XXXIII
SOON after breakfast that morning Master had hitched the ox to the boat-jumper.
"My land! Where ye goin'?" Sinth inquired.
"To-morrow we're going out to Benson Falls with you and the children," said Master. "I thought we'd better take the ox and what things you need to-day as far as Link Harris's. That's about four miles down the Leonard trail. The ox will have all he can do to-morrow if he starts from Harris's."
The young man said nothing of another purpose which he had in mind—that of learning, as soon as possible, the nearest way out of the Rainbow country.
"What does that mean?" Sinth asked.
"Only this—we may have trouble with these pirates, and we want to get you out of the way. We'll have to travel, and we can't leave you in the camp alone. You and the children can ride over, and we'll come back afoot."
So Sinth packed her satchels and a big camp-bag, and all made the journey to Harris's where they left the ox and the jumper.