"Well, it's all past and gone! But as I understand you from what you saw, when Coonrod was--killed, he was tryin' to save that old man from trouble ?" "Yes, yes! It seemed so to me." "That 'll do, then! I want you to have him come back and write for the book when he gets well.

I want you to find out and let me know if there's anything I can do for him.

I'll feel as if I done it--for my--son.

I'll take him into my own house, and do for him there, if you say so, when he gets so he can be moved.

I'll wait on him myself.