“The next best feed is at Rasmus-
sens, about sixteen miles south, and
from there it is another eighteen
miles to Blackwater, where you will
find good bunch grass and another
telegraph station. From Blackwater it
is forty-four miles to Quesnel, but the
ferry only crosses the river during the
day time—that is until around seven
p.m.” replied Smith.

There was a pause whilst the rider
considered these remarks, then finally
he said very slowly, “I had best be
getting along.” The rider had made
no attempt to dismount, and kept his
left side to Smith, notwithstanding
both horses attempted to graze whilst
the men were talking.

“Well, just a minute,’ exclaimed
Smith, “I have just lost my saddle
mare with loco weed, and I see you
have a spare saddle horse with you,
will you sell it to me? If if you don’t
wish to sell the spare horse will you
sell me the one you are riding? I
simply have to have a saddle horse
out here for my line work.”

“No,” said the stranger, “I would
not sell you the sorrel, but if the price
is right I might sell you this roan, as
I will not require two horses after I
reach Quesnel anyway.”

Smith looked carefully over the
horse the man was riding, and finally
made him an offer for it, saying that
he was not particular about the saddle
as he had a good saddle anyway.

The man said, “You will have to
take the saddle anyway; I will throw
the saddle in, it is not much of a
saddle anyway; yes, you can have
this roan.”

The traveler now dismounted, and
once again Smith had the idea that
he was trying to keep his right side
away from him. The man now pro-
ceeded to remove a gunny sack from

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and it was evident that whilst it was
a bulky sack it was not heavy, and
must have contained merely a small
amount of grub and some pots and
pans.

Bill of Sale Refused

Smith went into the station, and
brought out sufficient cash to pay
for the horse, also he brought out a
small scribbling pad and asked the
man to give him a bill of sale, which
was quite a customary procedure in
horse deals, even on the trail. The
owner, however, was adament and re-
fused to give a bill of sale, stating
that the transaction was so small that
there was no necessity.

This aroused Smith’s suspicions,
and he took a thorough look at the
man who was still busily engaged in
fastening the gunny sack across the
sorrel. He was able to get a good
look at the man now, and he noted
two unusual things. The right hand
of the man was enclosed in a grey
suede glove, which gave Smith the
impression that the hand was an
artificial one; also hanging from his
belt on the same side was a formidable
Luger pistol—a most unusual weapon
to be carried in the woods in those
days.

Something now clicked in Smith’s
brain. He knew he had never seen
this man before—or had he? some-
thing seemed familiar about him.
Anybody could tell at a glance that
he was different in many ways from
the usual men who passed up and
down over the trail, apart from his
apparent deformity. He acted in a
taciturn manner, and as if he had
something to hide. There was no “hail
fellow well met” about him.

Suddenly Smith’s brain clicked, and
he was a very frightened man. If he

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