During
the forenoon Don Ricardo and his sons arrived, bringing additional
information, which they promptly imparted to the Ranger. The
Guzmans were people of action. All three of them had spent the
night on horseback, and Pedro had made a discovery. On the day
previous Garza had been seen riding in company with a man astride
a sorrel pony, and this man had been recognized as Adolfo Urbina.
Pedro's witness would swear to it.
Their distance from Las Palmas at the time when they had been seen
together proved, beyond question, that unless Urbina had flown he
could not have arrived at the place in question by noon, the hour
Ed Austin had fixed.
This significant bit of information, however, Dave advised the
Guzmans not to make public for the time being.
Toward midday Tad Lewis and three of his men arrived with the news
that Urbina had left for Pueblo before they could intercept him.
"He's got a girl up there, and he's gone to get married," Tad
explained. "I'm sure sorry we missed him."
Dave smiled grimly at the speaker.
"Are you sure he didn't cross to the other side?" he asked.
Lewis retorted warmly: "Adolfo's an all-right hombre, and I'll
back him.
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