"What do you mean, Lefty?
What about Miss Della?
Isn't she at the ranchhouse ?" "She rode away about three hours ago--on that big roan of hers.

Went to town, most likely.

She didn't say.

I reckoned that if she _had_ gone to town, you'd have run into her." Warden ran stiffly to the ranchhouse, where he came upon Aunt Hannah in the kitchen.
"Where's Della ?" he demanded, excitedly.
The woman looked at Warden in mild surprise.
"Why, didn't she come with you, Mr.Warden?
She told me she intended to." And then her face blanched at the wild excitement Warden betrayed.
"She isn't with you--you didn't meet her?
Oh, she'll be frozen to death in this terrible storm!" "Damn you!" cursed Warden, gripping the woman's arm until she cried out in pain; "didn't I tell you not to let her go alone--anywhere ?" He released the woman and plunged out, running blindly back to the stable.

He collided with Singleton at the stable door.