Lew said he bet you was a detective.

Are you, Mr.Birnie ?" Bud was riding with his shoulders sagged forward, his thoughts with Marian--wherever she was.

He had been convinced that she was not at Little Lost, that she had started for Laramie.

But now that he was away from that evil spot his doubts returned.

What if she were still in the neighborhood--what if they found her?
Memory of Honey's vindictiveness made him shiver, Honey was the kind of woman who would kill.
"I am, from now on, kid," he said despondently.