Chapter 16 THE CROSS ON THE DESERT

"You should have let me take a shot at him when I had the chance," grumbled Hippy.

"Time enough to shoot when we are shot at," rebuked Grace. "We are not starting trouble, but when it comes we know how to meet it. Do we not, Mr. Lang?"

Hi Lang nodded enthusiastically.

Grace had been practicing persistently with her Mexican lasso, and was n