If they got hold of the horse, do yuh think they'd turn him over to Dave ?" "No, you bet your life they wouldn't!" Eddie retorted.
"And what about HER ?" Bud cut in with ominous calm.

"She's your sister, kid.

Would you be worried if you knew they had HER and the horse ?" Eddie gulped and looked away.

"They wouldn't hurt her unless they knew't Lew was dead," he said.

"And them that went to Crater was killed or jailed, so--" He hesitated.