rts in an endeavor to stop them.

But they went a mile before they began to slow down, and Ted was able to
deflect the course of Sultan, who was beginning to tire from the double
burden and the terrific pace.

But at last the steers calmed down, and permitted themselves to be
driven quietly to where the rest of the herd were grazing.

As soon as Ted had restored the stolen cattle, he and Bud started back
into the valley in search of Shan Rhue and Sol Flatbush, but, although
they searched everywhere, the renegades could not be found.

In the cave through which they had come from the Hole in the Wall they
found a running branding iron, and fastened to the wall the following
notice:

"To TED STRONG AND OTHERS: You win this time, but there will be
others, and I am a lucky man in the end. You can't beat me.

"S. R."

Later they discovered that Shan Rhue had recently registered in Colorado
the Circle Dollar brand, and evidently it was his purpose to steal
nearly all of the Circle S herd.

But although he escaped with his lieutenant, Sol Flatbush, the men of
his band, who had been captured by the soldiers, were convicted and sent
to prison for long terms, after they had confessed that Shan Rhue's
organization had made a business of rustling cattle all through the
Southwest for many years.

Ted received several letters from the authorities in Washington
commending his services in averting an uprising of the Indians, and the
capture of the white renegades, but while this was gratifying, he felt
disappointed that Shan Rhue and Sol Flatbush were not in prison, also.
However, Ted believed in the motto, "I bide my time," and he felt in his
bones that some time in the future his path and that of the bully, Shan
Rhue, would cross again.

THE END.

No. 42 of the WESTERN STORY LIBRARY, by Edward C. Taylor, is
entitled "Ted Strong in Montana."

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