Blackwell, who had arrived to take his turn as guard, stood in the doorway and sulkily watched them go.
SHE WAS THANKING GOD THE AFFAIR WAS ENDED
From the river bed below the departing guests looked up at the cabin hidden in the pines. The daughter was thanking God in her heart that the affair was ended. Her father was vowing to himself that it had just begun.
CHAPTER XII
AN ARREST
After half a week in the saddle Lieutenant Bucky O’Connor of the Arizona Rangers and Curly Flandrau reached Saguache tired and travel-stained. They had combed the Rincons without having met hide or hair of the men they wanted. Early next morning they would leave town again and this time would make for Soapy Stone’s horse ranch.