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He sobered only slightly Jane was covered in dust; even her eyelashes were a sray

"Come on You really should see yourself," he said

"Yep And you really should see yourself!"

They both mounted up "Let’s hope we don’t meet up with anyone!" Jane muttered

"The trail rides don’t start until to for them when they returned He looked theest showers? And youby with some reports from Detective Newsome at county"

"Shall we?" he asked Jane

"Yes, thanks, although my clothes will still be covered with this stuff Reh tunnels not to wear a cotton suit"

"I have a washer and dryer," he told her "We’ll be fine Chet won’t stay, I’et you back to town"

They left Johnny whistling as he tended to the horses "Strange," he told Jane "The other night, I was convinced so--but h to the trail There’s that little gap between those rocky hills once you’re off the property line"

"So you think whoever h your property?" she asked

"The question is still why? Is so to reopen the silver old froht of that--except the mine wasn’t closed down until alure out what anyone’s doing in there For one thing, it’s dangerous The integrity of the caverns must have been destroyed when the entry was dynamited"

Inside the house he directed her to theyou need should be in there"

"Oh?"

He grirandfather’s, I never moved over from the other side of the house Check in the closet You’ll find soap, shauests, are you?" she asked tartly

He grinned at that "Not the way you seeold eyes "We cleaned out his rooms when he died Johnny would h He thinks the house should always be well supplied He lives in the eternal belief that I will one day continue the family line"

"I see," she said "Well, then, I’ll be sure to thank Johnny"

She walked down the hallway to theI don’t have?" Sloan asked

Long after what you wanted?"

"She’s a federal agent," he said quietly "Works out of Washington"

"And you can be a sheriff anywhere"

"This is man asked him "Home isn’t a place Home is with the people who make your life"

Sloan shook his head and walked to the other side of the house, where there were two bedrooar was curled up on his bed He didn’t bother to lift his head when Sloan came in Apparently, it was one of the sixteen hours of the day the cat considered nap ti and stepped into the shower, scrubbing the grit fro spray of water Then he reot dressed The door to the ent was enjoying the heat and stea room when he heard Chet’s car drive in He opened the door as his young deputy entered the house, carrying a file "So you found the whole body, huh?" Chet asked, and Sloan realized that as far as Chet knew, he’d spent most of the afternoon at the theater while the e McCor" Of course, there was no proof yet, but the skeleton almost had to be hers

"I think you can feel pretty sure," Chet said cheerfully "DNA testing will prove who she was--that she’s Sage McCorh this?" Sloan asked, taking the file

"Yes, sir So far, they haven’t found the rental car The bullet was pretty degraded because it went through the hard part of the skull, but it was 45 caliber It’s a nighto through that tepee every day, so sorting anything out is going to be tough for them They have souides or to a bunch of tourists No luck tracing anyone who knew anything about thebetter luck"

"Thanks, Chet I’ht Hopefully, that will give us some clue"

He couldn’t have said exactly why he wasn’t telling his own deputy that he’d been crawling around the mine He trusted Chet and Betty and his entire departate on his own Or with Jane

Maybe I shouldn’t even be investigating, he told hione before she carandfather’s beautiful old Native A for her but she’d tied it around her waist and she see out in bare feet with her hair slick and clean and clinging to her face and neck She carried her clothing, neatly folded "Tell et the dust out of these before we head back"