"
Though they talked a good while about it, that was all the real
information which Ford could gain. He would have to find the minister
and persuade him to show the record of the marriage, and after that he
would have to find the girl.
Before they reached that definite conclusion, the storm which had been
brewing for several days swooped down upon them, and drove Ford to the
alternative of riding in the teeth of it to town, which was not only
unpleasant but dangerous, if it grew any worse, or retracing his steps
to the Double Cross and waiting there until it was over. So that is what
he did, with Rock to bear him willing company.
They met Dick and Curly on the way, and though Ford stopped them and
suggested that they turn back also, neither would do so. Curly intimated
plainly that the joys of town were calling to him from afar, and that
facing a storm was merely calculated to make his destination more
alluring by contrast. "Turn back with two months' wages burning up my
inside pocket? Oh, no!" he laughed, and rode on. Dick did not say why,
but he rode on also. Ford turned in the saddle and looked after them, as
they disappeared in a swirl of fine snow.
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