“You recognised him in the moonlight?”
“Shore. I knew he was in the valley.”
“That’s wonderful, Cultus. The man was riding him bareback, too.”
“Playin’ safe. Yuh can identify a saddle, yuh know. C’mere and I’ll help yuh get on.”
“Will he ride double?”
“Amigo will carry all I put on him.”
The horse stood patiently until they were on, and then moved away slowly while Cultus kept a close watch. Once clear of the canyon, the horse swung into an easy lope down across the moonlit hills.
CHAPTER XX: EVIDENCE
Cultus and Jane found an anxious group at the JK ranch. Bad News had brought Tommy Simpson, Ole Oleson, Sam Hawker, Archie Lee, Hank Norsh and Ed Brown to assist him in the search, and they were all sitting around the living-room, trying to figure out where to begin the search, when Cultus and Jane came in.
Cultus had asked Jane not to mention finding the horse, and they had tied Amigo behind the stable.