He liked the rough and broken land
"Where's the cave?" he asked.
"Through the trees," Cindy whispered back, "but we'll have to tie our ponies and crawl."
Cindy leading, Alec following, they crawled among the closely spaced trees toward the arroyo. Just before they came to it, they crossed a little clear space beyond which was a fringe of trees. Cindy crawled through the fringe and flattened herself on the ground. Very plainly, because the cave was a sounding board, she heard a voice she had heard before.
"I no like," said Tom LaMott. "I no like to fool weeth weetch girl."
"I tell you she's no witch girl, Tom," a second voice said. "She was just doing some simple tricks."