"He could rot in hell for all of me.

He could foller his wild geese around the world.

Kate, it was for you!" "Hush!" she pleaded.

"Buck, dear!" "Do I care who knows it?
Not I! I got an hour--half an hour to live; and while I live the whole damned world can know I love you, Kate, from your spurs to the blue of your eyes.

For your sake I brung him, and for your sake I'll fight him, damn him, in spite----" The wind wailed again, far off, and Buck Daniels cowered back against the wall.