They went on softly through the cave and were soon near the place where Tom had entered it from the stable.
"Be very quiet now, everybody," said Mr. Brown.
"Sh-h-h," said Bunny to his mother and Sue, putting his finger on his lips.
"I'll take a peep and see if any one's in sight," said Tom.
He went forward a little way and came back to whisper:
"There are two horses and a cow in there, and one horse looks like Eagle Feather's."
"Let Indian see!" exclaimed the red man, and when he had peeped through a hole between two stones in the stable wall, while Tom flashed a flashlight through another hole, Eagle Feather cried:
"That my horse! Me git him back now!"
"Go a bit slow," advised Mr. Brown. "We want to see what else this Bixby is up to. How can you get to the house from here, Tom?"
"Right through the stable, by the hole I got out of. His back door is near the stable front door. Come on!"