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His boots had filled and he was soaked to the waist; he knew that if he left the horse and swa swiet to the bank its sides were too high and steep for him to climb out without assistance He looked at Wallie's i there, it was a o under and co with chagrin and rage admitted his defeat

Wallie measured the distance with his eye, adjusted the loop, and as it cut the air above his head Canby held up his hands to catch it when it dropped

"Good work!" Pinkey cried as it shot out and hit its mark "You never made a better throw than that, old kid!"

Canby slipped the loop under his arm and, as he took his feet frohten up

The horse, relieved of his weight, took heart and struck out for the opposite bank, where a little dirt slide enabled it to scra, at last it stood still at the top, while Canby, a dead weight, was dragged over the edge to dry land

There was as much fury as relief in his face when he stood up and started to loosen the rope around his chest

Wallie stopped hiesture

"No, you don't! I take no chances when I play with crooks You ood?" Canby demanded

"Not so far as I can throw my horse"

"I haven't a check-book," he lied

"Get it, Pink"

The check-book and indelible pencil which every sheep and cattleman carries were in the inside pocket of his coat

"Fill it out" Wallie passed the pencil to him "And don't leave off a cipher by mistake"

"I refuse to be coerced!" Canby declared, defiantly "I'll keepthe date," Wallie replied, coolly, "and that's just fourout his watch "If I haven't got the check by then you'll pay for those locoed horses, too, or I'll throw you back"

"You don't dare!"

"When you haven't anything to lose you'll do considerable to get 'hunks' and that's my fix Besides, I need the money Two minutes left--think fast"

"You'll sweat blood for this before I'ritted his teeth