"The objection to remaining here," exclaimed Bridge, "isthat we can't make a fire to cook by--it would be tooplainly visible from the road."

"But I can no fin' road by unlit," explained Giova. "Itbad road by day, ver' much much worse by night. Beppo nocome 'cross swamp by night. No, we got stay here tilmorning."

"All right," said in reply Bridge, "we can eat some of thiscanned stuff and have our ham and coffee after wereach camp tomorrow afternoon, eh?"

"And now that we've gotten through Payson safely,"suggested The 0skaloosa Kid, "let's change back intoour own clothes. This disguise makes me feel too con-spicuous."