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The Texan met his grin. "It ain't been so long."

"Well, you ain't liable to get in again for a while," Arlie said

emphatically. "Come on, Bud, we've got to be moving."

"Which way is Dead Cow Creek?" one of the men called after them.

Fraser pointed in the direction from which he had just come.

After they had ridden a hundred yards, the girl laughed aloud her

relief at their escape. "If they go the way you pointed for Dead

Cow Creek, they will have to go clear round the world to get to

it. We're headed for the creek now."

"A fellow can't always guess right," pleaded the Texan. "If he

could, what a fiend he would be at playing the wheel! Shall I go

back and tell him I misremembered for a moment where the creek

is?"

"No, sir. You had me scared badly enough when you drew their

attention to yourself. Why did you do it?"