"How can I get away, where can I go?" Milt anxiously asked.
"Go up into the mountains—out West, anywhere except near this spot," urged his companion. "Here's a little money to take along with you."
The two men were now close upon Sally, as she crouched in a dark angle of the rocky wall, and, although they spoke in low tones, she heard each word. So near were they, in fact, she could have touched them by stretching forth her hand.
"You have done me a good turn, Steve. I shall never forget it!" cried Milton Derr, gratefully.
"You don't owe me any favors," answered Steve, hastily, almost roughly. "The Captain had me in a tight fix, an' I had to say what I did, an' do what he told me to do, but I never meant to harm you. I haven't forgot the other night. Good-by, Milt, take good care of yourself!"
CHAPTER XXIV.
After Steve Judson had gone rapidly down the hill to where his horse was hitched and his companion was about to follow, Sally quickly put forth a detaining hand, and lightly touched him. "Milt!" she whispered.