"Maybe sixty miles down the Trail."
"Describe the trappers."
Briefly Joe described the two men while the officer listened. He looked searchingly at Joe.
"Did you know, when you received this animal, that it was army property?"
"Yes."
"Did you know also that the army isn't selling any mules?"
"I did."
"Therefore you knew that this one was stolen from the army?"
"I had that idea."
"Why did you take the mule?"