Failing to get money from dad he stole it, without compunction and without regret! He had gone to Kremmling, then to Elgeria.
"'I let myself go,' he said, without shame, 'and I drank and gambled.
When I was drunk I didn't remember Collie.

But when I was sober I did.
And she haunted me.

That grew worse all the time.

So I drank to forget her....

The money lasted a great deal longer than I expected.