"Is that your house above here?" asked Rand, "the one covered with bark. We saw it as we came along. Pepper was sure an outlaw lived there."
"And you weren't so far out of the way at that, were you, Pepper?" answered the colonel. "How would you like to take a look at it?"
"'Twould be most interesting," said Donald.
"Come along then. I see the enemy were out in force," he added when they had gone part of the way.
"How was that?" asked Rand.
"Monkey Rae," replied the colonel. "There were a number of them."
"Of Monkey Raes?" cried Rand. "Gee! I hope not."
"I mean," laughed the colonel, "there were more with him."
"Yes," said Rand, "he and Sam Hopkins and Red Burns are always together."
"Who was the man with them?" went on the colonel.