"Kind of appears like you mightn't of been so lucky ?" "Me ?" asked Bull gently.

"Nope.

I was at the timberline on the other side about daybreak today." There was a sudden and chilly silence; men looked at one another.
Obviously no man could have traveled that distance between dawn and dark, but it was as well not to express disbelief to a man who could tell a lie as big as his body.
"I got to eat," said Bull.
The proprietor jumped out of his chair.

"I can fix you up, son." He led the way, Bull following with his enormous strides, and, as the floor creaked under him, the eyes of the others jerked after him, stride by stride.

It was beginning to seem possible that this man had done what he said he had done.