Billy reined the dun to a halt and held Up his hand for the others to stop. Before them stretched a dry wash, cutting suddenly across the prairie like an open wound. Ahead of them lay several miles of open country. Just visible in the moonlit distance lay the dark growth of trees that marked the creek which flowed on past the headquarters of the Lazy S.
Will Pryor drew alongside. “See somethin’, Condo?” he asked quietly.
Billy shook his head. “That’s the point, Will. We’re getting awful close to Lazy S territory. Should’ve got wind of somethin’ before this.”
They sat there for a long minute, each man’s eyes searching among the moving patches of cloud shadow for some sign of what they sought. There was nothing but the vast emptiness of the Texas night. Far off in the distance came the wa
