"No, it isn't. Remember, I'm responsible for you till we get back to the ranch."
"But I'll be mighty careful and won't go far."
"Suppose you get lost?"
"Not a chance. You see, I couldn't get lost on these hills, as all I'd have to do would be to keep on down hill till I got to the bottom and then I'd be out of the woods."
They argued the matter for some moments and finally Sue gave a reluctant consent, although Jack shook his head and urged him to go on with them. But Bob declared that it would be almost criminal to let such a chance slip, and after a while he, too, gave in.
"But you be home before dark," was Sue's final command as they started off again.
"Sure thing," Bob agreed as he turned his horse up the trail.
CHAPTER VI.
BOB CAPTURED.
"Maybe I am doing a fool thing," Bob thought as he urged the horse up the rough trail. "One thing's dead sure. I've got to be mighty careful, because I'm up against a bad bunch and no mistake."