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Updated: June 21, 2025
"Well, this is a stethoscope all right," went on Nort, as Bud turned toward his pony, with the evident intention of mounting. "And I'd give a lot to know what it's doing here, and who dropped it," spoke Bud. "Let's look around a little more. I'm not at all satisfied with this. I sure saw, some one here, and this proves it," and he stuffed the doctor's instrument into his pocket.
"Some one's up there around the tunnel entrance," responded Bud Merkel. "I saw 'em dodge back out of the light." Then, raising his voice, he cried: "Come on, now! None of your tricks! I've got you covered!" "I don't see any one," spoke Nort. "They're there, all right," asserted Bud. "Come on, fellows," he exclaimed, "we'll have to look into this.
The morning passed without incident, save for one or two false alarms, and there was a sigh of relief when the midday meal was served without interruption in the shape of hostile bullets. Then, after a brief rest for the horses, the march was again taken up. "I wonder when we'll find them?" asked Nort. "It's been quite a while now," added Dick.
Like a flash Bud, who had been standing beside Nort, to watch the effect of Dick's try, turned and faced outward to view the darkening valley, whence had come the sound of that shot. Nort turned also, but Dick seemed to think one of his companions had played a trick on him. "That isn't fair!" cried the stout lad. "What'd you want to go and bust that bottle for, Nort?"
For if the shot had been a joke the one who had fired it would, in all reason, it appeared, have shown himself soon after. "No one seems to show up," remarked Nort at length, in a low voice. "Then we'd better look for 'em before it gets too dark," declared Bud. "Come on! Let's get our horses."
"And with a good pair of glasses, or a telescope such as dad has at the ranch, we could see all over the valley." "Let's make it!" cried Nort, and the matter was settled as quickly as that.
He listened to something the bearer of the flag of truce had to say, and then the officer announced: "The captives aren't here!" "Aren't here!" cried Bud, Nort and Dick together. "Don't let nim fool you!" shouted Yellin' Kid. "Order them to march out, unarmed and then we'll search their camp," called Captain Marshall.
"Rustlers again?" asked Nort quickly, as he and his brother glanced at one another. They had not forgotten the stirring times when they were on the trail of the ruthless men who had raided Diamond X ranch, and their own cattle range. "No, nothin' like that," answered Slim easily. "Just natural depravity, so to speak. Some of 'em ate loco weed and others jest got too tired of livin' I reckon.
"What's he doing?" asked Dick. "Oh, just showing 'em some fancy roping," Bud answered. "Let's go over," suggested Nort. "I'd like to get on to a few tricks, myself." They found Four Eyes attempting some of the more difficult feats of rope throwing.
And of course it's easy enough to tell in which direction a horse is going." "Unless they put the shoes on backwards," said Nort. "There isn't much of that done," said Bud. "And, as a matter of fact, as you know, they don't shoe many horses out here. They let 'em run barefoot. Anyhow, it looks as though we really were on the trail of the Yaquis at last." "I hope so!" agreed Nort and Dick.
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