"And you let him do that fool thing?" he said as she paused.
"I didn't let him. He just did it. I told him not to and tried to get him to give it up," she replied.
"It was not her fault," Jack told him. "You see, when Bob makes up his mind to do a thing wild horses couldn't stop him and he was bound to do this so you mustn't blame her."
"But that was Red Hains and his gang you met," Jeb groaned. "If they catch him spying on them, good night."
"But they won't catch him," Jack asserted.
"How can you tell that?" Jeb asked quickly.
"I guess it's only a hunch, but I feel it in my bones that he'll turn up all right. You see, he always does."
But the man was not convinced and the frown was still on his face as they led the horses toward the corral.
"I feel mighty guilty," Sue confided to Jack as they removed the saddles.
"You needn't. You did all you could to keep him from going."