We carried him back to the ranch-house, propped him up in a chair, and despatched Uncle Jake for a doctor.

It's a sure go I can't hold Jake in any longer.

While driving through a lane, moved on by the spirit of deviltry, one of us whipped Jake into a run, and the other one threw the reins over a fence post.

"Git out an' come in," said Jake to the pallid, sweating rancher.

Uncle Jake under a gorgeous counterpane would make a graven image smile.

It was while they were still discussing the situation that the automobile with Jake at the wheel and Miss Prescott and The Wren in the tonneau, drove into the grounds.

" Then Lenore felt that she had hold of Dorn's arm and she was listening to Jake without understanding a word he said, while she did hear her father's yell of command, "Line up there, you I.W.W.'s!" Jake walked so swiftly that Lenore had to run to keep up.

In less than two hours we entered the camp of the traders at full speed, dismounted, and found one man, a long Jake from Illinois, who could speak English.