In one corner was a corral, in which many horses were confined.
"You can get down now," said the leader of the party that had conducted
her to the place. "There is a shelter for you over there."
He pointed to a small tent on the farther side of the chamber.
"You will be perfectly safe here. You do not seem well. I will send you
assistance."
"Where am I?" asked Stella.
"You are a prisoner in the Hole in the Wall," was the reply.
"Then Heaven help me," said Stella, sobbing.
CHAPTER XXXII.
A HOLE IN THE HERD.
The herd of cattle which Ted and the broncho boys were herding in No
Man's Land he had branded Circle S, named after Stella.
There were more than two thousand head of them, which Ted was feeding on
the rich range grasses of the Southwest to drive to the Moon Valley
Ranch to winter, for it was well known to cowmen that a Southern or
Southwestern beef animal will do better for a winter on the Northern
range.
After Stella's disappearance Ted and the boys searched every nook and
cranny of the town of Snyder, but were unable to get the slightest trace
of her.
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