`` It must have fallen out somewhere on the trail . '' Kate ceased wrestling with the fire and came to help in the search for the missing delicacy . `` It could n't have fallen out , '' she said incredulously . `` That is impossible . The tent was fastened securely over everything . Nothing could have jolted out . '' `` Well , then , where is the ham ? '' I said . That question was unanswerable , as Kate discovered after another thorough search . The ham was gone -- that much was certain . `` I believe Peter Crow has levanted with the ham , '' I said decidedly . `` I do n't believe Peter Crow could be so dishonest , '' said Kate rather shortly . `` His wife has worked for us for years , and she 's as honest as the sunlight . '' `` Honesty is n't catching , '' I remarked , but I said nothing more just then , for Kate 's black eyes were snapping . `` Anyway , we ca n't have ham for breakfast , '' she said , twitching out the frying pan rather viciously . `` We 'll have to put up with canned chicken -- if the cans have n't disappeared too . '' They had n't , and we soon produced a very tolerable breakfast . But neither of us had much appetite . `` Do you suppose Peter Crow has taken the horses as well as the ham ? '' I asked .
`` No , '' gloomily responded Kate , who had evidently been compelled by the logic XXXXX hard facts to believe in Peter 's guilt , `` he would hardly dare to do that , because he could n't dispose of them without being found out .
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