Chapter 4
“Their horses? Have they left?” Frank asked.
“Yes, but they’ve taken our team as well.”
“Are you kidding me?” Frank asked as he jumped out of the bedding and started to dress.
“This early in the morning? I wouldn’t tease about this so early!”
“I can’t believe we didn’t hear them,” Frank said, rubbing the back of his neck in the cold morning.
“We were both wiped out last night,” Gregory said, kicking the ground.
“Maybe the horses just got loose. They had mounts. What would they want with our team?”
“Probably to sell them for the money.”
“Let’s go see if they just got loose and are running around.”
Frank placed his fingers in his mouth and blew a loud, shrill whistle he hoped the horses would hear. They heard nothing but the rustle of prairie grass in the early spring bre
