Chapter 14
H
ave some more coffee, Loretta,’ said Betty Lou as she walked into the kitchen with Loretta’s mug. Betty Lou always had a pot of coffee ready.
‘Duane, now I am really worried. No one has heard anything from the horse packers either. Somethin’ is wrong. Doesn’t Bud have a radio that he can call on? The forest service has heard nothing from any hikers or wilderness guards.’ An involuntary shudder vibrated through her.
Duane was thinking that she might be right. Seeing his best friend’s wife look so upset, he knew he would have to set out looking. The only way would be on horseback. There was no way into the wilderness except walking or horse, and Duane was not a walker. He had spent much of his life on horses, so much that he was not that happy about having to ride either. He
