Pedro broke out of the box, returned to Show Down, took up Dale's trail to Pine, and then on to the Beeman camp.

That was as far as Roy could trace the movements of the hound.

But he believed, and so did Dale, that Pedro had trailed them out on the wild-horse hunt.
The following spring Dale learned more from the herder of a sheepman at whose camp he and the Beemans; had rested on the way into New Mexico.
It appeared that after Dale had left this camp Pedro had arrived, and another Mexican herder had stolen the hound.

But Pedro got away.
"An' he was here when I arrived," concluded Dale, smiling.

"I never wanted to get rid of him after that.