At his entrance the cowboy leaped up with a startled cry.
"Oh, Wade!...

Is Collie dead ?" he cried.
Such was the extent of calamity he imagined from the somber face of Wade.
"No.

Collie's well." "Then, man, what on earth's happened ?" "Nothin' yet....

But somethin' is goin' on in my mind....

Moore, I'd like you to let me alone." At sunset Wade was pacing the aspen grove on the hill.