They pulled up, staring hard at Dave and his captive.

Dave spoke first.
"Honey said you was waylaid and robbed or killed--both, we took it, from her account.

How'd yuh come to get the best of it so quick ?" "Why, his horse got tangled up in the rope and fell down, and fell on top of him," Bud explained cheerfully.

"I was bringing him in.

He's a bad citizen, I should judge, but he didn't do me any damage, as it turned out, so I don't know what to do with him.