A lot of 'em's gone.

I missed some of the best ones--some big geldings that I think I'd know anywhere." "You say they went through the fence on the east line ?" "Yes, sir.

It was just after sunrise that I saw them." "And it was afternoon, you say, before it occurred to you that they might possibly have been stealing my horses.

In the meantime, you were up this way, playing hell with the round-up." "Yes, sir, that's about the way it stacks up." "What are you going to do ?" "I don't know.

Try and get back what horses I can, I guess." Johnny did not speak as though he had much faith.
"Going to go out and round them up with your flying machine, I suppose! That sounds practical, perfectly plausible.