“When did they get your guns?”
“I woke up, up there, and you were gone. My guns and pocket money were gone, too. I thought––”
“You thought I’d robbed you?”
“Ye––Well, I didn’t know!”
“This is a devil of a river, old man!” said Terabon. “I guess you travelled with the real thing out of New Madrid––”
“Doss, Renald Doss. He said he was a sportsman––”
“Oh, he is, all right, he’s a familiar type here on the river. He’s the kind of a sport who hunts men, Up-the-Bankers 195 and game of that kind. He’s a very successful hunter, too––”
“He said we’d hunt wild geese. We went up Obion River, and had lots of fun, and he said he’d help—he’d help––”
“Find your wife?”
“Yes, sir.”