me him for coffee to dlink—I go—he no there. He no can do!"
"By Jove!" cried the ranchman. "That explains it! Boys, that twin brother is a sham! He's skipped with my papers! We've got to get right after him!"
CHAPTER XXIII
THE CHASE
Instantly all was excitement at Double X ranch. The word quickly went round of what had happened, and a number of cowboys, and men that worked on the farm part of the land, gathered at the stables, anxious to mount their horses and begin the chase.