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"Jumpin' sand hills, ther plot thickens," said Bud, when he had finished
reading it. "I don't seem ter be in it at all. What's it all erbout?
Ye've got my coco whirlin' shore."


CHAPTER XIV.
THE ABANDONED MOTOR CAR.

"I'll tell you," said Ted, "if you'll take a seat and keep quiet until I
get the thing straightened out in my own mind, for the incidents of the
past hour certainly have got me going."
Bud sat down and waited patiently for Ted, who was thinking deeply.
"I didn't tell you the precise object of our visit to St. Louis," began
Ted, "not because I didn't trust your ability to keep a secret, but in
order to keep every one else in the dark."
"D'yer mean ter say that ye hev stalled me along ter this town ter give
me a leetle airin', an' not ter sell hosses?" asked Bud indignantly.
"Not exactly. I want to sell the horses for the top price, but there was
something else behind it."
"A large man astraddle o' ye with a keen an' bitin' bowie at yer throat.
Yer must be hard up fer amoosement.


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