"Not yet. Have you?"
"We're looking for a friend that's gone ahead. Maybe he's struck it rich. When we find him we'll turn in and help him."
"You've got one advantage of us, stranger. You've got hosses, and we've had to walk."
"Why didn't you buy animals?"
"We did, but they were stolen from us a little way back."
"If our hosses should be stolen," said Bradley, "the thieves would die within a week."
Mosely and his friend looked at each other in silence, and the conversation languished.
"Ben," said Bradley, after the two visitors were fast asleep, "shall I tell you what I think of these two men?"
"Well, Bradley?"
"They are thieves, and they meant to steal our hosses."