'I am as ignorant as yourself,' replied Jim, 'how the horse came there. If he is your horse, you can have him back by sending for him.'
Jim Dennis did not like the tone in which Rodney Shaw spoke; it seemed to imply a doubt about his story.
'Of course I will send for him. One of my men shall return with you.'
'I think you had better send two,' replied Jim, smiling.
'Is the horse as dangerous as that?'
'He was, but Doonan and myself tamed him down. Still, I think it would be safer to have two men.'
'Will you bring him over?'
'If you wish it,' said Jim, 'but I had rather your own men did it. He might get lost on the way again.' This with a glance at the sergeant.
'Perhaps it would be better to send your own men,' said that worthy guardian of law and order.
Jim Dennis rose to go. He had not received a hospitable reception, and he was not a man to remain where he saw he was not wanted.