So we've suffered in silence.

My father always said, let some one else say the first word against Beasley, an' you've come to us!" Roy Beeman put a hand on Dale's shoulder.

He, perhaps, was the keenest of the brothers and the one to whom adventure and peril called most.
He had been oftenest with Dale, on many a long trail, and he was the hardest rider and the most relentless tracker in all that range country.
"An' we're goin' with you," he said, in a strong and rolling voice.
They resumed their seats before the fire.

John threw on more wood, and with a crackling and sparkling the blaze curled up, fanned by the wind.
As twilight deepened into night the moan in the pines increased to a roar.

A pack of coyotes commenced to pierce the air in staccato cries.
The five young men conversed long and earnestly, considering, planning, rejecting ideas advanced by each.