Chapter 16 AN INDIAN GUIDE.

"Of course we must go through Lima," Stephen said as they started.

"Assuredly, se?or, the roads over the passes all start from there, and it would take us a long circuit to avoid the town."

"Oh, there is no occasion to avoid it," Stephen said. "It is about five miles, is it not?"

"That is the distance; but, as the road ascends a good deal,