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? ? ? ? Rodney saw that remonstrance was useless, and obeyed the order.

? ? ? ? One of the men seized the horse by the bridle, and led him.

? ? ? ? "Walk in front!" he said.

? ? ? ? "Where are you going to take me?" asked Rodney.

? ? ? ? "You will know in due time."

? ? ? ? "I hope you will let me go," urged Rodney, beginning to be uneasy. "I am expected home this evening, or at all event I want to get there."

? ? ? ? "No doubt you do, but the Miners' Rest will have to get along without you for a while."

? ? ? ? "Do you know me then?"

? ? ? ? "Yes; you are the boy clerk at the Miners' Rest."

? ? ? ? "You both put up there about two weeks since," said Rodney, examining closely the faces of the two men.

? ? ? ? "Right you are, kid!"

? ? ? ? "What can you possibly want of me?"

? ? ? ? "Don't be too curious. You will know in good time."

? ? ? ? Rodney remembered that the two men had remained at the hotel for a day and night. They spent the day in wandering around Oreville.


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