As a precaution, they had stayed close to the foothills while they went in a northerly direction. At midmorning, the three struck off through the prairie to head to the northeast and towards Beltran. During a rest stop for the horses, Jack ventured into the prairie to hunt. Before long, they heard two shots. Jack"s luck had returned as he soon appeared with a brace of prairie grouse.
“I"ve gutted them and would like to wait until evening before cooking them. We should keep going and hope we find Brother Amos or a place to hide and locate water.”
They let the horses rest again about noon. Jack had wandered off, but returned some twenty minutes later. “I think I found the prints of two donkeys being led by a man using a walking stick. He"s walking, we"re riding. We can catch him where the
