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“Ain’t no use,” objected Sam. “Can’t do nothin’ till daylight, an’ then it’ll be too late. I’ll know that hoof-print when I see it.”

“I reckon I know it now,” spoke up Jim.

“What’s that?” demanded Bindloss.

“You do?” wondered Sam.

“Shore, I do. It’s Mrs. Gray’s pony. He lost a shoe yesterday an’ the others was loose, an’ she was intendin’ to have him shod all around, after I’d pulled off the rest of the shoes,” was the guide’s startling announcement.

“Come back to the bunk-house. We’ve got to find out about this,” growled Bindloss.

On their way back they met the Overlanders coming along. Unable to restrain their curiosity, the Overlanders had followed their guides down the valley.

“Mrs. Gray, would you know the hoof-prints of your pony if you were to see them?” asked the rancher.

“I am quite certain that I would,” answered Grace.

“Come and have a look at what Jim’s found,” he said, wheeling his pony and trotting back towards the place where the Overland animal hoof-print had been found by Jim.