I went a couple of times to see Miss Georgie about this land business.

She's wise to a lot of law--used to help her father before he died, it seems.

And she has some of his books, I discovered.

I wanted to see if there wasn't some means of kicking these fellows off the ranch without making a lot more trouble for old Peaceful.

But after I'd read up and talked the thing over with her, we decided that there wasn't anything to be done till Peaceful comes back, and we know what he's been doing about it.
That's what's keeping him, of course.
"I suppose," he added, looking at her frankly, "I should have mentioned my going there.