“To—to the river. I came to get help—for Houck.”
“Houck?”
“He’s down there in the willows wounded.”
CHAPTER XXXIV
AN OBSTINATE MAN STANDS PAT
A moment of blank silence fell on the little group crouched among the boulders. Bob’s statement that he had to go back through the fire zone—to Houck—had fallen among them like a mental bombshell.
Blister was the first to find his voice. “You been down there l-lookin’ after him?”
“Yes. They hit him in the leg—twice. An’ once in the side. He’s outa his head. I got him water from the river.”