"Thet about Luke wantin' his boots took off--thet satisfies me.

Luke hed a mortal dread of dyin' with his boots on." At this sally the chief and his men laughed.
"You said Duane--Buck Duane ?" queried Bland.

"Are you a son of that Duane who was a gunfighter some years back ?" "Yes," replied Duane.
"Never met him, and glad I didn't," said Bland, with a grim humor.

"So you got in trouble and had to go on the dodge?
What kind of trouble ?" "Had a fight." "Fight?
Do you mean gun-play ?" questioned Bland.

He seemed eager, curious, speculative.
"Yes.