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Rh they count on fleecing some confiding Tippewa citizen out of his hard-earned wealth. They can't do much in three hours, though, and I think they're booked to go right on through to Oklahoma. Of course I don't know how crooks work their schemes, but it seems to me if you want to make money, honestly or dishonestly, in oil, you go where oil is."

Betty Gordon was not given to long speeches, but when she did speak it was usually to the point.

"I don't think they're going back to the train," she announced quietly. "They're carrying their suitcases."

"Well, what do you know about that!" Bob addressed a telegraph pole. "Here I am making wild guesses, and she takes one look at the men themselves and tells their plans. Do I need glasses? I begin to think I do."

"I don't guess their plans," protested Betty. "Anyway, perhaps they were afraid to leave their bags in the car."

"No, it looks very much to me as though they had said farewell to the Western Limited," said Bob. "They wouldn't carry those heavy cases a mile unless they meant to leave for good. Let's keep an eye on them, because if they are going to 'work' the Saunders place, I'd like to see how they intend to go about it."

For some time the boy and girl tramped in