Hillmomban Columbo Solves Marley Mystery

Farmer H has solved the mystery of Marley's disappearance! As you may recall, Marley is the little white fluffy dog we took in when HOS (Farmer H's Oldest Son) moved to town. Marley didn't get along with Jack, and liked to roam too far if let out of his pen.

After Marley had been gone for over two weeks, I suggested that Farmer H inform HOS and family. He sent a text asking if they came to get Marley, and the answer from HOS was:

"Marley showed up at our house."

That was a head-scratcher, wondering how Marley could have found his way 10 miles, through a couple towns, to a house he might have ridden to once.

Anyhoo...Farmer H's plan was to get information from HOSS (Farmer H's Oldest Son's Son) when he took him out for pizza once a week. We got busy around the time we visited The Pony in Oklahoma for our February birthdays, and then there was some bad weather on pizza night, and then Farmer H was busy helping a friend in the hospital from a heart attack. So I wasn't until last week that the pizza nights resumed.

"Did you find out about Marley?"

"Yeah. I said, 'How did Marley get to your house?' And HOSS said, 'Dad came and got him.' So HOS knew all along how Marley got there, because HE came to get him! Marley didn't just show up at their house!"

Well. That's a curious fact. It's not like we wanted to keep Marley for ourselves. I don't get the secrecy. But now the mystery is solved, by our detective who doesn't show the slightest bit of finesse.