"Well, I'm told that officers will be after him. Now as to your brother, Miss McCrae: Glass and Pugh are starting out to find him as soon as they get an outfit. Likely they've got started now."
"But they don't know where he is. That Glass—I should think he'd get lost if he left a trail."
"Pugh is different. They may get another man or two."
"I hope they don't find him," said Sheila gravely.
"So do I," Wade concurred. "I don't suppose a prosecution would be pushed now; but he resisted an officer, and anyway I wouldn't like to see him under arrest."
"You don't understand. Sandy wouldn't submit quietly."
"You think he'd try to bluff them again?"
"He isn't a bluff," said Casey. "The kid is serious-minded. That's the trouble. However, I've sent Tom word about Dade. Sandy may be with him; and Tom is cool. When Simon comes in we'll know more, and send him out again if he knows where the boy is."
Sheila declared that she must be going home. She refused Casey's offer to drive her over. She wanted to take the edge off Beaver Boy. His actions rankled in her mind. He needed a lesson, and she was going to give him one. And she refused absolutely to allow Casey to ride with her.
He had her horse saddled, and was giving a final pull at the latigos when she came out in her riding clothes.