Now he's allowin' to go squanderin' over to Tucson an' get a docyment or two from the jedge an' run you out.' "Son, this pore innocent Coyote takes in Dan's fictions like so much spring water; he believes 'em utter.

But the wonder is to see how he changes.

He don't say nothin', but his-eyes sort o' sparks up an' his face gets as gray as his ha'r.

It's now that Doc Peets comes along.
"'Yere is this devourin' scoundrel now,' says Texas Thompson, p'intin' to Peets.

'You-all had better talk to him some about it.' Then turnin' to Peets with a wink, Texas goes on: 'Me an' Mister Boggs is tellin' our friend how you gets a title to that land he's camped on, an' that you allows you'll take possession mebby next week.' "'Why, shore,' says Peets, enterin' into the sperit of the hoax, an' deemin' it a splendid joke; 'be you-all the maverick who's on that quarter-section of mine ?' "'Which I'm Colonel Coyote Clubbs,' says Coyote, bowin' low while his lips trembles, 'an' I'm at your service.' "'Well,' says Peets, 'it don't make much difference about your name, all you has to do is hit the trail.