"Jest like I was goin' to get pinched," said Overland, bowing.
As Collie rode down the last pitch, leading the restive Sarko, Dick Tenlow stepped from the brush. "'Morning, Collie. Out for a little pasear?"
"Shouldn't wonder, Dick."
"Horses are lookin' good. Feed good on the hills yet?"
"Pretty good."
"I hear you got company up to the Moonstone."
"Yep. Eastern folks, doctor and his wife." And Collie looked the deputy hard in the eye.
"Oh, that was their machine I heard coughin' up the cañon last night, eh?"
"I didn't ask them about that," replied Collie.