Reserve is not very common on the plains.
"But you must tell me something about it first," Helen replied.

"How did you find out he had written the cheque ?" "I suspected something after he'd gone and looked for his cheque-book.
He'd torn out a form, but hadn't filled up the tab.

Bob's silly when he's cunning and didn't think about his blotter.

The top sheet was nearly clean and I read what he'd written, in a looking-glass." "Why did he give Wilkinson the money ?" "I guess it's to speculate in wheat or building-lots, and Bob will certainly lose it all; but that's not what makes me mad.

After all, it's his money; he's been saving it since he steadied down.