"All in."
"Do you know the story?"
"Yes. Mike went into Drowned Valley early last evening after Quintana. He didn't come back. Before dawn this morning Eve located Quintana, set a bear-trap for him, and caught him with the goods——"
"What goods?" demanded Darragh sharply.
"Well, she got his pack and found Mike's watch and jewelry in it——"
"What jewelry?"
"The jewels Quintana was after. But that was after she'd arrived at the
Dump, here, leaving Quintana to get free of the trap and beat it.
"That's how I met her — half crazed, going to find Quintana again. We'd found Mike in Drowned Valley and were bringing him out when I ran into Eve. … I brought her back here and called Ghost Lake. … They haven't picked up Quintana's tracks so far."
After a silence: "Too bad this snow came so late," remarked Trooper
Lannis. But we ought to get Quintana anyway."
Darragh went over and looked silently at Mike Clinch