CHAPTER VIII
INTO THE ENEMY'S CAMP
"Has Simms been warned that he'd better keep them out of this here territory?" asked one.
"Yes."
"Who told him?"
"Bob Moore, who owns the Double X Ranch on the west side of the range. I saw to that," announced the man with the beard.
Tad decided that he was the leader of the party, but it was not yet clear what they were planning to do. Yet he knew that if he listened long enough something was sure to be dropped that would give him a clue to the mystery.
"Bob's mad as a trapped bear over it. Swears he'll kill every sheep in the country before he'll let Simms drive in the new herd and graze it here."
"Suppose you put it into his head proper like to do something?" laughed one.
"Well, I did talk it over with him a bit," admitted the leader. "But he wasn't hard to show."