"An' you know how all ranchers say they rustled a little on the start." "Aw, hell! Thet's different.

Every new rancher drives in a few unbranded calves an' keeps them.

But stealin' stock--thet's different.

An' I'd as soon suspect my own son of rustlin' as Wils Moore." Belllounds spoke with a sincere and frank ardor of defense for a young man once employed by him and known to be honest.

The significance of the comparison he used had not struck him.