“Ask the winds, Caruth,” said the major, and then he added:
“And, Bill, where is Silk Lasso Sam?”
“I surrender, sir.”
“Explain, please.”
“Well, sir, I followed the trail to the point down the valley there, and from the creek it divided into just seven trails.”
“All going the same way?”
“No, sir, going off like the fingers from your hand. I followed one, then the other, and then gave it up and waited for the coming of Captain Caruth and my scouts. I sent two men off on each trail, for I borrowed a soldier or two from Captain Caruth, and I turned in to rest, sir.”
“Then you delay here until you get the reports from your scouts?”
“Yes, sir.”
“That is all that I can see to do, Lester.”