If he was taken, Bert knew that he would be hanged for the killing of Bummer Kelly, even though they should fail to convict him of k********g. That was enough to make him go to any extreme to keep from being arrested. But he was even more desperately determined to retain his freedom because of a desire to find Lucy Marshall—and then Babe Colatta.
Every road and trail would be watched. That made daylight travel impossible unless positively forced to resort to it. It was that realisation which had caused him to remain at the Flying M cow camp. He knew that finding food was hereafter going to be a difficult proposition, and here was a chance to lay in a supply, and at the same time allow his mount to recuperate. In addition he could thus keep the cook from flying to the ranch with word of hi
