"Something happened," Nort exclaimed after he had dismounted.
"How do you know?" Bud asked with wide-open eyes.
"I mean to us. Why, did something happen to you, too?"
"I'll tell you about it in a minute. Let's hear your story first."
"Not much of a story," Dick said. "We saw Delton."
"You did! Where?"
"You remember that water hole the Kid found the Chinaman at?"
"Yes—go ahead!"
"Well, Nort and I decided to take another look at it on our second trip back from town, so we rode over. It isn't so far from here. And as we reached it—only about an hour ago—we saw a group of men talking. We rode up easy, but they heard us and beat it. We saw one of them, though. It was Delton."
"And do you know what he was doing there?" Bud asked with a quizzical smile.