THE RESCUE
Ruth and Alice gasped convulsively, and then urged their horses nearer to their father's mount. Russ and Paul looked curiously, and a bit apprehensively, at each other. As for Baldy, he sat confronting the tall, thin Indian who had announced the ultimatum of his tribe.
"What are you going to do?" asked Russ of the cowboy.
"Will we have to stay here?" Paul wanted to know.
"Oh, that would be impossible," objected Mr. DeVere. "I would not allow my daughters to remain out over night."
Baldy moved uneasily in his saddle.
"I sort of got you into this trouble," he said, apologetically, "and I guess I'll have to get you out. We'll have a talk among ourselves," he went on. "Some of these fellows understand English, and it's just as well to be on the safe side."
Then, turning to the Indian, Baldy said:
"We go for pow-wow!"
"Ugh!" was the answer. The Indian then made a sign to his followers, at the same time calling something to them in a high-pitched voice.