“I suppose you were asleep,” put in Tom.
“I was meditating,” replied Jeems with dignity.
“With your eyes shut,” added Jo.
“The best way,” explained Jeems, “for in that way it shuts out every outside object, even outlaws.”
“I wonder what luck Jim and Juarez are having?” said Jo, changing the subject.
“They ought to be showing up pretty soon now,” remarked Tom.
“Maybe they have got tied up too,” said Jeems.
Let us solve this for ourselves by following Jim and Juarez on their hunting expedition. Concluding their race, they settled down to the search for game. After going several miles they branched off to the northwest where a part of the valley formed a park with trees wide-spaced and grass. It was a beautiful place.
“This is the kind of country to find deer in,” said Juarez.