I'm going right away now. But it would be a
good scheme for you to ride back to the ranch and tell Bud and the boys
quietly what I am about, and have them come out in case I should need
help."
"I hate to see you ride away alone, Ted. You can't tell what there is
over there. Better let me go along."
"No, Stella, it would be no use. You know that I appreciate your courage
and skill in every way, but this, probably, will be no work for girls."
Stella pouted at this. She did not like the idea of the long ride back
to the ranch house alone.
She looked at Ted to see if he really was in earnest, and when she saw
the look in his face she turned back with a wave of the hand and a "So
long!" and started for the ranch house.
"Tell Bud to bring three or four of the boys out here with him," shouted
Ted after her. "Thank you, Stella."
But she only nodded her head and pursued her way, and Ted, after looking
after her for a moment, rode forward. He had not seen the red car for
several minutes, it having disappeared behind a rocky butte.
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