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I knew something must have been really wrong for him to act like that. When I got down to the corral, Randy was already waiting with the horses ready.
    "Now what is this all about Randy Hilton. I wouldn't have come except yo u sounded so... so"
    "So serious," Randy interrupted. "Well I am! And so is this business I roped into tonight. But let ’s get started and I will show you."
    I hopped up on the horse and we started riding. "We're heading south, toward the river. The Rio Grand e" I said in surprise.
    Randy looked serious still as he said "Yes, I was right when I told you that petty rustling was a blind. It was meant to keep us busy up north while certain other folks kept busy in the south; across the border"
    We kept riding and eventually came up to a hill. Randy turned to me and said "Shhh… don't talk! Just look. Watch those men when they cross the headlights of that car and tell me who you see" I squinted my eyes as the men walked around. About a minute passed and then one of the men stepped into the long flow of the cars lights. It was Ronnie!! I couldn't believe it. I felt betrayed, angry and hurt all at the same time. Suddenly, Ronnie spoke "That's all for tonight. Let's clear out. I'll meet you at the same time day after tomorrow."
    I spoke before I realized what I was doing, "Ronnie! It's Ronnie ... but why..."
    "Leaping cactus Mary! Quiet! You want to get us drilled full of holes!" Randy whispered angrily.
    All of a sudden, Randy was knocked back and then I heard the report of the shotgun. I heard them shout down below "Spies! Plug 'em!"
    Randy screamed, "Uhh... winged me! My gun hand! Don't let them get away Mary!"
    "Randy! Darling! They've hurt you!" I was in shock but I knew I had to recover quick if I wanted to make it out of this alive. "Some of them might get away," I thought. "But not Ronnie! I'll see to that. He made a fool out of me; almost as big a fool as I made myself!"
    I mustered up all of my courag e and saw Ronnie roaring past me in the car. I whirled my lasso and sent my horse plunging down toward him. "Stop Ronnie," I shouted, "Stop or I'll pull out of that car!" I heard Ronnie scream "Mary! They'll never get me now."
    Too bad Ronnie was in a con vertible. I threw my lasso and got him. He was pulled out of the car as it sped away. He screamed in surprise. "There you ornery coyote! Ought to teach you a lesson" I said in satisfaction. "Listen to me, will you", I thought to myself, "Don't sound like that fancy Eastern school now." I jumped down from my horse and hog tied him. I found a handkerchief in his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth. I looked up and noticed that his convertible had crashed into a nearby tree. I looped my lasso around him again and drug him to his car. There I helped him up and set him the passenger seat. He wasn't going anywhere that night but to jail. I looked up and saw Randy galloping toward me on his horse. When he saw that I had the situation under control, he rode away to get the sheriff. He came back a few minutes later with his arm in a sling and let me know the sheriff was getting some people together to come get Ronnie and the car.
    While we waited he filled me in on everything. "I caught him coming back to the house late the other night... when he got nasty and I gave him the black eye. After you fired me, I hung around and followed him tonight. They were smuggling drugs across the border. He was sending it back east by mail. The rustling up north was to keep us busy and away from this part of the range." I was hurt all over again. "He must have had this planned all along. That's why he was so nice to me in New York. And I thought he was a gentleman! Randy, can you ever forgive me for being such a stupid fool! I almost turned down a man for..that! Oh, if you'll only have me Randy!"
    "Reckon I'll never give you up Mary. All of us go a little loco once in a while. I guess when your dad comes home. I'll ask him if it's all right if his foreman marries his