"Two ways," answered Nash. "Of course I don't know what way Bard headed,
because he's got the girl with him, but I figure it this way: if a
tenderfoot knows any part of the range at all, he'll go in that
direction after he's in trouble. I've seen it work out before. So I
think that Bard may have ridden straight for the old Drew place on the
other side of the range. I know a short cut over the hills; we can reach
there by morning. Kilrain, you'll go there with me.
"It may be that Bard will go near the old place, but not right to it.
Chances may be good that he'll put up at some place near the old
ranchhouse, but not right on the spot. Jerry Wood, he's got a house
about tour or five miles to the north of Drew's old ranch. Butch, you
take your men and ride for Wood's place. Then switch south and ride for
Partridge's store; if we miss him at Drew's old house we'll go on and
join you at Partridge's store and then double back. He'll be somewhere
inside that circle and Eldara, you can lay to that. Now, boys, are your
hosses fresh?"
They were.
"Then ride, and don't spare the spurs.
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