“Yes,” she admitted.
“Pshaw! Why didn’t you rout us out? We’d a-gone lookin’ fer him any time.”
“There wouldn’t have been much use looking for him at night.”
“No, and there ain’t much use lookin’ fer him now; but it would a-made you-all feel easier,” replied the man.
“Why isn’t there any use looking for him now?” she demanded.
“Because the Boss kin take keer of himself. He ain’t a-goin’ to thank us none, I’m figgerin’.”
“No, if he’s all right, he won’t; but if he isn’t all right we’ll be glad we did.”
“Them hosses must a-gone plumb to the fer end of the pasture,” remarked Kreff.
“They always do, if we’re in a particular hurry to get them up,” said Wichita.
The other men had come from the bunk house by now and were standing around waiting.