CHAPTER XXVIII
HELP FROM THE HILLS
After they had stumbled on for about fifteen minutes Curly called a halt, and ordered the men to build a fire.
"This is as good a place as any," he told them. "No one will bother us here to-night, an' that's all we care."
Cursing and grumbling in a maudlin manner, several of the men gathered a number of sticks, and soon a fire was started. As the flames shot up Reynolds could see plainly the faces of his captors, and as he watched them his prospects did not seem very bright. They were men as reckless as Curly himself, and being half drunk they had lost all sense of responsibility. They did exactly what their leader commanded, notwithstanding their incessant complaints. This was exactly what Curly wanted. He had supplied them with liquor, but had taken
