Kendall Marsh and his son went in through the rear door of the War Dance and immediately entered the little private room at the rear, where Butch Van Deen joined them. Kendall Marsh was visibly nervous.
“Well, what do you know?” he asked Butch.
“She didn’t come back, Marsh. I got hold of Oscar, and he said that they seemed to be headin’ toward the JK ranch.”
“She’d have a lot of business out there!”
“I guess he was mistaken.”
“Have you seen Collins this morning?”
Butch shook his head.
“I asked the stableman, and he said that Collins and Bad News must have left early this mornin’. Their horses were gone, but he said he didn’t hear ’em leave.”
“Where the hell do yuh suppose they’ve gone?” asked Alden Marsh.
“I dunno. What are you all duded up for?”