She saw that what he said was true for, even then, the men were close at hand, and a moment later they were surrounded.
"What yer doin' out here?" the leader, whom they at once recognized as Hains, demanded.
"Just taking a little ride," Bob told him.
"Be, eh. Well, suppose you take another back the way yer came."
"We were just going to," Bob said as he vaulted into his saddle.
"Wait a minute," Hains demanded. "You got a feller by the name o' Royce at the ranch, ain't yer?"
"What if we have?" Bob asked easily.
"A lot of it. I want him, that's what."
"Then you'd better come and get him."
"I don't have ter. Yer agoin' ter send him ter me."