"I heard you advised 'em to that effect," he said.

"I ain't complainin' at that, either, even though I knew what they was up to and thought 'twas more or less of a joke.

But I liked the way you fired 'em out of there, not carin' a tinker's darn who was behind 'em.

So long as a man stands square in his boots and don't knuckle to anybody he won't lose anything with Jed Dean.

That's me!" "You ought to like Colton, then," I said.