He looked searchingly at Nan. ‘Did you find them?’ he asked.
‘Find what?’ asked the sheriff, before Nan could reply.
‘The eggs,’ said Rex. ‘The hen called, you know; and we went hunting the egg. Queer, isn’t it? And I fainted.’
The sheriff smiled thinly. He had seen the look which passed between them.
‘Can yuh navigate all right?’ he asked.
‘Oh, I am all right now.’
‘I just dropped in to tell you that the horse you rode last night was picked up at the 6X6 ranch and brought back to Mesa City. The horse came from there, yuh see; so that would be where he’d go.’
‘Well, I am glad they got it back, and thank you for telling me.’
‘Oh, you’re welcome.’
He climbed the fence and mounted his horse.