Bobbi Smith by Halfbreed Warrior

Author:Halfbreed Warrior
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Randi and Hawk rode side by side along the trail that led toward the canyon.

“I missed you after you left the dance so early last night,” Randi told him.

“I thought I’d better take a look around town, check out the saloon and see if I could learn anything.”

“It’s too bad you didn’t have better luck.”

“You’re right.”

They crossed the stream and kept on riding.

“We’re on Walker land now,” Randi told him.

“Pat Walker’s a good neighbor to you, isn’t she?”

“Yes, she is, but I don’t know how long she’s going to be able to hold on to the place. Times have been hard for her. Pa’s even had to send Wade and some of our men over to help her out.”

“What about her own ranch hands?”

“Some of them quit on her because she can’t afford to pay them very much. Pat loves that ranch. She keeps hoping things will turn around for her, but the rustling has hurt her even more than it’s hurt us.”

They fell silent as they continued on. Hawk studied the trail, looking for clues to the rustling, while Randi kept watch over the hills around them for some sign of the elusive stallion.

“I think, starting right now, I’m just going to begin calling him Phantom,” Randi said in frustration as they neared the entrance to the dead-end canyon. “The name really suits him.”

“That stallion’s no phantom. He’s just smart.”

“Then I hope he’s smart enough to know that I’m never going to give up. What would you do if you were after him? How would you catch him?” she challenged Hawk.

Hawk had been thinking about just that. “The first thing I’d try to do is box him in. We already know he’s too fast to run down. Angel’s good, but she’s no match for your Phantom.”

“So there’s hope we might catch him today, since we’re here at Black Canyon.”

“That’s right. If we see Phantom, we can herd him into the canyon. Once we’ve got him boxed in, we should be able to rope him.”

“I like the way you think.” Randi was impressed with his plan. “But first comes the hard part of all this—we have to find him.”

“We will.”

Hawk’s confidence in her gave Randi even more hope that this time, with his help, she just might really be successful.

“I’m going to need to rest Angel for a while when we reach the next watering hole.”

“All right,” he agreed. “We’ve still got plenty of daylight left.”

“There is one thing, though.” She tried to sound serious as she cast Hawk a sidelong glance.

“What?” He had no idea what was troubling her.

“You have to keep your shirt on today. As you remember, my pa wasn’t too happy that first day when he found us down at the spring.”

“So you think he’s going to be showing up here?” Hawk asked, smiling.

“You never know. Pa could show up anywhere, anytime.”

“It was good that he came looking for you when he did that first day. It made getting back to the house a lot easier for us.

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